Ah. A visit to the lake. A time of serenity and a fulfillment of all the urges of wilderness. It's a wonderful moment to reflect on the recent happenings in one's life and enjoy a time to prepare for the future. Yes, the beauty and solitude of a trip to the lake.
This was not that trip. Sad, sad day. After working 16 hours straight on Saturday and then turning around and pulling a 6-2 on Sunday, I was ready for lots of sleep. Or lots of fun. So, I drove directly down to the lake thinking that I could get a few hours in on the water. Nothing like thrashing your body about on the wake! Unfortunately, the wind was too high and the immense amount of whitecaps on the water told me that my plan was a no-go. Bummer.
Not that spending time with my family wasn't enjoyable. We teased Dolly with her chew toys and spent some time visiting. My father and I had the "so you're not going into the Air Force?" talk again, which of course always goes over fabulously. Somehow we moved into my not being good at ministry to the Gnostic Gospels, which he likes to talk about but knows nothing on. It's not really good to argue with someone who likes to read them as much as I do :D
Kelsey was the ever-attention-seeking girl. Ashton and I had some sisterly time where we dealt with some things that had happened the night before and Kelsey got jealous. She didn't like that Ash and I were spending time alone. It's hard to juggle!
After some more sitting around, my parents whipped out the tequila and began to hit the margaritas pretty hard. Nothing says love like getting drunk with your kids. Well, in front of them. They admitted to letting Ashton drink on Friday night... to which I clucked my tongue. It's like pouring gasoline into a fire!
Ash and I went to visit my friends across the lake and I ended up being their DD the rest of the night. The good news is I discovered some things.
1) I suck at driving jeeps. I almost crashed it. Twice.
2) Cops are EVERYWHERE on a holiday.
3) My best friend's girlfriend hates me. That's okay because I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to be in the relationship. We're even.
4) My parents absolutely love tearing down Christians and think it's weird when I say that I can't drink because I'm driving. Wow.
Woke up early this morning and had breakfast and then... went back to sleep. Nothing like napping at the lake. The kids woke me up again and started going on about being able to go out on the boat. I had no desire to because the parents were going to meet up with their friends and that makes me uncomfortable. So, I can home and visited Lou at the lake, then came back to our house. After airing the bug bomb out, I'm on here... again.
It's wonderful to know that the one thing I can count on in life is my parent's being bad influences...
This was not that trip. Sad, sad day. After working 16 hours straight on Saturday and then turning around and pulling a 6-2 on Sunday, I was ready for lots of sleep. Or lots of fun. So, I drove directly down to the lake thinking that I could get a few hours in on the water. Nothing like thrashing your body about on the wake! Unfortunately, the wind was too high and the immense amount of whitecaps on the water told me that my plan was a no-go. Bummer.
Not that spending time with my family wasn't enjoyable. We teased Dolly with her chew toys and spent some time visiting. My father and I had the "so you're not going into the Air Force?" talk again, which of course always goes over fabulously. Somehow we moved into my not being good at ministry to the Gnostic Gospels, which he likes to talk about but knows nothing on. It's not really good to argue with someone who likes to read them as much as I do :D
Kelsey was the ever-attention-seeking girl. Ashton and I had some sisterly time where we dealt with some things that had happened the night before and Kelsey got jealous. She didn't like that Ash and I were spending time alone. It's hard to juggle!
After some more sitting around, my parents whipped out the tequila and began to hit the margaritas pretty hard. Nothing says love like getting drunk with your kids. Well, in front of them. They admitted to letting Ashton drink on Friday night... to which I clucked my tongue. It's like pouring gasoline into a fire!
Ash and I went to visit my friends across the lake and I ended up being their DD the rest of the night. The good news is I discovered some things.
1) I suck at driving jeeps. I almost crashed it. Twice.
2) Cops are EVERYWHERE on a holiday.
3) My best friend's girlfriend hates me. That's okay because I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to be in the relationship. We're even.
4) My parents absolutely love tearing down Christians and think it's weird when I say that I can't drink because I'm driving. Wow.
Woke up early this morning and had breakfast and then... went back to sleep. Nothing like napping at the lake. The kids woke me up again and started going on about being able to go out on the boat. I had no desire to because the parents were going to meet up with their friends and that makes me uncomfortable. So, I can home and visited Lou at the lake, then came back to our house. After airing the bug bomb out, I'm on here... again.
It's wonderful to know that the one thing I can count on in life is my parent's being bad influences...
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