drinks and drinks and drinks and drinks

Thursday:

Time to return to Pulali and get it sorted for Grandpa’s Memorial.

Dad made me scrambled eggs for breakfast. Mmmm. I gathered together some weekend things into Grandpa’s suitcase and put it into the Prius. I was slow getting ready to leave but mom still took longer. Dad will be coming tomorrow for some fixit things.

First we stopped at the bank to do bank things. Then we went to Costco to do Costco things. Bought a huge pile of various drinks (Perrier, cola in glass bottles, Thomas Kemper, San Pellegrino, water, and Izze) and some generic food platters. I picked up a hot dog while mom went through the line. Costco has those awesome hand driers that actually get your hands dry. The kind that forces the air down and off as opposed to just generally warming it. I first saw those driers in Japan (2005 suddenly feels so long ago).

Met one of Mom’s buddies and then we played Costco Tetris with the groceries. We couldn’t have fit much else. Trunk was packed, the back seat was packed. The suspension couldn’t have handled much more.

It rained for most of the day. Sometimes it was rain, sometimes it was a mist. Sometimes it was just damp. The air when it rains smells so nice. So clean.

Helped haul things out of the car. Lit some incense. Looked at photo albums. Helped haul some trashcans down. The day went by really fast. Before we knew it, it was 6pm. We drove into Brinnon and picked up some ice and milk. Watched a little TV. Looked through more photo albums.

You know how some kids have an ever changing face? Well mine has kinda stayed the same. I’m very easy to pick out in photos. It’s lovely to look at old photos of Mom and Celia and Dad. Lots of photos. It’s really nice. Celia stopped by and we looked through the photos again.

Tomorrow is the big hard labor day. Lots of bushes to be pruned back. Vacuuming to be done. Brynne & co are coming by later on, so that should be swell.

Friday:

Slept okay. Slept on and off. It was okay. Had some dreams.

Had a bowl of Cheerio's for breakfast and hot cider. Did a lot of cleaning up and chores with mom.

Trimmed back the trees.
Raked the madrona leaves off the path.
Moved the firewood.
Trimmed more trees back.

Mom, pop, and I all sat and drank a coca cola from the glass bottles. Quite fun, even though there were plenty of needles falling from the tree.

Nathan and Rubie showed up. Rubie rolled lumpia. Nathan shared in the trimming.

I don't really do this much labor.

After all that, Nathan and I put on swimsuits. Nathan got in up to his knees and then fell backwards and got in up to his neck for a second. I went all the way in, eventually. Did a lap around the buoy. After the buoy I grabbed onto the kayak Nathan was in and got a little tow.

I took a very hot bath to recover from the water and got dressed. Once I sat down I felt so very tired. I did a lot of labor. Even broke a sweat! Nathan, Rubie, Mom, and I played Settlers of Catan. Nathan got a good lead early on and Mom got fed up and left. We removed her pieces from the board and then Dad came in and replaced them and played. Nathan won by a very big majority.

Celia and Lisa mum went out in the kayaks. Nathan, Rubie, and I had a little internet party at Celia's. Kirie came by and together we took the Citizen's test that Rubie is going to take soon. We didn't do so well, but Rubie did.