"Time for the two o'clock rest period"

This time I couldn’t convince myself to get up any earlier than 7:30am. Truth be told, however, I slept better Saturday than I did Friday. Mindy stayed in bed while got up and began my day. Part of me wanted to be up earlier but yet another part enjoys the extra sleep at least once a week. The sky this morning was already a brilliant blue and the temperature was already in the 70’s. We were expecting highs in the mid 90’s today with clear skies all day. My exercise and walk went well and went fast. Soon I was on the deck enjoying a cup of hot coffee. Mindy joined me just after I returned with Ykraps. We sat on the deck played guitar and simply enjoyed one another’s company. Before leaving for a run, I watered all of my backyard plants as the day continued to heat up. Despite the intense heat, the lawn remains lush and damp form the enormous amount of rain fall we received late last week – even as late as Friday late afternoon. Usually after a couple of days like this we are dry as a bone, but not this year. I left for my run somewhere just after 10am. I would be running in near 90 degree temps already. Not to worry though. I’ve done hundreds of times. I took what has become my weekend route once again. I love running down Hague ave from Trabue. It’s so pristine and summery! When I returned from my run I was hot. Bt after blotting off with a beach towel and a quick drink of water, I was fine. We opted for a light breakfast of fruit in lieu of the usual farm fresh chicken eggs. Mindy suggested we do the Hilltop Pool today and I accepted. After all, today is perfect hilltop pool weather! Before getting ready we surveyed the basement and what it would take to accomplish Mindy’s goal of freeing more space. The thought of digging in to the huge mass of mess disgusted me. Aside from some lovin’ we didn’t’ accomplish much of anything down there this morning. I took a shower and we readied a simple cooler for the pool. I hadn’t been to the pool, I figured, since at least 1995 – eleven years! When we arrived there were still numerous parking spots available. I was surprised. Why, in its hey day, they would’ve been parking at Glenwood on a day like this. It was already 92 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. I signed in as a guest and paid my $5. Good deal for a day of swimming I think. We found our way over to the east side of the pool by the life guard chair and the small adult pool behind. The availability of benches was scant, but that didn’t phase me much. I don’t mind standing. Mindy’s sister and brother-in-law were there along with a few of their friends. No sooner than we got settled did some old friends make there way over to see me. It was Teri Terry and Chris Andrews (Jones). I hadn’t seen Chris in maybe 15 years??? We talked for quite awhile about this and that – mostly old times and old friends. As the heat wore upon us, Mindy and I decided to take a swim. We meandered over to the diving boards where I took a dive off the old high-dive, which is now the medium and swam to the bars. Just like old times. That was cool. While mounting the board, I ran into another old friend of mine, Doug Reed and his pretty young daughter. The entire afternoon was a bit of a throw back to days of old. Missing was the old Coca-Cola clock over the entrance, but its replacement wasn’t working either. Made me laugh! We left around 3:30pm to ensure we had enough time to make it home, get a shower, and get to Mindy’s mother’s. We made it to Gloria’s a bit early. We were there at 4:15pm. Mindy was excited about seeing the kids since she hadn’t seen them since Friday afternoon. Bella came straight to me for a big hug. That was cute! We were the first ones there and for the longest time it seemed the only ones coming. But soon Mindy’s sister, Jody, along with her daughter, Lindi, arrived. Another twenty minutes later, Mindy’s brother, Todd, and his wife, Missy, arrived along with their daughter, Mia. We had baked Cube steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, and an assortment of other goodies. For dessert we had ice cream pie. She made one banana and one chocolate fudge. I had a piece of the chocolate fudge. We gathered our stuff and the kids around 7:15pm and headed home to my house. I think that was the first time that all of us rode in the same car from Mindy’s mom’s. When we got home Jacob insisted on me squirting him with the hose. Of course I was more than happy to oblige him. Bella joined in for a short stint but really didn't care for the cold water. Jacob, however, doesn't ever seem to mind. After their hosing they were off to the tub for their evening bath. We read more from the Disney Peter Pan book fro mwhere we left off Thursday night. Not long after the kids were tucked in bed they were asleep. They must have been exhausted. Mindy and I then went to the basement to see what if anything we could gaccomplish with our consolidation project. At the same time we could organize the camping gear for later in the week. We worked in the basement for about an hour. It's amazing some of the shit I have down there. I found plenty of items and things that could be dubbed as trash and thrown out. We managed in that hour to fill two large boxes with meaningless trash and clear quite a bit of floor space along with sweeping up countless dead spiders and eggs. When we finished in the basement we each took our blood pressure then headed upstairs for bed. It was funny laying their in bed, both of us reading our books. Somewhat sterile, don't you think? After we turned off the lights I could not sleep, which is rare for me. I didn't fight it. Instead, I got up, went down stairs with my book and did some more reading until I felt satisfactorily tired.