tuesday
Holiday over - back to normal daily life. I make breakfast for the grandboys and saw them off to school this morning. This is Sebastian's last day (since he's a senior) though Rossy goes for another week. I asked Sebby if he wants to come over for breakfast with Rossy even if he doesn't have school and he said he did. Good.
Yesterday Sebby and I biked around Lake Wilhelm. That is the toughest trail to do around here though it might be the most fun. 12.5 miles of up and down. The down is fun, the up not so much. Years ago when I first started to bike with the grandkids there were 5 hills I couldn't make it up without getting off the bike and walking. Then it was 8 hills last time I did it 2 years ago. Now I have about 10 I can't make it up. Though I think I need a lesson in how to downshift efficiently and I might do better. I had a little guilt on some of the trip around. We came upon a couple who looked like they were Pittsburghers and had never been on the Wilhelm trail before. We were about a mile in and he wanted to know what the trail was like. I made a swooping up and down motion and said that it was all like what they had just experienced - 12.5 miles in a loop. They looked at each other doubtfully. She wanted to know if there was any water along the trail cause they hadn't brought any and she was already thirsty. I offered her some of mine but she didn't want it. I told her that I thought that at the half way point, near the dam there was a drinking fountain at the restroom. I was pretty sure. We came across them again at another hill (that I was walking up) and they were still deliberating if they wanted to go on. I offered her some water again but she didn't want it (I suppose because of the promise of water at the dam). Anyway, we got to the dam before them and I saw there was no water there! I felt terrible. I told Sebby we better get a move on and get out of there before they caught up with us - she might be really mad at me. Though I comforted myself with the thought that all they had to do is strike up a conversation with one of the hundreds of fishermen and picnickers there and ask them if they knew where there was water and they would probably get at least a can of pop from someone.
I came home exhausted and took a very long nap in the shed. Hazel woke me up around 7 and wanted to get ice cream. Dave wanted ice cream too so we all went to the place on route 8 (it changed it's name this spring - I don't know the name now). I got an apple dumpling with vanilla ice cream. That was dinner.
I had a hard time falling asleep last night though I was mentally tired. I didn't want to read or do anything like that - I just couldn't fall asleep. Maybe it was similar to what they call restless leg syndrome. I couldn't get comfortable. Maybe it was biking up all those hills. Finally around 1 am I did fall asleep and woke up feeling pretty good this morning.
Yesterday Sebby and I biked around Lake Wilhelm. That is the toughest trail to do around here though it might be the most fun. 12.5 miles of up and down. The down is fun, the up not so much. Years ago when I first started to bike with the grandkids there were 5 hills I couldn't make it up without getting off the bike and walking. Then it was 8 hills last time I did it 2 years ago. Now I have about 10 I can't make it up. Though I think I need a lesson in how to downshift efficiently and I might do better. I had a little guilt on some of the trip around. We came upon a couple who looked like they were Pittsburghers and had never been on the Wilhelm trail before. We were about a mile in and he wanted to know what the trail was like. I made a swooping up and down motion and said that it was all like what they had just experienced - 12.5 miles in a loop. They looked at each other doubtfully. She wanted to know if there was any water along the trail cause they hadn't brought any and she was already thirsty. I offered her some of mine but she didn't want it. I told her that I thought that at the half way point, near the dam there was a drinking fountain at the restroom. I was pretty sure. We came across them again at another hill (that I was walking up) and they were still deliberating if they wanted to go on. I offered her some water again but she didn't want it (I suppose because of the promise of water at the dam). Anyway, we got to the dam before them and I saw there was no water there! I felt terrible. I told Sebby we better get a move on and get out of there before they caught up with us - she might be really mad at me. Though I comforted myself with the thought that all they had to do is strike up a conversation with one of the hundreds of fishermen and picnickers there and ask them if they knew where there was water and they would probably get at least a can of pop from someone.
I came home exhausted and took a very long nap in the shed. Hazel woke me up around 7 and wanted to get ice cream. Dave wanted ice cream too so we all went to the place on route 8 (it changed it's name this spring - I don't know the name now). I got an apple dumpling with vanilla ice cream. That was dinner.
I had a hard time falling asleep last night though I was mentally tired. I didn't want to read or do anything like that - I just couldn't fall asleep. Maybe it was similar to what they call restless leg syndrome. I couldn't get comfortable. Maybe it was biking up all those hills. Finally around 1 am I did fall asleep and woke up feeling pretty good this morning.