We had our first mini-week of camp this week. Two of my nieces were here so I was able to spend some time with my sister and brother on the day they came down. My brother-in-law came today to pick up the girls so that was nice getting to spend time with him. Another sister comes next week and my other sister and brother-in-law might be coming down at some point as well to spend a few days here. I hope they do.

They day was busy, but good. When I was cleaning out the office I accidentally threw away the program manager’s laminating sheets. So I had to go into town today to pick up a replacement package of those. I stopped by Ross to see if I could find any fresh summer shirts. I did find a few. I ordered pizza for supper so it’d be ready by the time the staff meeting was over. Ethan and Laura stopped by once we were done.

We actually accomplished some things for the wedding. She has a checklist she’s following with all the tasks laid out according to how much time is left before the wedding. One of the things was finding a piano player so I texted the kids’ old piano teacher and she said she’d do it and was happy and honored to. So that was a box checked off. Tomorrow Ethan and I are supposed to meet at Men’s Warehouse.

It was nice having some time just hanging out at the table. Josh and I had talked about having a date night and I’d joked about going to the Sherman park where we could walk and talk. But this ended up being just as good. The boys ended up flipping through a box of United States flashcards and seeing how well they did. We did states units for years and if somebody didn’t love looking at maps and atlases that’s their loss.

Ethan told me that Laura found an old school chalkboard in a second-hand store that she bought for when they have their own schoolroom one day. It’s nice to hear of their parenting dreams. I started dreaming myself after he said that, of coming over to help school them, and we could live close by. I took Zorro for a walk after supper and Dad and I walked to the dam. I told him if we ever get a dog I’m going to name him Zen.