We woke up in the night to humongous winds and heavy rain, which continued on through the morning. One thing I forgot to mention on the first day is that there is a strange moaning noise coming from a drainpipe on the outside wall between the two small bedrooms. It’s a good thing there are no children trying to sleep in those bedrooms, because it’s quite spooky. Dave calls it the ghoul.
We got up and had a slow morning listening to the rain and
wind and waves. Josh and Jen are staying in town at the Waves motel, They got
here around 10, which was just wonderful. They have been keeping good COVID
hygiene so we decided to form a bubble, which meant I got to give them both
giant hugs – I got pretty teary. Josh is looking good and enjoying the cool
rain after Somalia.
They had brought some items from home that we’d asked for,
including some pruning shears to clean up the downed tree on the way down to
the beach. Josh and Dave went down to take care of it but discovered that it
had already been cleared away. The hourly forecast was encouraging, so we went
down for a short walk to hug point, but once again sneaker waves came at the
waterfall. Also the hourly forecast was overly optimistic, so it was raining
pretty hard by the time we came back.
Its wrongness notwithstanding, when it said it would be clear for several hours we decided to go into town for lunch and were rewarded with good enough weather to eat outside at Bill’s and for us to get fish for dinner at Ecola and J&J to go to Bruce’s for their big bag of Bruce’s bounty. And for all of us but Dave to have Osborn’s ice cream. In fact, it held off until we got home. Once we were there, it drizzled on and off all afternoon and we just hung out and did our own stuff – lots of knitting for me, reading for Dave, and screen time for the kids.
Dave and Josh cooked the dinner (grilled salmon, steamed broccoli,
boiled new potatoes, with smoked mussels and smoked salmon appetizer) and it
came together very oddly , one item at a time, but was just fine. It was the
anniversary of Josh and Jen’s first date, so we toasted that. That was a good
day for all of us. Jen dried while I washed and the cleanup went very quickly.
After dinner is always game time, and tonight was not exception. We played Chronology and Exploding Kittens and had a good time. The report is a bit sparse tonight since I didn’t work on it during the day. I was just too busy basking in how good it was to have Josh back, and of course enjoying Jen’s company as well. I’m one lucky mother/mother-in-law!
Bonus Picture from a long time ago - 1969?
I don't care how little time you spent writing it, I LOVED this post even though there was no mention of sand, high or low. It raised three questions, however:
ReplyDelete1) Who cleared away the tree?
2) Why didn't Dave has ice cream?
3) Who took that picture of you, Ben, and Lizza, and where did you get it?
1. It is a Mystery, although Dave pointed out that my assumption that the tree had just fallen the night before had no basis in fact. My updated assumption is that it had been there for a while and one of the other houses on the path took care of it
ReplyDelete2. Why do you think he looks like he does?
3. Liza sent it to me; I don't know who took it.