8 days.

I took this picture last night with my phone.

Danny cut his hair last night...shorter than it's been for years.

I think he's hot.

(in both sense of the word)

Tomorrow at 3:30am I leave for LAX with 1 intern and 8 students.

I am really excited!

But very sad to be leaving my husband for 8 days.

Really, I just love this man.

I get weepy at the thought of how great our love is for each other.

I can't get enough of him.

I really am so very blessed.

So, dear friends, I will be absent for the next week.

If you think of my team, send up a prayer or twenty.

A little guest blogger will be stopping by so stay tuned.

And before I go, a little poem I posted years ago.

Before I met the man who would help me understand it.

Ah, love...

Sonnet 17

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that never blooms, but carries itself in the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Pablo Neruda