The Great White Whale
Happy Fourth of July!
My mother took my kids and my nephews to a parade today. I am here on Cape Cod with a houseful of friends and it feels great.
My friends and I are headed to the beach town of Provincetown for a day of fun in the sun. The beach isn't usually my favorite place to go. There are all of those swimsuit issues, and sand issues, and sand in the swimsuit issues to contend with.
Plus, my complexion could be called alabaster at best, ghost-like at worst. In truth, my skin is so pale it seems to take on a blueish glow. Being slathered in SPF 200 sunblock, sporting a Little House on the Prairie hat, and wrapping up in one of those silver survival blankets makes me just a bit conspicuous on the beach.
But my friends have promised me an amazing dinner, a night of dancing, and maybe just a cocktail or two, so I think I'll suffer through. For them, of course.
I hope everyone back in the SBC has a wonderful Fourth of July, with or without SPF 200.
My mother took my kids and my nephews to a parade today. I am here on Cape Cod with a houseful of friends and it feels great.
My friends and I are headed to the beach town of Provincetown for a day of fun in the sun. The beach isn't usually my favorite place to go. There are all of those swimsuit issues, and sand issues, and sand in the swimsuit issues to contend with.
Plus, my complexion could be called alabaster at best, ghost-like at worst. In truth, my skin is so pale it seems to take on a blueish glow. Being slathered in SPF 200 sunblock, sporting a Little House on the Prairie hat, and wrapping up in one of those silver survival blankets makes me just a bit conspicuous on the beach.
But my friends have promised me an amazing dinner, a night of dancing, and maybe just a cocktail or two, so I think I'll suffer through. For them, of course.
I hope everyone back in the SBC has a wonderful Fourth of July, with or without SPF 200.
Labels: friends, holidays, life at home, summer, travel
posted by Major Mom at 11:38 AM
Karen is a military wife and stay-at-home mother to a seven-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son. A Boston native who’s lived in the Shreveport-Bossier area for eight years, she spends most of her time volunteering at her kids’ school, supporting her husband, playing with her friends and watching her hair turn gray. In between, she writes about her life here on her blog.
2 Comments:
I envy you living on the Cape. It has been our vacation spot for nearly 8 summers. I keep telling myself that after the kids have gone on to marry and live their dreams, my wife and I will relocate to Falmouth. Somehow the lottery has to work its way into the equation.
Oh, funny. We say just about the same thing. Someday when the kids are gone we'll upgrade this house and live here full time.
We are VERY lucky to have this house and I try hard not to forget it.
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