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A Vacation Diary: Day Five
(originally published on July 26, 2013)
Day Five:
- waking up to much, much cooler temperatures and actually looking forward to an indoor day
- wearing an only-at-the-beach outfit: pale grey light sweater and white yoga pants with flip flops
- taking the super long lead to the beach for Tipper to run as much as she wanted
- picking up all the plastic trash from the beach and depositing it in the recycling bin
- finding a tiny skeleton of a snake? an eel? at the beach
- comfort food on a chilly (!) day
- a snuggly puppy looking for warmth
- a long nap nestled in the magical "sleeping chair"
- ... followed by a bowl of ice cream
- reading, reading, reading
- watching our neighbor tend his dahlias dressed in a sweatshirt and Hawaiian lei
- realizing at the end of the day that you did little more than stare into space and wishing there were more days like that
And this:
"Even beauty, in abundance, turns creepy."
--Karen Thompson Walker, The Age of Miracles
This Month ...
- enjoying Easter brunch with the moms
- getting the squad back together for Harbor Lounge's seasonal opener
- preparing for surgery (again, yes, but outpatient!)
- spring cleaning everything
- attending the annual CASAS fundraiser dinner at The Pointe
- soldiering through the annual Town Meeting
- attending an author event at our local bookstore
- listening to a different part of the story at the Moby Dick Read-a-thon
- not overdoing it but totally not missing out on Strangers and Saints opening day, even if it is right after might surgery
- priming my resume to hop back into the action again