Getting through life

My sister Otamay has been visiting, and she has been so very welcome. She got here Jan 17th, the day before the memorial for Kristan, and planned to stay for three weeks. She was going to leave tomorrow, but with a horrendous rainstorm forecast for the Calif coast, she's now staying until Tuesday. I took the entire week off with her at first, then have been working half-days the past two weeks, and we've been doing some fun and some not-so-fun activities, trying to balance things out a little. We had a great time last weekend, with activities including staying two nights in a dog-friendly cabin on the outskirts of Estes Park, tasty meals out, hiking in the snow in Rocky Mountain National Park, Sunday breakfast at the famous Stanley Hotel, and a tour of Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, on the way home. I'll be sad to see her go.