Second day back

Amy had a pretty good day, I think, with only the 7th graders to ease
everyone back into the swing of things.

Zoe, Zia, and I had a good day as well. Zia took as nice long nap in
the morning (as she is doing now). Zoe and I watched some videos, read
some books, and did some chores around the house. Just before lunch we
went down to the Used Bread Store to get some bread for sandwiches.
Well, we parked in front of the store on the street (usually we park in
the lot but it was busy). I turned around to unbuckle Zoe and BAM! the
pickup in front of us backed into us. We were a little shaken, but
overall fine. No one was hurt, not even the car.

After lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at Ponderosa with
Amy, the three of us drove out to Dick Howard's to get some tasty
potato sausages (we ate them for dinner with grilled zucchini and oven
fried sweet potatoes). Then to Sherm's to do some grocery shopping.
That all went well, but the girls were getting tired so we loaded up
and headed home.

Zoe lay down for her rest (she rarely sleeps at nap-time anymore). Zia
struggled a little more trying to stay awake, as she usually does (this
morning, however, she was so tired by 8:50AM, that I simply swaddled
her, then lay her in her crib). She woke up three more times before
finally getting some sound sleep. Of course that didn't last too long
because we had to go get her fed. I dropped her and the car off with
Amy, then Zoe and I rode out to Cross Country with Randy. It was the
first time that I have been out when most of the kids were there (about
20 yesterday).

I am looking forward to XC, but I won't be as involved this year
because of our new little Zia and also, I am taking time to learn
horseshoeing from Amy's dad. He has worked on horses for almost 30
years. I wouldn't say that it is fun, but it is rewarding to get dirty
and use my muscles. We are scheduled to do two shoeings and two trims
this afternoon.

After practice we had our dinner, then put the girls to bed. For our
evening's entertainment, we watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer --we have
it on loan from the library. It's not high literature, but is surely is
compelling.