April 15th, 2012 (very, very early hours of the morning…)
Kellynch House
Don't even ask me how I got to be sleeping in my old home. Don't. Even. Ask.
But I will say this. Who knew complete nerds like Robb and James could dance so well?!
The whole-day engagement party was amazing. There was so much dancing, food and fun. I did mention that Fred was there, right?
Well Fred was there. As were the Crofts, and all the Musgrove family and their cousins, and even James Benwick and the Harville's were invited.
It was truly an awesome day. One of the Musgrove cousins (there are a lot of them) who lives down at Winthrop swing danced with me for most of the old fifties songs. I babysat for him and his sisters once. It's weird to see him as a grown up now.
But I swing danced a few, and then slow danced with Michael Croft, who is 12 and refused to dance with his sister when his mother demanded he get up for at least one dance…
Then afterwards the Crofts and some of the Musgrove's with small children came around to Mary and Charles to play on their huge (and mostly unused) playground area.
Which is how I get into the explanation as to how I ended up at Kellynch House.
With me sleeping on the couch since both spare rooms are taken up (and there is no way Liz will ever share) it didn't take long for Sophie to notice the extra blanket and pillow on the couch, and then not long after for her to ask who was couching it up.
And then once I had admitted it was me, she told me that since there was always room to spare at Kellynch, and since it was my former home, I should come back and stay there for the weekend.
AND THE OH LORD ABOVE - I SAID OKAY.
So now I'm in one of the spare rooms of my old home, over looking the east side of the garden, whilst Fred is sleeping in my old room, which faces the backyard.
Yeeeaaaaah I'm probably not going to sleep.
So I'm going to go play Solitaire until my eyes hurt.