At peace.

As I’m laying here on the lounge chair, gazing at the sun behind the palm trees, I can’t help but want to write, hoping to try and describe this feeling of complete peace and relaxation that has come over me. It is so peaceful and still, almost as if it’s a magical world. The breeze is light and rustling the trees, the birds are chirping and I sometimes get glimpses of hummingbirds twittering around. Even the sound of the golfers is calming. I think Morgan and I may just never go home.

Our morning began early, early by most everyone’s standards – 4:30. But we were out the door by 5 as planned to get to the airport for our 7am flight – on standby of course. We had no trouble acquiring seats and were soon off for the 2hr flight to La Quinta, only the second time we’d ever been.

It’s an odd phenomenon to get on a plane and in less than the time it takes to drive to Portland, we were in a different world, one in which coats and gloves were not required. These new flight benefits of mine, truly are priceless (and I mean that literally) and then to have a place to stay, what more could one ask for?! A car? Oh wait, that was at the airport waiting for us as well!

The house is as beautiful as I remember it to be, but this time the weather was much more appreciated:-). Since arriving, we have done nothing more than make margaritas, eat homemade guacamole and laze around. Going between watching the golfers, reading our books and napping (I feel as if I am getting a small glimpse into Cale and Angelique’s lives over the past 5 months).

I have gotten to pick a bunch of fresh, HUGE lemons from the Fowler’s lemon tree and have plans to attempt lemonade later. When we venture out from the house, I’ve been longing to pick some fresh grapefruit as well.

We may not end up at the outlets as I had originally hoped, as I can’t convince Morgan of the necessity to drive for an hour to do so. But we will eventually eat dinner and hopefully get the hot tub heated up for an even more relaxing end to an already relaxing day.

Who knows what tomorrow may hold, but if it’s anything like today, I say bring it on! I feel so spoiled to get to take part in this and will gladly accept the lemons life hands me.