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Last minute scavenger hunt orchestrated by my big sis (check)
Older set of niece and nephew assistance in completing scavenger hunt and having just as much fun as I did (which is to say a lot) (check)
Electronic birthday card sent by my hip grandmother in her 80's (check)
Face to face phone call on my bro in laws iPhone to Miami crew in which my father directs a small silent film complete with text starring everyone in my miami family (check)
lunch in mediocre restaurant in Siracusa Sicily in which everyone is sweating buckets from the heat, lack of air and at one point holding a crying baby during the meal (check)
Swift exit from apartment with my sister and her four children in our half dressed state (some of us more half dressed than others but all equally barefoot and underwear-less) due to the false alarm that the floor of the apartment may be collapsing under our feet* (check)
emails from my family in Argentina all a day early because they all thought my birthday was august 3rd (check)
Phone calls from three different countries because that's how far my family spreads during the summer months, and how good they are about calling (check)
dip in the sea with naked twin niece and nephew six-month-olds (check)
Phone call from my boyfriend back home reminding me what his voice sounds like, that he's no good at talking on the phone and that I miss him (check)
Finding at end of scavenger hunt and reading with tears in my eyes (I'm easy) of "30 things we love about Carmen" and "30 memories of Carmen" with contributions from my whole family (check)


*for photo of "collapsing" floor please check V's blog-go