Slow going on the house, bath night.
I ran a lot of errands around Columbia with varying degrees of success today. I still have much to get organized as we move forward. In terms of hands-on work I moved all of the old flooring to behind the house so that I can begin preparing it to put on some of the vaulted ceilings. I also started pulling out some of the old siding too. Fortunately there were no snakes around. It started raining a little about 2:20, so I called it a day. Back at the condo Little Man was doing well. We did tummy time but I also had a lot of work to do on the computer. He seemed to enjoy his bath.
Sunset and swimmin’.
There was a pretty sunset this evening at the condo. Little Man loved his tummy time. No rollover though.
Coming down the Mountain to reality.
It was another early morning and this time I went to Lake O’Donnell. Once again the sky was rather boring, but it still felt great to be outside and photographing. Hopefully later this evening I’ll have a chance to start sorting through my pictures. After the lake I attempted to see the goats (they weren’t out yet) and took a handful of pictures at Lake Cheston. I also stopped at Green’s View again. Little Man was nursing when I got back to the cottage and after everybody ate we took a nice walk. More nursing and packing up gave way to lunch – sandwiches from Stirling’s which we ate at the pavilion next to Lake Cheston. After even more nursing back at the cottage we finally hit the road. Fortunately there wasn’t much traffic and we made good time. At the condo we unpacked, prepared dinner, and bathed the Little Man, who is now sleeping.
5 months, 3 walks, 2 many goats to count.
I woke up before the crack this morning and dragged myself to Lake Dimmick. It was nice and crisp outside and I was happy to be out in the fresh air. The scenery was beautiful even though the sky lacked interesting clouds or color. Afterwards I drove by the University Farm but the goats weren’t out. My next stop was Green’s View overlook before returning to the cottage.
The big news is that the Little Man turned five months old today. He has really been in a great mood all weekend – lots of smiles and laughter. I suppose the Mountain does us all a bit of good. He was still asleep when I got back, but he woke up and started nursing shortly after. Then we took our first walk of the day which was wonderful. We followed that up with a visit to the goats and then the campus coffee shop so that Liz could get some breakfast.
After more nursing and some tummy time we went on another walk. It sure is nice to be able to go out during the heat of the day and not feel miserable. There were a lot of other people out as well. After the goats we drove over to Tracy City to see if their grocery store had any better produce than our Piggly Wiggly. It did not. We had a relaxing afternoon before our final walk and goat visit. Liz and I celebrated the Little Man’s five months with ice cream (dairy-free for her), and he had breast milk. It was a low key evening and I did not go out for sunset.
