Seeking God Knows What

We spent yesterday and much of today at our friend’s family cottage about an hour north of where we live. It has become our annual gathering, going on for the last 8 years. We either spend the night or just a day enjoying the sun, the lake- our friend rents a sea doo (something I haven’t ventured onto yet). Having kids has made it a more toned-down gathering in the last few years but we still have a good time seeing each other and catching up. We see some of the group very frequently but others, this is maybe one of three or four times a year.

I have to admit after the last couple of years, I was starting to think maybe we would begin to bow out, thanks to some relationship dynamics that always seemed to provoke additional stress and anxiety- not what a weekend with friends is supposed to be like.   But we had fun this year (other than when the 3 two-year-olds all became whiny due to short naps and not enough sleep!) and got a little sunburned, except Widget with her SPF50 sunscreen.

Now I have several loads of laundry to do and stuff to put away, before Tuesday when I head to Chicago to retrieve my sister M and her three kids at the airport.  They are descending on us for two weeks, well, one week here and one week on the family vacation.  They are flying in and were supposed to stay with my parents….  That is, until last Friday when my mother decided she would be too overwhelmed.  And I don’t have a session with #5 again until July 9- Am I nuts? We scheduled 3 weeks between this time.  At first, I was fine with that but now as a week has gone past and I still have two weeks to go, I’m finding myself having more anxiety than in past few weeks.  Bleh.

Anyway, here are some pictures of Widget enjoying the weekend:

And a random one of Widget in the tub with her Dora swim ring: