We're Off and Running

It is, in fact, July all of the sudden and we’re gearing up for a busy month. Brigid is officially out of Sibley for the summer, and she’s so far been having a good time with Margaret and Patricia. She has, however, been having meltdowns more often and I think part of it is because she’s not in a regular schedule like Sibley and she doesn’t nap like she does at Sibley.

The last weekend in June, Daddy braved it alone with Brigid at the lake while Margaret, Patricia and I organized the books for the St. Peter’s Bazaar book sale. It was rough – the nighttimes are hard because she still doesn’t just go down to sleep. And they had uneven days, but she by and large enjoyed herself and didn’t ask for Mommy once. Meanwhile, the girls and I worked long hours organizing a couple thousand books for the sale. At 50 cents and a dollar a piece, we sold quite a few, taking in almost $890 – another record. And it’s pure profit because everything is donated.

Jack took all three girls up to the lake for a couple nights later in the week, leaving me without a car but with a reliable bicycle. I rode to work those days and managed to get some scrapbook pages done in the evenings. It was very quiet at home, and I missed the family’s presence in the house. But they had a good time even though it rained on and off the entire time they were there. The girls rode a bit, they swam a lot. Brigid was in the water all the time and really enjoyed jumping and sliding off the bouncy dock. Our Fourth of July weekend was mixed. I had to work at the Lake Placid Horse Show, so I took Margaret with me while Jack stayed home with Patricia and Brigid. He had to work at a street drive for the community garden, and Patricia kept an eye on the baby during the couple hours he was standing at an intersection asking drivers for spare change. Margaret and I hung out at the horse show grounds while it poured, only to find out right at show time that they cancelled it until the next morning. Alas, I was unable to return at that time. So we turned around and came home again.

Jack took the girls – all three of them – to watch fireworks while I went to the Press to work on my calendar. I could hear the fireworks from home later. Sunday was a beautifully sunny day. There’s no rhyme or reason to the summer this year.

Margaret and Patricia decided to do Summer Safari after all and had their first day today. They’re going to do “Godspell” this year, and they’re very, very excited. So they’ll be at the theater every morning until 11:30 straight up until performance day on July 23. Then we’ll be on the road the following day for our Cape Cod vacation. It will be here before we know it. In the middle of all this, Jack and I will try to get the girls up to the lake so they can get some riding in. Of course, once we’re back from Cape Cod, they’ll be able to spend longer stretches of time up there as well. It’s shaping up to be a busy summer indeed.