Good morning!
Yesterday dd1 left for the state school nurse conference. Dgd17 left for cheer camp. Both of them will be back Thursday night. With both of them gone, I am all dd2 has for backup help in an emergency.
Yesterday morning was a first. Dd2 and I intended to take the 4 kids to the zoo. We were either going to take donuts or McDonalds and have breakfast at the zoo. The "first" was that it was 56 and on a July morning we had to wait for it to warm up to go to the zoo. So we decided to just have a picnic. It was so slow to warm up that we decided to just eat lunch at home and go at 1. The zoo has these bicycle contraptions that you can rent. They have a basket on the front for up to 3 little ones with seat belts. The seats hold 3 people, so they have 3,6 and 9 seaters. They rent for $28 an hour. Anytime we go they are always in use and they have at least 6. We talked to the guy in the concession building who handles the rentals. He said the best time to be assured of one, is to be there when they open at 10 am. We did our usual walk thru the zoo. As we were leaving, we noticed that all the bicycle contraptions were there. So we decided since the weather was so nice, by then it was 82, that we would go ahead and rent one, rather than attempting to go back later in the week. It was a lot of fun, but dgs7 couldn't reach the pedals so it was just dd2, dgs9 and I providing the pedal power. We went around the zoo once and were started on a 2nd time when we noticed the 2 little girls were both getting sleepy. Plus although there was a canvas cover over us, the girls on the front were not covered. They are both fair skinned and always have sunblock on when they are outside. With the extra exercise I needed a snack, so I was going to treat them to ice cream. By the time we got to the old fashion ice cream parlor, the girls were asleep, so we just went to the D airy Q ueen drive-thru. It was a fun afternoon. By the time I got home my knees were hurting but when I woke up this am, they are painfree.
Dd1 will be going back to school soon and no more morning walks. I am thinking of getting a bike. They have retro looking bikes at W almart. They have a basket and a bottle holder. I could ride safely in our area during school hours for exercise. I hate to walk by myself. We also need to break down and buy a treadmill. Dh needs to exercise and maybe he would if we had one.
Speaking of going back to school, dd2 is returning to teaching. She applied for a part time teaching position but they asked her to take a full time one. Since she has already taught there for 4 years, she will not have to go thru the probationary period and will be considered tenured. In the end, she decided to stay with the part time teaching position. She starts August 6 and has 2 weeks of in-service since she will be "new" again. Her business has been terribly slow all summer. She still has not taken home a single penny. She had considered closing it, then last week she was super busy all week. She has hired the young wife of one of her dhs farmhands. So this young gal can run it. She has a lot of creative ideas and is enthusiastic. Dd2 intends to use all her teaching salary to pay off her business loan. Once it is paid off, she will decide if she wants to continue teaching, close the shop or whatever.
Dd2 and her family are going on vacation and are leaving the last Friday in July. She had intended to close the shop for a week but once she hired this new gal, the shop can stay open. Dd2 and her dh are taking the 5 kids to California to D isneyland. The kids do not know, because dd2 doesn't want them driving her crazy about it until time to go. Also, in case they have to cancel at the last minute, the kids won't be disappointed. She plans to have everyone packed so when the boys come back from their dads that Friday, they can leave that night after the family swim party that is planned for the cheerleaders and their families. Even dgd17 doesn't know. Dd2 plans to tell her to pack for a vacation. When they hit the road they will know where they are going. Oh yeah, they are driving. She told me that dh and I should caravan out there with them. At first he was all for it. The next morning, he didn't want any part of it.
Dh woke up grumpy yesterday morning and came home that way. By bedtime he was out of his funk.
Been at this over an hour, so I need to do breakfast and meds.
Seems like it's just zooming by and I'm stuck in the same place.
One of the advantages of long hair it cools you off too with 63*-101* for today's temp. range I can use that help.