katie-lou-hoo

i spent the whole day today in the sun. going along on mic's field trip was...interesting. i got to see how mic interacts with the other kids and saw that basically, she doesn't. she does her own thing. it is not a matter of the other kids don't like her or exclude her. they invited her to play with them and she said no. i guess that means she's not a follower. she did let others join her though. it was kind of weird to see her so disconnected from all the other kids. it was also a little different for me. i like to go to the beach with my friends so i have somthing to do while the kids play. a lot of the parents that were there i didn't even know, and for some reason some of them seem so hard to talk with. it's weird. i don't have any issue like that with the ballet moms.
from the beach we went mini golfing. it was kind of funny to golf with little kids like this. one little girl in particular lied every time about how many times she hit the ball. none of them got the bit about letting the ball stop rolling before you hit it again. it was cute and they had fun. nat was quite intense as she struggled to sink the ball.
i was exhausted from a day in the sun, but then it was time for fhe at pipers. i really did not want to go, but we were supposed to bring our bbq. (probably why we always get invited when dough wants to bbq.) it was beautiful at pipers. it was windy but the wind was warm. how often does that happen? i could not resist the waters. there was no one else to swim with and i am a social swimmer. i just don't like doing it alone. but the waters beckoned me. it felt so refreshing. i find swimming in the ocean always reminds me of how small i am--just one little speck floating around on endless water. i was rejuvenated.