August 23, 2003
Serene Saturday
I was up late last night, but was not allowed to sleep in this morning, as the phone started ringing before 9am. What's up with that?
I actually got out of bed at 9:30, and it was a full 90 minutes before I was prepared to do anything at all, and noon before I left the house for my planned walk to the mall for coffee and exercise.
I hadn't been walking very long, when I got company. The parents of Abby's friend and softball teammate Kelsey had seen me walking while they were driving by, and stopped to say hi. It was nice to see them, as I hadn't seen them all summer, and I discovered that they live quite close to us now! Or, perhaps I should say, we live quite close to them now.
I got to the mall, wandered through the farmer's market, and then got my coffee and drank it outside while I read my book and people-watched. It looked like there was lots of back-to-school shopping going on, as I saw many moms with teenaged kids walk by.
The book I started reading is called Life of Pi, which I succumbed to after seeing it on the top-10 list every day at work. I didn't get too far into it, but the writing style is very beautiful, and I'm really enjoying it so far.
On my way back home, I walked back through the farmer's market and got a bouquet of flowers. They are so pretty, and were so cheap!
I couldn't resist using the closeup feature of my camera to take some more shots of them. Those are here, and the pictures are bigger than usual, because having them larger really shows them off!
On my way back home, I got passed by approximately 40,000 tiny little kids on tiny little bicycles, and decided that I really did need to get a bike. By bike, I think I'm only about 5-10 minutes away from Marymoor and the lovely Sammamish River Trail, and I could even do minor grocery shopping and other errands and get exercise at the same time. I almost bought a bike last week in a fit of consumerism, but now I am even more determined.
My unpacking is coming along, although not terribly quickly. I do have my kitchen counter pretty much cleaned off:
I keep saying I am going to work on the girls' room, but they will be here tomorrow, and if I face reality, I am not going to even darken the door of their room before tomorrow.
Posted by Rachel at August 23, 2003 04:58 PM