Vacation, Day 3 - Part I
Aug. 28th, 2007 10:06 pmToday started with an unorthodox breakfast and a change in plans. Having not eaten the tortilla crusted tilapia with lime for dinner last night, I cooked it for breakfast, as well as sauteeing the summer squash, onion, red pepper and tomato in butter with Bell's seasoning. It was a very tasty breakfast, but not usual. I did it because I assumed we would be gone for a couple days and did not want the fish to go bad.
As it turned out, I called to verify the meeting time and found out I had mixed it up. The meeting is actually Thursday. Since we didn't have to drive all the way to Londonderry and then to Nashua, we decided it was such a lovely day that we would go to the beach. Around noon we got to Wellington State Park and enjoyed a nice swim for a couple of hours. We actually did quite a bit of swimming for exercise. We swam at a slow pace but went from the middle of the beach to one end and back, non-stop.
After swimming we went back to Plymouth to get![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
painted_wolf's paycheck, then went to the bank, then to my office briefly to swap a tape and then from there to lunch/dinner. We went to see if by chance the Purple Armadillo in Ashland was still open, but sadly it has long since gone and been replaced by another restaurant in that doomed location. We chose instead to eat at Village Pizza, where we both ordered the fetuccini carbonara. It was very yummy!
From there we went home and sat outside for a bit with Seeker. Lonewolf came home so we all headed indoors. Lonewolf fed his pet snake Puddin so we all watched that. It's very interesting to watch an Albino Burmese Python strike and strangle a live mouse to death and swallow it whole. I felt sorry for the poor mouse, though, because it went right up to the snake like "Oh, hi! Who are you? My name is..." CHOMP! It never even knew what was coming.
After that we played a game of Settlers of Catan. It was Lonewolf's first time and he did very well.painted_wolfended up winning without even realizing. We pointed out she only needed one more point to win and she just perked up and said"Oh! Wait! You mean like this?" and flipped over a development card worth one victory point.
Our plans have changed a bit so instead of visiting my parents tonight we're actually going down tomorrow, spending the night and maybe Thursday night, too, and then coming back forpainted_wolf's new job orientation. Because of Labor Day I actually have the rest of the week off and through next Monday, too!
This vacation seems to be going at just the right pace: not too fast that I wonder where it went and not so slow that I just wish it would end. I think I shall be very refreshed and ready to work when I return next Tuesday.
As it turned out, I called to verify the meeting time and found out I had mixed it up. The meeting is actually Thursday. Since we didn't have to drive all the way to Londonderry and then to Nashua, we decided it was such a lovely day that we would go to the beach. Around noon we got to Wellington State Park and enjoyed a nice swim for a couple of hours. We actually did quite a bit of swimming for exercise. We swam at a slow pace but went from the middle of the beach to one end and back, non-stop.
After swimming we went back to Plymouth to get
painted_wolf's paycheck, then went to the bank, then to my office briefly to swap a tape and then from there to lunch/dinner. We went to see if by chance the Purple Armadillo in Ashland was still open, but sadly it has long since gone and been replaced by another restaurant in that doomed location. We chose instead to eat at Village Pizza, where we both ordered the fetuccini carbonara. It was very yummy!From there we went home and sat outside for a bit with Seeker. Lonewolf came home so we all headed indoors. Lonewolf fed his pet snake Puddin so we all watched that. It's very interesting to watch an Albino Burmese Python strike and strangle a live mouse to death and swallow it whole. I felt sorry for the poor mouse, though, because it went right up to the snake like "Oh, hi! Who are you? My name is..." CHOMP! It never even knew what was coming.
After that we played a game of Settlers of Catan. It was Lonewolf's first time and he did very well.
painted_wolfended up winning without even realizing. We pointed out she only needed one more point to win and she just perked up and said"Oh! Wait! You mean like this?" and flipped over a development card worth one victory point. Our plans have changed a bit so instead of visiting my parents tonight we're actually going down tomorrow, spending the night and maybe Thursday night, too, and then coming back for
painted_wolf's new job orientation. Because of Labor Day I actually have the rest of the week off and through next Monday, too! This vacation seems to be going at just the right pace: not too fast that I wonder where it went and not so slow that I just wish it would end. I think I shall be very refreshed and ready to work when I return next Tuesday.
