Minnesota USA
Hi everybody.
We have arrived safely in Duluth. We had a fun night last night in Minneapolis with John, Patty, and Niamh. Niamh (pronounced NEEV, remember) is about the sweetest baby in the whole world. She was so cheerful and made lots of great faces, mostly smiley ones. We held her and played with her a lot, and it was great fun.
We went out to the movies (Eagle vs. Shark, which was sort of like a New Zealand version of Napoleon Dynamite, only the Napoleon character wasn’t really the main focus and it was in post-high school world), and she was so good. She was silent the whole time, so those surly teenagers who gave us dirty looks can shove it.
We came up to Duluth today for my conference. The hotel is right on Lake Superior, and it’s very pretty. It’s kind of overcast right now, but if we get some sunshine in the next couple of days it has the potential to be quite beautiful. It was nice of Denny to come with me. I got him guest passes for the couple of recreational things that are going on, but mostly he’ll be working from the hotel room.
Here’s me trying to use both hotel beds at the same time:
That’s a good ab exercise.
I wish that Daphne and I could have come. We thought about it, but I have a class I can’t miss. I think Daphne would have liked the smores.
Holly