PennyDaisy

Yesterday
~four hours of sleep because you stayed up late to watch Pride & Prejudice with little sisters
~sitting on the floating dock in the warm morning sun
~screaming for friends in really close races
~relaxing in camp chairs and beach chairs with friends while your “spot” gradually becomes the cool hang out
~dozing in the half-shade of the trees while conversation flows around me
~tuna sandwich, cold pizza and chocolate milk out of the ice chest
~ants on my empty tuna salad bowl that i thoughtlessly set down for a minute
~finally cooling off in the water, where we really weren’t supposed to swim, so we waded out and sat down
~distant thunder
~summer rainstorm
~getting to see Jonathan in the middle of his time at camp and hear what God is doing there
~more rain
~getting cold from the rain
~laying on the asphalt road to warm up
~being outside in a severe thunderstorm
~watching the teenagers play duck-duck-goose in the storm while the adults huddle under a tarp shelter
~watching lightning strike the lake
~watching crazy boys run and flip off the end of the dock in the middle of the severe thunderstorm
~your body turning into one big cramp because you couldn’t control its shivering
~lake water that feels like a hot bath because you’re so cold, it even hurts your sunburned legs
~shivering so hard you can hardly talk and your friends start to worry
~some friends’ mom who mother-hens and finds you a marvelously warm blanket
~finally getting into dry clothes
~good food, old friends (and new), great stories, and lots of laughing
~Phantom of the Opera soundtrack, my stunt driving music, and Pink Moon for the drive home
~seeing the Houston skyline at night and realizing how much i love coming home
~rocking my baby sister to sleep because they kept her up to see me

Today
~sleeping in
~hot tea when i wake up
~discovering a sunburn in places i didn’t expect (shins?)
~discovering no sunburn in the most typical of places (the wisdom of wearing a baseball cap)
~Dad’s burgers and my beans
~the beach
~playing shark with my brother and going after the little children in the inner-tube raft
~floating in the tube with my sister and talking about things no one else can hear
~finally getting clean from yesterday–my hair was rain-washed but i was nervous about getting my sunburns in the water
~good movies with mom and dad and sisters