Friday - Back to Boston and On to the Cape

Woke up to a beautiful sunny day in Kennebunkport. I had to walk across the street from my little East End Cottage, to the main building for my complimentary breakfast.


I was wandering around the huge lobby looking for the breakfast room when I ran into a suit & tie kinda guy and asked "Where's the buffet breakfast?" He said "Are you with the Thousand Points of Light" convention? When I asked what that was, he said it was a group of folks who are involved in volunteerism, started by President Bush.





I said no, and turned down another wing. There was a room full of nurses listening to a speaker talk about the perils of obesity in old age. After what I've been eating the past few days up and down the state of Maine, this was a subject matter I did not want to be informed of. Finally I found the dining room where I had a hearty breakfast of blueberry pancakes with a slab of butter and warm maple syrup. Delicious! OK my diet starts right now.







I packed up my things and headed down Hwy 9 and pulled into a fair share of antique stores and old furniture barns. But I needed to get to Boston by 4pm if I was to drop off the pink painted wooden desk I picked up in a hole-in-the-wall store for Lulu's bedroom, and get to Logan Airport by 5:30pm to pick up Bill & Willie.


I flipped through the radio stations as I had a good 2 hour drive ahead of me. I listened a bit to Rush Limbaugh until I couldn't take it anymore, and then switched to chamber music of all things. I found I couldn't listen to Disco or Rock & Roll and pay attention to the nice lady on my GPS at the same time...too much distraction. Where was Dr. Laura when I needed her? Who better to pass the time with?









Lulu was home unpacking the last of her 5 big boxes that had stayed in storage in Boston over the summer. She loved the pink desk, but put her hand out and firmly said NO NO NO when I suggested maybe an end table for over here, and a little chest of drawers over there??? Apparently the home decorating was complete. My daughter the minimalist...






I had to snap a photo of her darling roommates - Maggie from Minnesota is the brunette, and Brooke from Bermuda is the blond. The other girls were downstairs making dinner so they missed the photo-op.


I fought the Boston rush hour traffic to Logan airport, and found Bill & Willie waiting for me at curbside. We stopped in Hingham Mall for a delicious dinner at Panera's then drove off into the night to Cape Cod. Now nestled in the Hyannis Holiday Inn, I hear the rain outside which is a good thing as that usually means tomorrow will be a gorgeous day. Until then...