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Jun. 16th, 2008 07:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI stayed up really late last night talking to Laura, and street noise woke me up really early this morning, so I'm hoping this will allow me to sleep on the plane. This is doubtful indeed, but I am choosing optimism.
The party at the river yesterday was tons of fun. It was a lovely, non-hot day, but I still wanted to get in the water. The Tye River is very shallow in front of the cabin where we were, so I pretty much just stuck my feet in at first. The kids didn't swim, per se, but they got completely wet. The water was cold, as rivers tend to be, but it was only unpleasant right at first, and I enjoyed wading up to my thighs and just hanging out with my cousins in the water. When Laura and John arrived, they wanted to put on swimsuits, and I thought, what the heck, I have my swimsuit, too. So we all changed and actually set out to get our whole selves wet. This proved difficult as at its deepest, the water was about 2 feet, and that wasn't a very large space. Still, I'd gone to the trouble of changing into a swimsuit, and I wasn't going to leave without getting that suit wet. One by one, John, Laura, and I took turns submerging ourselves in the deep part. I wanted to be all brave about it, but I'm a real wuss when it comes to cold water. Still, I went for it. It was effing cold, that's for sure, but it was a character building experience.
The mosquitoes were out in full force yesterday, and I saw myself get bitten dozens of times -- yet I am not covered in itchy red bumps today. Maybe there's some sort of itch incubation period, but in the past, the discomfort has been much more immediate, so I'm feeling optimistic about that, too. Just to be safe, though, I'll probably pick up some cortisone cream today, as well as some deodorant, which is the only thing so far that I've realized I forgot to pack. Though I bet my cousin will share hers so I don't stink up the plane. She already has all the Massie cooties anyway.
I have a long travel day ahead of me, but at the end of it all, I get to hug my husband for the first time in nine days, and I'm pretty excited about that. I miss him.
Peace.
The party at the river yesterday was tons of fun. It was a lovely, non-hot day, but I still wanted to get in the water. The Tye River is very shallow in front of the cabin where we were, so I pretty much just stuck my feet in at first. The kids didn't swim, per se, but they got completely wet. The water was cold, as rivers tend to be, but it was only unpleasant right at first, and I enjoyed wading up to my thighs and just hanging out with my cousins in the water. When Laura and John arrived, they wanted to put on swimsuits, and I thought, what the heck, I have my swimsuit, too. So we all changed and actually set out to get our whole selves wet. This proved difficult as at its deepest, the water was about 2 feet, and that wasn't a very large space. Still, I'd gone to the trouble of changing into a swimsuit, and I wasn't going to leave without getting that suit wet. One by one, John, Laura, and I took turns submerging ourselves in the deep part. I wanted to be all brave about it, but I'm a real wuss when it comes to cold water. Still, I went for it. It was effing cold, that's for sure, but it was a character building experience.
The mosquitoes were out in full force yesterday, and I saw myself get bitten dozens of times -- yet I am not covered in itchy red bumps today. Maybe there's some sort of itch incubation period, but in the past, the discomfort has been much more immediate, so I'm feeling optimistic about that, too. Just to be safe, though, I'll probably pick up some cortisone cream today, as well as some deodorant, which is the only thing so far that I've realized I forgot to pack. Though I bet my cousin will share hers so I don't stink up the plane. She already has all the Massie cooties anyway.
I have a long travel day ahead of me, but at the end of it all, I get to hug my husband for the first time in nine days, and I'm pretty excited about that. I miss him.
Peace.
