Saturdays are always ripe with possibilities. I often do my best work on Saturdays concerning chores. Wayne acts as a wonderful distraction for my Daddy-worshiping daughters. But I often stack to many expectations onto Saturdays as they are the golden days for getting stuff done. As a parent, I never get enough stuff done. I’m always moving, often by choice.
Today, some of that movement stop. Our school had rented an Argosy cruise boat to go to Blake Island. What a better way to spend a fall day? Unfortunately, the rest of the school didn’t think so. So the cruise was canceled. Wayne was bummed…for days. I silently rejoiced. The word, “desk” kept echoing in my head. There’s a blockage that’s been building up all summer.
Wayne is consoling himself with gardening today. The yard has been neglected in the summer without heat. My desk is in a similar state of neglect. There’s piles on my desk. Piles on the stairs. Piles in the mail basket. So off I go to work.
The one thing I have to remember is it won’t all get done today. That’s supposed to be a consoling thought when I get frustrated by my lack of progress.
We made it to Golden Gardens today. It’s a bit of a miracle. While we’re not a stone’s throw away, we’re not tremendously far. But with bikes, it was made possible with small legs. Biking makes it so much easier to deal with parking on a crowded 75 degree day. I’ll let you know how going back up goes.
This morning, I finally caught up with dishes enough to wash out camp dishes for a final wash before they get packed away. I did a small part of the desk work I needed to do, but it was satisfying.
The bike ride back up was great. The long shadows of an autumn sunset. Wayne commented on how fit I was as I hauled myself and the girls up a long hill.
We did a cooking extravaganza when we got back. We kept adding things to the grill knowing rain is coming tomorrow. Hotdogs, asparagus, zuchini, summer squash, corn, sausage. We made 3 different dishes and some to share.
Now I am tired. After all this work and spending all day on dishes, there’s just more. Sigh.
Desert was lemon ginger snaps with Snoqualmie lavendar ice cream. Makes the stack of dishes ok. Tomorrow I sabbath.