Day 327, Year 9: Soccer Saturday, Tomatoes, and Dinner with Friends
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014
Weather: Mostly Sunny, Daytime Temp in the lower 70’s F, Nighttime in the 50’s F
Location: Quissett Harbor, Falmouth, Massachusetts
It’s late and I’m tired, so this will be a short log. We started our day by heading into town to see Jonah play soccer at 9 am. He had a great time running and kicking that ball. I headed home before everyone else to get started on blanching and peeling tomatoes. Shortly after I arrived home, so did everyone else. But then Jed turned right around and took Sam and Jonah back to town to shop for soccer cleats for Sam. Heather did a little painting while I continued blanching and peeling tomatoes and Granddad took Ollie on a walk to CVS with him to pick up some items we need for our winter stores. All too soon the work halted as it was time to go back into town to watch Sam play soccer at noon. He’s on a team with a lot of his good friends from his years at the Woods Hole Daycare Cooperative and it is fun to see how much they have all grown over the years. Mark had planned to take Sam and Jonah out to Quissett to kayak after soccer, but neither boy wanted to do this today. Instead, Jonah went to Hyannis with Heather and Jed to go to the unfinished furniture store to shop for cabinets for the den and Sam came home to play in the backyard with Ollie and Molly and Joey from next door. Ollie fell asleep on the way to the soccer field at noon and had his nap on the ground. While everyone was running around kicking balls here and there, he slept soundly. I had planned to work on processing tomatoes all afternoon while he was sleeping. So much for plans. But Granddad took over child watching duties and I did get all of the tomatoes peeled and de-seeded. I even had time to do a little painting for Heather.
Mark works at West Marine tomorrow and I will continue processing tomatoes. Heather and Jed should finish up the book shelves in the living room and can then turn their attention to the renovations in the den. Jed leaves next weekend for ten days in Japan and when he gets home, it will be time for us to leave. So time is running out. We need to work faster, but I think all of us are already out of breath from the current pace of work!
As evening approached, Mark and I got ready to go to Bruce and Jane Woodin’s for dinner. Their daughter Kate, her husband Matt, and their two beautiful three year-old twins, Jasper and Aurora, are preparing to travel in Southeast Asia over the next year. Bruce and Jane invited us over to talk to them about how we dealt with health issues and to share with them our experiences in Thailand, Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia. It is always great fun for us to go back and revisit some of the most beautiful parts of the world. So thank you Bruce and Jane for giving us the opportunity to meet with Kate and Matt. What a wonderful adventure they are going to have. Jane and her sister are leaving for Ireland tomorrow, so here’s hoping they have a wonderful adventure as well.
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