A memorable memorial day
May. 31st, 2011 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cvirtueIt's not every day you get to give your sister heat stroke.
The morning was spent straightening up the house; doing exciting things like cleaning the bathroom and so on, and Karen and Gabrielle arrived around 1pm. Shortly thereafter we departed to drop a car off at Great Brook, then returned home to depart on foot to walk to the ice cream stand at Great Brook.
This was the first time Gabrielle had walked it with us, although I think Karen had walked it with us a few years back. It's about 1.5 miles one way, and the day was hot, but the ice cream was tasty at the end. We threw sticks and leaves in the stream at the bridge.
I grilled many things for supper -- really great "weisswurst" from WF, some Neiman Andouille, and some good hot dogs; zucchini and asparagus, pineapple, and packets of apples+brown sugar+ cinnamon, the latter going on vanilla ice cream for dessert. Unfortunately Karen had some kind of reaction to the day or other things, and she spent supper and much of the evening lying in bed, while the rest of us got to have fun with Gabrielle. They ended up spending the night, and she felt much better in the morning.
I've now given Dabbler's notice that I won't be coming back to work after summer vacation.
*Not actually heat stroke, but she thought it was for a while.
The morning was spent straightening up the house; doing exciting things like cleaning the bathroom and so on, and Karen and Gabrielle arrived around 1pm. Shortly thereafter we departed to drop a car off at Great Brook, then returned home to depart on foot to walk to the ice cream stand at Great Brook.
This was the first time Gabrielle had walked it with us, although I think Karen had walked it with us a few years back. It's about 1.5 miles one way, and the day was hot, but the ice cream was tasty at the end. We threw sticks and leaves in the stream at the bridge.
I grilled many things for supper -- really great "weisswurst" from WF, some Neiman Andouille, and some good hot dogs; zucchini and asparagus, pineapple, and packets of apples+brown sugar+ cinnamon, the latter going on vanilla ice cream for dessert. Unfortunately Karen had some kind of reaction to the day or other things, and she spent supper and much of the evening lying in bed, while the rest of us got to have fun with Gabrielle. They ended up spending the night, and she felt much better in the morning.
I've now given Dabbler's notice that I won't be coming back to work after summer vacation.
*Not actually heat stroke, but she thought it was for a while.