Necessary Mutilation

Weight: 192.6 lbs.

I am burnt to a crisp, but happy this morning. We had a nice time swimming and visiting with Janet and her sister yesterday, and I am all summered out for the moment. It is probably a healthy thing for me to be back to work today, as it will keep me out of the sun and out of trouble with summer delicacies. Yesterday we walked for ice cream after being out and after eating a nice tuna salad luncheon…and I ordered an orange twist cone and relished every bite. I was torn between eating it and slathering it on my burnt skin, and either one would have been heavenly, sorry to say.

Also yesterday, the woman who owns the cottage called and asked if we wanted to come a whole day earlier (Friday at 10:00 instead of Saturday at 1:00) for just $60 more, and since I had already taken Friday off for packing and such, we decided to take her up on the offer. I am glad that my OCD has meant that we have already gotten much of our fussing, planning and packing done, so other than last minute shopping for perishables, laundry and a few other things, we are mostly good to go. I work late the next few nights, but will just have to stay up late to get the last of everything accomplished. It is well worth it, as now we will have a complete Saturday there, plus we can go to the Westfield Farmer’s Market on Saturday early and without a carload of stuff at the time. As a result, we will now be able to set up shop on Friday, enjoy a day alone there and be that much more welcoming to our Saturday guests. The rafts should be blown up and the cottage situated, this way too. How lucky we are to have had this fall into place as it has!

I am still trying to decide what to do about this blog in my absence, but since it is vacation and all, I think that I will just take a week off from it, and let it ride. In the past I have either gotten guest writers or tried to blog from afar, but I don’t see the need this time, especially as I haven’t had anything too exciting to report in some time anyway, and I bet everyone would like a vacation from my ramblings right along with me! They do have wi-fi at the cottage though, so who knows, I may at least check in with my laptop, or throw a blog or two out during the week. Or not.

What will likely be most interesting for me won’t be not writing so much, as not weighing daily. I will get a chance to live like a “normal” person for a week, and see at the end of it all, how I fared. Knowing me, I will probably do my usual hovering or maybe gain a little…but, since I will be living quite differently for a while, who knows for sure. Also, there are like a million steps to get down to the lake (and back up from it!), so I am also optimistic that this will not only be a good test of my stamina, but possibly count as good exercise that helps me burn calories as much as our basement equipment or better.

So, it seems as if Thursday may be my last post until we return on the 25th.  Either that, or I will have died from sunburn, falling down the world’s steepest staircase, drowning in Lake Erie or drifting away in a raft, never to be seen again. Either way, I will go with a smile on my face!