He started waking up around 7. Then around 7:30 the first thing he said was “In my lab, kaleidoscope starts with a C, even in important meetings.” He also talked about how ‘centrifuge’ should start with an S. I stayed in bed because of the cold, but I think the NyQuil was also slow to wear off. A lot of noise from all the playing.
He was talking about a “Hyperbolic chamber”. From Inspector Gadget, perhaps. Not sure if he is mispronouncing ‘hyperbaric chamber’ or if it is a joke from the show. I talked to him about going to brunch: “I’m excited for waffles but I’m tons more excited for the airplane. Tons. So excited I can’t explain with words how excited I am.” Colin had fallen on a toy and needed a bandaid. When I asked August about it he said “It was a pretty big gash.”
We drove up to brunch at IHOP in Lynnwood at 10:30. We stopped for gas. The IHOP was only half open, so busy, and my dad called and said they were saying 45 minutes, so we were going to do Denny’s instead, but then they called back a minute later and had two booths. So we met them there. I wasn’t very good company, but started to feel much better when I started eating. I had the country fried steak, and August chose the strawberry and cream crepes. Carly also got a side salad. Dee and Grant and Mom and Dad were in the other booth, and I sat next to Paul.
Paul got his luggage and we said goodbye in the parking lot. My parents and Dee and Grant drove Carly and August back to Derek and Andrea’s house, while I drove Paul’s car over to Peter’s house. That at least gave me a few minutes to talk to Paul. We talked about going camping again next summer.
At Peter’s I said goodbye to him and he headed back to Chelan. Mom and Dad are staying in Lake Stevens for another day or two.
Peter and I had a good day hanging out. We started with the last episode of Too Old to Die Young. We were pleasantly surprised by the last episode, which was only 30 minutes. Our expectations weren’t very high, but we thought the contrasting scenes of Diana and Yaritza summed things up quite nicely. A satisfying thematic end as opposed to an episode that tried to tie up all the narrative threads, which would have been unsatisfying.
We sat around and chatted for awhile, then went out for a drive. Stopped at a physical therapy place for him to see about an appointment, then he showed me the marshlands place in Edmonds. We drove down through the fancy house area and into Seattle and looked at Top Ten Toys. Couldn’t buy anything because of luggage space, but got some good ideas. We drove back north and stopped at the farmer’s market place to get veggies and tortillas for tacos for dinner. I was feeling much, much better by now. This morning, and even at the end of brunch, I didn’t know if I’d feel like staying for dinner.
We went back to the house. Kasiah was babysitting and they had made amazing cupcakes, with sprinkles inside, that would be dessert. We grilled some corn and he did the tacos. The four of us ate, then Christine showed up before we had cupcakes.
Peter drove me home about 8:15.
While we were gone, the other kids had gone to the Ballard Locks. That made it an easy choice for August to go to brunch as he didn’t want to go out in the rain. Andrea’s parents and Billy had then come over. There was a cake for Cassie and Carly and Happy Birthday was sung. They had also brought over the bins of old Thatcher clothes and Carly had chosen a bunch of stuff.
They were still there when I got there and the kids were up finishing baths. Vivian and August were just getting out. We got them dressed, then they went in the play room. Kayla had first choice and they watched some Halloween song videos. Then they watched a show called Dino Dana. August seemed to like it pretty well. Two episodes, I think. They spent some time jumping into the fort that was where Thatcher and Kayla were going to sleep. We then got his teeth brushed and into bed. He told me “Try putting me to sleep as fast as you can. I love the night time. I love it.” I left them at 9:25.
Skateboarding for the first time:
Towel battles:
Cousins watching together together:
Jumping in the fort:
