Excerpts from camping

Friday, 6-20-08
11:23 p.m. I have a flashlight strapped to my head. Kendra loaned it to me. That's because of the camping. It's happening all around me. Brandon & Emily are trying to read but sometimes I make too much noise. Sometimes they make too much noise.

Earlier as Kendra, Emily & I were walking to the bathroom to brush our teeth, I was swinging the flashlight and asking, "Hey, guys, what am I?" First, I was Kendra in her flashlight hat swinging on a swing, then I was Kendra in her flashlight hat saying no, then I was Kendra in her flashlight hat caught in a tornado. The girls weren't interested. They never guessed at all. They didn't want to play with me so I played with myself. That's what she said. Later when I walked Brandon to his car to get more water from the trunk I played the game with him. His guesses weren't very good but he humored me and laughed appropriately.


Saturday 6-21-08
8:26 a.m. This forest floor is one hard mofo. There's a black & white dog with a red collar just running all around the campsite by himself. Probably chasing squirrels. By himself. Where are his owners?

8:48 a.m. Am sitting alone out by the fire pit. Kendra says an animal attacked her tent last night by trying to get our food. There are bite marks in her tent. We think it was squirrels.

9:30ish We ate breakfast. Lauren found an Indiana Jones Adventure sppon in the Frosted Flakes.

2:57 p.m. Random items fell out of my purse during a beach walk. They still seem to work though which is a big plus. We had lunch around noon and I learned how to play Euchre. Pete & I beat Emily & Brandon best 2 out of 3. Due to confusion I may have been inadvertently cheating through 1.5 of those games. My bad.

3:54 p.m. Got called away to play catch with a football & frisbee with Kendra & Pete. I play sports like I imagine Luna Lovegood would. It rained for the bulk of the morning. It's sunny now but quite windy as we sit on the beach. Pete's reading The Firm, Brandon's reading about Obama & Emily's sleeping with her Mayflower book on her lap. Lauren & Nick are just chatting. Kendra went back to the campsite because a friend of her's is coming.

12:51 a.m. (Sun.) We went to South Haven. Mini golf closed. Ice cream fell on ground. Sleeping bag got sprinkled on. Was hard to get along with.

Then we went home on Sunday but I didn't journal about that since it was mostly just packing & driving. I can't believe that there's not a single mention of the tires on the beach or Brandon's neckroll. Sloppy journaling, Mary, Sloppy.