Obligatory Night Off Post. Woodmont Beach Days with Friends. Bourbon, Rum, Friendship, and Lots of Excitable Kids

It's sort of funny seeing Patrick, Stephanie, Kaitlyn and Dominik rolling up with their baby mobiles. Although well-intended, and ready to retreat to their party days of the 20s and early 30s, there are not little ones, toddlers, and screamers needing all the attention. It's also exhausting and I can feel it in their eyes and demeanors. Even so, we got an afternoon in Woodmont, followed by the concert on the water which was crowded and lacking dinner options. They stayed, but we left early.

I did get a good photo of Patrick, though, and many of the kids, but we'll have them for later.

Saturday was a good morning to write, edit, organize, and think, as well as get a solid walk in with Karal. We now know today will be a rainy day, so I imagine there will be more of the same....on the couch computer tapping for the majority of the day.

The concert was actually the first day I've been on the beach all summer. It's been too hot, too buggy, and too busy to make time for downtime in the sand. We tried last night, but Pam's puppy called and, as I told her, "I'm at the age where I can say park me on a bench somewhere where I can put my feet out. Swing by to get me when you're ready to leave. You kids have fun." 

I'm too tired for the weekend commotion. It was a good day, though, and the concert really was good, as well as the company and beach snacks. The extra exhaustion of parents with toddlers and newborns is easily felt...you just want to give them a sauna to sit in without any of the noise. We try to subdue some of the insanity, but the kids always want their parents in the end. It's pretty wild.

Here's to the rain today. I hope we get a good soaking. It's been dry, dry, dry.