Today is the official holiday, but check out time is 11 am. This is why I reserved our space for another night. Not that I am planning on sleeping here again, but because I don't want to pack up at 11 and just hang around on the beach until I decide to go home. I waken early to the sound of the neighbors on our right packing up their big RV. It takes them some time to stuff all their gear in the specific compartment, then douse their campfire and back their pick up truck to the hitch.
I walk the dog and gawk at the line up of RVs waiting for a crack at the dumping station. They will be lucky to get through the line before 11 am at this rate!. The noise is incredible and people run about taking care of last minute stuff and chasing kids who don't want to be corralled. But by noon, the place is fairly deserted. We are the sole inhabitants of our loop. There are maybe a half dozen brave souls left out of hundreds of sites. The quiet is deafening.
Drew has invited a friend to come for the day. He has been a most attentive son indulging my wishes, but I know he is really wanting some freedom and fun and I am happy his friend can come. Sweet boy, he is beginning to suggest I might want to look around for a husband so I won't be alone after he has to leave and go off to college. He and his friend take off to explore while Sugar and I curl up by the fire and enjoy the peace and quiet. My main goal is to be packed before dark.
I have not done any work this weekend. How rare for me to take a complete hiatus. I haven't thought about stuff or been antsy in the least. I doze and feel the kinks and knots ease from my body - very much like sitting in Gram's yard after dinner of a sleepy summer day, watching the iris bloom and the tomatoes ripen while the breeze ruffles the leaves. God made the world to refresh us, but we forget to spend time in it resting. Even when we are outside, we are constantly doing something - mowing the grass, weeding the flower beds, building something or another. We forget how important it is to watch birds fly and flags flutter and gently rock back and forth in a hammock.
This is my time. I am loving it. I am not pressing for it to go on and on, but I am totally drinking it in and letting peace wash over me and restore my soul. Hope you have been able to enjoy some slice of ease this weekend too.
I walk the dog and gawk at the line up of RVs waiting for a crack at the dumping station. They will be lucky to get through the line before 11 am at this rate!. The noise is incredible and people run about taking care of last minute stuff and chasing kids who don't want to be corralled. But by noon, the place is fairly deserted. We are the sole inhabitants of our loop. There are maybe a half dozen brave souls left out of hundreds of sites. The quiet is deafening.
Drew has invited a friend to come for the day. He has been a most attentive son indulging my wishes, but I know he is really wanting some freedom and fun and I am happy his friend can come. Sweet boy, he is beginning to suggest I might want to look around for a husband so I won't be alone after he has to leave and go off to college. He and his friend take off to explore while Sugar and I curl up by the fire and enjoy the peace and quiet. My main goal is to be packed before dark.
I have not done any work this weekend. How rare for me to take a complete hiatus. I haven't thought about stuff or been antsy in the least. I doze and feel the kinks and knots ease from my body - very much like sitting in Gram's yard after dinner of a sleepy summer day, watching the iris bloom and the tomatoes ripen while the breeze ruffles the leaves. God made the world to refresh us, but we forget to spend time in it resting. Even when we are outside, we are constantly doing something - mowing the grass, weeding the flower beds, building something or another. We forget how important it is to watch birds fly and flags flutter and gently rock back and forth in a hammock.
This is my time. I am loving it. I am not pressing for it to go on and on, but I am totally drinking it in and letting peace wash over me and restore my soul. Hope you have been able to enjoy some slice of ease this weekend too.
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