Escape to the River

Poor Hadley had her wisdom teeth out on Friday and she was sort of acting like a zombie.

Us:  Hadley.  Do you want to stay home or go to the river?

Hadley:  Mehhhhhhhhhhh.

*one hour later*

Us:  Hadley?  River or home?

Hadley:  Mehhhhhhhhhhh.

*one hour later*

Us:  Hadley?  How are you feeling?  Stay home or go to the river?

Hadley (with a thumbs up):  Mehhhhhhhh-verrrrrrrrrrrr.

So we took her to the river.  And she was a party and a half.

The river was absolutely beautiful, but we all already knew this.

We are trying to squeeze out any remaining getaways we can before we haul the trailer home and call it a year.

I just wish David would figure out some way to build us some sort of a cabin that could withstand the yearly floodwaters so we could go there for all the time.

But we need him at home for several projects, including converting our shop into an apartment so Auntie DateNut can move here to be closer to family.  And that is just plum kind of him, isn’t it?

It is.  He is a gem.

The dudes and their cousins enjoy kayaking and/or wading across the river a bit to a little peninsula, or so I am choosing to call it, and are having a grand time removing sticks to create a nice soft beach in the area.

The dogs usually sit on the shore and cry for the sadness of being too scared to join their human pals.  HD was excited to get them to join him.  And, sadly, Charlie still doesn’t know how to properly swim.

Poor Walter.  He is my niece’s dog, and a pro-champion swimmer.  He was tied up at this moment and very much wishing he could join in on the fun.

It was nice to go the river.  Friday was a weird day at school.

While I was having a lovely day with my firsties taste testing apples, collecting and graphing data, and making our own applesauce, all heck was breaking loose in our community regarding covid 19 precautions and the possibility of requiring masks.

The world just seems really loud right now.

Everyone has all the opinions and strongly feel that their opinions are the truth.  And I don’t know what the right answer or the right opinion is at all.

But I strongly feel like it is best for the kids to be in school and for us to not shut down, if at all possible.  The kids really have gone through a lot with this pandemic.  Teaching at eSchool was a wonderful experience, but those kids were lonely and wanted to be with their teachers and peers.  And it is hard!  It is hard for the littles to learn remotely.  It is hard to teach them remotely.

It is just all so much.  It is hard to think and make decisions when it feels like everyone is yelling about something different.

And that is why it was nice to run away and escape to the river for a night.