When I was a young girl growing up, the phrase "off to the races" was a euphemism for being pregnant. Most of you probably didn't know that. And I'm not at all sure of the origin. The Browser's Dictionary doesn't have it - that's my final source for such things - I don't always trust the internet on word origins.
But we are not expecting a baby. We are off to Boston, via D.C., for the Marathon. (Actually we are off to D.C. via Boston - our flight leaves Saturday for Boston, a layover, and then the flight to D.C. Sounds like a long day of traveling to me. After our stay in D.C. we are off to Boston again!)
This will be our 5th Boston. Notice how I have taken on a major role as Support Personnel - "we" are doing the Marathon!! It's getting to be more of a trip than a race. Harry keeps saying, "I need to go running today," and then he doesn't. Now he's saying things like, "I'm just going to finish!"
However he does it, we will have a fine time. We are especially pleased that Matt, Eliza and baby Theo will be joining us for the weekend. I felt like some kind of native Bostonian when the woman I teach with asked me about "doing Boston" since she's going to New York for Spring Break. I could tell her where to go, what to see, what metro stops to take!!
It's always lots of fun - as you can tell from last year's photos. Last year we did a "virtual" tour for the fam - we may or may not do that this time - stay tuned!
5 comments:
Off to the races...I'm definitely going to have to remember that one.
When are you leaving? I have a question about which bran muffin recipe you use. Sorry to be random!
We leave early Sat. a.m. I use the one with buttermilk and dates.
Dale loved Boston when he went to pick up Maddy. We are hoping to get there when we move to LaPaz. IT will be easy to get there from Miami, where we will be entering the country for the next three years. Have a good time in Boston and good luck with the running.
yes dad - good luck - hopefully it won't rain.
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