I don't know where the time went. I can barely believe it's true! My sweet baby, Phoenix Shane is one!
1. The last thing I ate was homemade ranch popcorn and honey dijon salmon. In reverse order actually.
2. Groceries is something I recently bought. I haven't bought much lately, but there is a pair of bitchin' shoes I've got my eyes on.
3. When it rains, it never stops. It just keeps raining, and raining, and raining.
4. TJ was the first person I talked to today. Oddly, he went back to bed. For some reason I woke up really early and he desired to sleep late. Strange.
5. Hugs are delicious. I've had lot of hugs lately and I'm not getting sick of them yet.
6. A little red wine adds some extra comfort.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a relaxing Friday evening, tomorrow my plans include shopping, cooking, and baking and Sunday, I want to party down with Phoenix!
I called my dad in the morning to see how my grandmother was doing. "She should have passed hours ago" he said. I really knew I was in for a long, not very in the moment kind of day. Lot's of thinking, lots of memories running though my head. A little worry, a lot of sadness.We decided to take the kids over to the beach at Lake Bomoseen for the day. My mom's partner has a house on the Lake but he doesn't have a sandy beach, a playground, a snackbar, and the all ages fun that comes with Crystal Beach. So we left early in order to snag a table as we know it was going to be rockin'. The air was cool, it was breezy and the sun spent a good deal of time behind the clouds. All in all it wasn't terrible weather considering the rain that has been drenching us for the last few weeks.
We set up our cooler and our canopy and all of our beachy stuff, when we started to notice the sky turning gray... Shit. It's going to rain. I didn't think it would last or be too bad. We talked and decided we'd pull everything in under teh canopy and wait it out. No biggie. just water.
Dark grey... huh. Maybe we should cover everything. the wind is really picking up. We put our waterproff blanket over everything and held it down with rocks. It was getting damn windy. We looked out into the water and saw huge streaks of lightning and roaring thunder. maybe we should wait it out in the Suburban. I sent the kids off to the car, while I buckled Phoenix into his stroller. I walked, the jogged, then sprinted as the wind blew and I watched the SOLID WALL of rain make its way across the lake. It was intense. And amazing. I worried that the tree in front of us would smash our windshield. I saw tiny little funnels of water and wind on top of the lake. TJ was close behind and hopped into the car. We all laughed and marvelled at what was going on outside.BLACK... the storm furiously rolled in. I looked over at the another canopy that was twisted and destroyed before it even had the chance to leave the ground. TJ decided to run and get asm uch stuff as he could. He came back looking more like he jumped into the lake. I worried about our canopy. But there was no time. Suddenly, the other persons canopy was gone... and just as I noticed, ours was gone too!
The sotrm lasted 5-10 minutes TOPS. But it ripped through the beach like a small hurricane. We had a lot of fun on our adventure. It continued to rain a bit, so we relocated to where my mom was and spent the rest of the day there instead. It cleared and when I finally got the phone call that my grandmother had passed we were surrounded by family. :-)
How appropriate to end one's pain on Independence Day. She will be dearly missed by all that knew her.
1. When I heard the thunder I I knew it was going to rain.
2. Laughter truly is the best medicine.
3. It's late, but it's still raining.
4. Rain again, as always.
5. My eyes have seen Jon and Jeff hula dancing in grass skirts and coconut bras, I shall never be the same.
6. I feel very strongly about politics and what is happening with our government.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Rain, tomorrow my plans include Rain and Sunday, I want to Rain?
