Susan’s Journal

Yesterday after work, I picked up the kids and fed them dinner while Scott did some work around the house. After we ate, I packed their bikes into the van and brought them down to the new house neighborhood for a bike ride.

Dylan got a little fussy, since he had just learned how to ride his bike without training wheels before going to Maine; but once he finally got it, he took off down the walking trail with Rain. The paths wind around between the baseball diamonds behind our new house. It was quiet, shady, peaceful, and home. We saw a boy a couple years older on his bike, and Rain exclaimed, “Look Mommy, he’s not using his handlebars!”

Rain decided she had to go potty, BAD of course, so we went down to the front of our new house, where a port-a-potty was. She went inside, and as she (and Dylan, who had decided to join her) came out, a van drove up. An attractive young woman came out, and she brought with her the sold sign. Our sold sign! It was so silly, yet so exciting to see her bang it into the ground. I had the kids stand by it, and I took their picture. I didn’t realize until we got home that Dylan had stood in front of part of the sign, making it look like it said “old” instead of “sold.” How classic and wonderfully historic is that. I love it.

We didn’t venture off too far down the trail beside the diamonds (I was carrying three water bottles, my camera, my phone and keys, darnit I should have brought my fanny pack) but they still had fun. The sprinklers came on in one of the baseball diamonds, and they wandered over there and ended up getting soaked. Picture them, standing there, side-stepping to stay in the sprinkler while it went around. It was over 100 degrees outside. Finally I told them it was time to go, so I packed them up in the van with their bikes.

I wanted to see where the walking trail went–if it snaked around behind the baseball diamonds and just came around in a big circle–so after loading them in, we went riding around the front of the junior high school. I saw our house in the distance, and I saw where the walking trail went. I was so thrilled–the walking trail came right around to a huge playground! And a volleyball court! And a basketball court! And picnic tables! I was so thrilled–this goldmine–a huge park, right behind our house, with no streets between our house and this wonderful place!

I can’t tell you all how excited I am about our new house!