Finally Calming…Some.
Hullo, Internet.
I know, it’s been awhile. Eight days, in fact, since I updated. What can I say? Real life is a jealous bitch that demands much of my time.
Anyway, things have been fairly uneventful, but busy. We picked Laurel up from camp last Saturday. She was exhausted and homesick, and we were all very glad to see each other – especially in light of the tornado warnings that were out for her camp one night – a night in which, Laurel says, they just went to the dining hall and played games.
She had a good time, though, and I think she learned a lot. She adopted the cockatiels for the week and laughed because they would come and sit on her head. We took a tour of the camp and I was just pretty impressed. This was a new camp for Laurel and she isn’t sure just yet which she’d like to attend next year – that’s okay, she has time.
This week we’ve spent a lot (lot!) of time preparing for our vacation, which is imminent. This will be the longest vacation we’ve ever taken together, so I have been freaking out more than I ever have about planning for it. We’ll log thousands of miles on our odometer, and take thousands of photos, and – we hope – will will have thousands of fun stories when we return.
Last night, Laurel and I went to the salon for pedicures and she got a haircut:
I know, I’m not a pedicure person and I certainly didn’t even have one myself until (I think) I was pregnant with Ethan, but in light of recent events we thought Laurel needed a relaxing evening. And a haircut.
Laurel’s reaction to the pedicure? “I could do this all day.”
Oh, boy.
In other news, just as we’re getting ready to leave for vacation our garden has decided to go gangbusters. We got our first beans and jalapeno this morning:
I’ve never cooked burgundy beans before; word on the street is that they will turn green just like regular run-of-the-mill beans when they cook. That’s why I bought them. We’ll find out tonight. We’ve also got a couple of edamame (ahem: SOYBEAN) pods that are ready, and plenty of lettuce and spinach. We’re waiting on zucchini and cukes to get bigger, waiting for the tomatoes to ripen, and our peas are JUST NOW beginning to bloom. Procrastinators.
So you see, Internet, we’ve been busy. We didn’t mean to neglect you, and we will certainly do our level best to update you while we’re away. They have RV parks with wireless internet. But then, you already know that. You’re the Internet.
Talk to you soon.
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