Well it’s been a while, and it’s time to catch up. For New Years, we spent the night at our dear friends’ house. Kady and Laduma hosted our crew and threw an amazing shindig filled with glow-in-the dark balloons and a countdown at 8pm. Shhh, don’t tell the kids!
After we woke up the next morning (not late enough for my liking), my husband drove back to Milwaukee to do a polar plunge with some friends and family. The kids and I took our time leaving Madison, and I decided to take them through campus and show them my old university.
Most everything was closed, so we ended up at the boathouse. I told them all about how I rowed in High School with a club team, and then joined the crew team at UW Madison. We also looked out at picnic point, thinking back to my framed drawing of it that we have back home. My kids unenthusiastically agreed that it looks just like the real thing.
Since pretty much the whole city was closed on New Years Day, we ended up at the capitol building. There were lots of people inside, and a large holiday display that the kids loved.
We walked around, noting the shapes and colors of the building, talking about our government and political leaders, and hoped to come back again when the rooftop access is open.
It was a pleasant albeit brief visit to Madison, a city that will always a certain amount of charm for me.
A. Storm
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