Greg and I finally had our much needed Boston getaway! We dropped the girls off the Bayly Grandparents in NJ and continued North to Boston. We could not have asked for better weather or a better time. We walked around the city, ate a lot, drank a lot and hung out with some random people. Well, I guess I should not refer to my own brother as random. We were actually there to watch him run the marathon. Everything else we did was just random. The day of the marathon was a blast because it's always a challenge to navigate through an unfamiliar city trying to gauge my brother's location based on his pace. We had to use public transportation and the city was crazy due to Patriot's Day. We ended up catching him at the 20 mile mark in Newton and then again at the 25 mile mark downtown. We did the same thing a couple years ago one of the times he ran the NYC marathon. It was just fun running from place to place, getting on packed subway trains, etc. It was actually a lot of work to just see Michael run past me for three seconds at a time, but it was worth it to cheer him on. He kept a 6:30 mile pace and finished in 2 hours and 50 minutes. Not bad, eh?
Apart from that one major activity, we just did whatever we felt like doing and it was just fun. Once in awhile, when life is really crazy, I try to figure out what in the world Greg and I did together before having kids. I mean, there were six years? We actually talk about this sometimes.....what on earth did we do? Well, I really don't even have much to say about what we did those two days in Boston, but I know I enjoyed every last minute of it. Granted, on the ride home we were both craving hugs and kisses from our babies, but what a blessing to have grandparents near us so we can do little things like that! Not to mention, I can guarantee I was a much better Mommy after that little break!
