The Catskill mts are very, very lovely.  Paul and I went to visit old friends of his, in a very cute little cabin by a burbling stream, with mossy rocks in abundance.  I was absolutely terrified.

But his friends are remarkably nice people, and they were extremely sweet to me.  We all took lots of walks in the mountains, and Paul and I took a nap in a giant hammock, and everybody cooked and the food was wonderful.
Returned to get tricked into a very poorly planned and most unfortunate sleepover with lil’ e and a.  To explain it all would be quite boring, but in a nutshell, I lost the battle and they were up until 4 am, and so was I.  But I will win the war, because I have a car and money (thus access to Taco Bell) and they do not.  My strategems are complex.