Lazy Day
The girls, Sarah and Carey, being exhausted, slept in a little yesterday but about 11, right after a snuggle from Mom and her bowl of Cheerios, Sarah headed over to Charlotte's where, by the end of the day we hadn't heard another peep from her. Anja called about 6 and asked if Sarah could stay overnight, which was, of course, okay with her mother though she wasn't sure, since it was Sarah's very first time sleeping over at another friend's house, she would make it. She had obviously gotten over some sort of hump on Thursday night, though, by staying here on her own because we haven't heard from her yet! We know she's alive, though, because we've occasionally caught a glimpse of her through the big front windows at Anja's.
Meantime, yesterday, The Goofy One went out to get in some mountain biking, and Carey and I took advantage of no kids to have a leisurely lunch at the Parthenon. When we got back, about 2:30, Jim was here and I threw together some tuna and macaroni salad for dinner, but then, everyone was so tired, we all took a nap. I was awoken about 5 by a phone call from Stephanie and almost simultaneously by a visit from Paula, who had brought over a bottle of wine and stopped by to pick up some cd's Jim had made for her and to say good bye. She heads, more than a little sadly, back to her job in Daytona Beach for the coming academic year this Monday. While she was here, we watched a little of the DVD we had gotten last Saturday night of the Chicago Blues Reunion tour, featuring several of the songs we had heard at the Rams Head Tavern concert. We agreed that Tracy Nelson should have sung more!
The weather is still just beastly, so today Carey and I will take Fruit and Loop to see "James and the Giant Peach" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116683/) at Imagination Stage (http://www.imaginationstage.org/) and then this evening, we will meet Carey's friend and another of our sorority sisters, who is enrolled for the year at the Wesleyan Seminary and is in town for a few days trying to get housing and jobs together for the fall, at Cactus Cantina for dinner. The rest we'll have to play by ear. Last year, during the whole summer, we had only 11 days altogether over 90 degrees. This year, SO FAR, we've had 27! The weather people claim there is a "cold front" coming, which, as far as I can tell from the weather forecasts in the Post, means it will get just a squidgen below 90 for a few days. But it seems the humidity might stay high, so it will probably still feel pretty beastly. We'll have to be looking to do indoor things as much as possible with the girls, I guess, though Sarah really wants to go to Mount Vernon. So, as our mother famously, says, "We'll see."
Meantime, yesterday, The Goofy One went out to get in some mountain biking, and Carey and I took advantage of no kids to have a leisurely lunch at the Parthenon. When we got back, about 2:30, Jim was here and I threw together some tuna and macaroni salad for dinner, but then, everyone was so tired, we all took a nap. I was awoken about 5 by a phone call from Stephanie and almost simultaneously by a visit from Paula, who had brought over a bottle of wine and stopped by to pick up some cd's Jim had made for her and to say good bye. She heads, more than a little sadly, back to her job in Daytona Beach for the coming academic year this Monday. While she was here, we watched a little of the DVD we had gotten last Saturday night of the Chicago Blues Reunion tour, featuring several of the songs we had heard at the Rams Head Tavern concert. We agreed that Tracy Nelson should have sung more!
The weather is still just beastly, so today Carey and I will take Fruit and Loop to see "James and the Giant Peach" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116683/) at Imagination Stage (http://www.imaginationstage.org/) and then this evening, we will meet Carey's friend and another of our sorority sisters, who is enrolled for the year at the Wesleyan Seminary and is in town for a few days trying to get housing and jobs together for the fall, at Cactus Cantina for dinner. The rest we'll have to play by ear. Last year, during the whole summer, we had only 11 days altogether over 90 degrees. This year, SO FAR, we've had 27! The weather people claim there is a "cold front" coming, which, as far as I can tell from the weather forecasts in the Post, means it will get just a squidgen below 90 for a few days. But it seems the humidity might stay high, so it will probably still feel pretty beastly. We'll have to be looking to do indoor things as much as possible with the girls, I guess, though Sarah really wants to go to Mount Vernon. So, as our mother famously, says, "We'll see."
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