The first full day of our holiday weekend
did not go at all as planned thanks to a very rainy, wet day.
All ball games were cancelled; the booths
at the park did not open at all; and our new bike and canoe rental business
didn’t have any customers at all. Our
family plans for the day were all messed up.
There were no trail rides; play time at the park; or any outdoor
meals. There was definitely no
campfire. The families didn’t even get
together as an entire group to do much; though there was one shopping foray
that ended early when getting wet between stores just wasn’t any fun.
The rain totally changed up my day
too. I worked the breakfast buffet as
planned; ended up spending most of the day at the Inn – even when Michael and I
were on our breaks; and I worked the lunch and dinner-to-close shifts too
because the Inn was busy all day with campers coming into town for the day when
being at campsites and stuck in tents or trailers just wasn’t any fun
either. We had one break in the rain in
the afternoon for a couple of hours, but everything was soaked; and didn’t come
close to drying up before the rain started coming down again.
We’re having a girls’ night sleepover on
the third floor tonight with all of the Johnson and Proctor girls; so I didn’t
get to hang out with Michael after work.
I’ve also missed most of the fun around here, since we were late getting
out of the Inn; and I’m multi-tasking this while getting cleaned up and ready
for bed in my bathroom. That’s mostly
because I fully expect to fall asleep shortly after settling in to watch the
next movie that the girls are waiting for me to start; so there’s no chance I’ll
be doing any computer work later after the other girls go to sleep. Rowen isn’t here for the fun, but Naomi is;
and Ethan is hanging out with Jayden tonight at Aunt Grace and Uncle Mark’s
house.
Having a gang here for breakfast in the
morning is going to be crazy-busy – especially since I’ll need to be at the
church early to get ready for the service.
We won’t be having that in the park this year because the rain isn’t
forecast to stop until maybe as late as sometime overnight on Sunday. We will get to see how well the expanded
sanctuary helps with the extra guests for a summer holiday, though; and I’m
sure we’ll still have an amazing time even without the bonus great outdoors
time.
I’m nearly ready for bed, though, and the
girls are waiting for me; so it’s time to wrap this up. This hasn’t been a remember-forever kind of
day for this holiday, and day two isn’t looking great either; but then I was
already booked for a full shift at the Inn anyway so the rain won’t matter much
for me. I do wish that we were going to
have better weather for my family, but they’ll manage to have fun anyway. I’ll keep you posted on that, but I have a
bit of fun to get to right now – at least until I crash and fall asleep; so,
until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
