Man I wish Aetna would stop moving our charges around on their payment EOBs. They are the only insurance company I post for that never can keep the charges in the same order we bill them out on. This is my pet peeve for the day. Drug reps catered a coffee cart today, so I'm one almond roca mocha (double shot) more awake than usual. Unfortunately, it doesn't last.
Word(s) of the day: VENERABLE QUINTESSENCE
Lexie log: Saturday was a blast. After we all showered and dressed, we left the house, had McDonald's breakfast (Lexie ate an Egg McMuffin), and headed out down I-5 towards Detroit lake at about 10:00am. Lexie fell asleep for a nap towards the end of the drive. We arrived about 11:55am. Tracy, Dana, Sierra, Lucas, Michelle and Mike had all just gotten up from a very soggy night of tent camping and had breakfast. Lucas and Lex hit it off right away. He was showing her his platoon of army men as well as his selection of water guns, and they started chasing each other all over the campsite. After introductions we all hung out and chatted for a while. Dana, Mike and Sierra went into town (both Detroit and Mill City) for additional supplies. The rest of us hung out and talked, enjoying the beautiful trees, air, chipmunks, birds. Ahhh camping has got to be one of life's greatest pleasures. We got the best end of the deal, I think though, because we missed the wet night before. There is definitely something to be said for RV camping. After a while Lucas went into one of those attitudes I am just oh so used to Lexie getting. Luckily she had napped on the way, cuz if they both did it at the same time... Lucas was really tired, but too excited to nap. He was enjoying squirting Lex with his water gun, but had real issues when she got him back. She was super interested in his bike, but he wouldn't let her touch it, and he stopped wanting to share his army men saying that she would loose them. Poor guy, he so wanted to have fun, but he was just tired. Michelle and Lexie and I went down to the gift store at the park entrance and Michelle (bless her kind heart) bought a bunch more toys that would go back into camp as Lexie's to share with Lucas. He was a little better after we got back and he and Tracy had relaxed/played in their tent while we were gone. When Dana, Mike and Sierra got back, we had the quintessential camping lunch; barbecue hot dogs, potato salad, macaroni salad, etc. After lunch, we headed off to the play area/boat dock/fishing dock. Lucas decided that he would ride his bike, more so after Lexies recent interest in it, so Michelle gave Lexie a ride on her shoulders there. Mike held camp with puppy Isabelle, Dana went down to the fishing dock, Frank and Sierra watched Lex and Lucas in the playground, Michelle, Tracy, and I sat with Rosie (Tracy's boxer) by the volleyball court and shot the breeze/people watched. Dana had carted over chairs, volley balls, and a croquet set in the van before we showed up, but all we made use of was the chairs. Sierra took custody of our digital camera and took bunches of pictures. We looked at them last night, and I'll get them posted slowly but surely. Eventually the water became too enticing for our little water baby. Michelle was easily coerced by our little charmer down to the boat dock. Before we knew it, she had Daddy getting her shoes off so she could dip her toesies in the water. When we realized that a swim would be a great idea, we also realized we needed to head back to camp to change, and that it would be a better idea to go to the swim area, rather than the boat docks where it has oil/fuel and a no swimming sign. Unfortunately, Lexie doesn't yet have a good enough grasp of language to get the concept that we were only leaving the water to be able to go back and go swimming. So...She had a fit when I pulled her out, and yelled and squirmed half way back to camp. I finally convinced her that we were going swimming and she lightened her mood. Lots of children cruise around the 'loops' on scooters (Sierra included), and on the way back, three girls scooted up behind us. Lexie was intrigued and kept asking them what they were doing and telling them to be careful. We got back to camp and Lexie changed into her swimwear. After we all got back to camp we hung out for a while, slowly changing to swim suits and just taking our time. Lucas found a sow bug and after Lexie go over he initial uncertainty, he put it on her hand and they played with it for a while. I think that was one of the best parts of the trip, watching the two of them play like that. Of course I took many photos. We all headed down to the swimming area and put the boat (our inflatable XR66GTX Super caravell 3 person boat) in the water and Lexie and Lucas in the boat. Eventually Sierra, Michelle and I made it out until our shoulders were under water, but Tracy's shoe broke and we had to wait for Dana to get another pair back at camp. Very rocky bottom. The water was awesome. I'm sure we stayed out there for over an hour. Eventually Lexie was comfortable enough out of the boat and let me swim her around. The worst thing that happened was a pitbull who was visiting Daddy (with Rosie) and Mike (with Isabelle) did some weird hyper flip and plowed into Daddy's left knee sending him stumbling a few steps before he was able to recover balance. He barely missed dislocating his knee, and it is still hurting him today. After swimming, we headed back to camp. The girls (minus Lexie) showered in wonderful hot water (Thank-you Detroit Lake). Then Michelle and Tracy made fried potatoes and Mike cooked up pork chops. The dinner was awesome, it was great to have Lex and Lucas spend good time together, and I forgot how much I missed Tracy's company. After dinner and Lexie wandering around camp, we all sat around the camp until 9:30pm, Lexie finally falling asleep in my arms. We drove back home and went to bed about 12:30pm. We already have plans for all of us to do it again in September, but this time we will camp also. It was wonderously super terrific fun!
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Tracy, camping, Detroit Lake, friends, fun, summer, boats, water, recreation, laughter, campfires, and happiness.
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I am soooooo glad you guys came down and really glad you had a good time. I can't wait to do it again!! I hope Frank's leg is doing okay, that was quite a hit he took from that Dog..believe it or not, Lucas has been talking about playing with Lexie since we got back...hmmmm...men(teehee)!
Tracy
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