Day 355, Year 6: Just a Work Day
Date: Friday, October 14, 2011
Weather: Cloudy AM, Rainy PM, Temp Hovering Around 70
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
It was warm today, but partly sunny all morning with periods of heavy rain in the afternoon. At least it is not a cold rain, so it still feels like summer. (Maybe we’re just getting acclimated.) I dropped Mark off at West Marine this morning, did some shopping, and then went to Heather and Jed’s to do more laundry. Then I went to pick up the boys. I had planned to take them to Windbird for the afternoon, but as I drove to Woods Hole, the heavens opened up. It would pour the rain, then stop, and then pour again. I decided that I didn’t want to be out in the dinghy with the boys when it decided to pour, so we headed back to Heather and Jed’s in East Falmouth. After naps, Sam, Jonah and I spent a bit of time singing folk songs together. They loved “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” and “This Old Man, He Played One.” Last week “She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain” was a favorite. After singing, the boys flew to South Africa in a couple of cardboard boxes, and then we went out to do some puddle stomping to run off a little excess energy. You do what you have to in order to keep an active two and four year-old busy and happy.
Our weekend plans have changed a bit as Mark learned today that he works on Sunday. We will start our day tomorrow watching Sam play soccer and then we will take the boys on an explore (not sure where yet) and then back to the boat for naps. Heather is spending her afternoon at the Marine Biological Lab in a series of seminars and Jed will be working on a grant due on Monday. On Sunday, I will go to Wellfleet with Heather and gang for the Oysterfest. Heather speaks at 10:30 am on the topic of how climate change will affect the fishing industry in the next few decades, so we will have to get an early start.
