vacation

Its been sometime since i did this but I think I remember how. Arnie and I went to pick up Kate from the camp bus which was of course late. I tore out of work to be there pretty promptly on a suffocatingly hot day. The bus was late. But Kate was one of the first people off the bus which told me that she was glad to be home. Brown, OMG, she was so brown. She went through her I'm home again ritual which involves walking from room to room touching things and making sure that all is right in her firmament. Just time to do laundry and then head out for Maine again.

Lile came for a sleepover on Friday night so that we could get an early start on Saturday. I was possessed by the notion that I needed to be at Whole Foods in Portland so that I could do all my shopping for the week and get them to have it on the 5:45 boat to Chebeague. City shopping and my indecision about what we're eating dictates that I shop every couple of days and so I never do shopping for the entire week on one fell swoop. But I did it last year and really enjoyed this once a year event. My chauffeur Juan Fangio made incredible time and we got up to Portland in 4 hours. Mapquest indicates travel time of 5h40minutes. We had a quick lunch on the terrace of Whole Foods with the dog and then set to work. I had far too many helpers who were still grooving on the adrenaline of the drive and eventually got cranky with them because we finished in double quick time but then had to sit in the waiting room at Casco Bay lines and wait for the boat to Chebeague.

More vacation stories later....