#396 - A Calm Day

I slept in again today and it felt wonderful.

There was no hurry to get out of bed, and I started off the day by watching some YouTube on my iPad. Eventually, the desire to eat and drink something overcame my happiness staying in bed. I went downstairs and had some toast with a pepper jelly that I suspect was left behind by my sister-in-law Shannon. She loves a good bit of spiciness.

I had so much of the jelly that I felt bad and looked up where I could get some more of it to replace her stock and create some of my own. I was worried it might be a specialty item, but it turns out the local Walmart here in Parry Sound carries the exact brand. It has the great taste you get from hot peppers and not too much heat followed up with the perfect amount of sweetness.

I had some more orange juice as I tend to do on vacation and made myself a cup of tea. I continued to watch some of the writing tutorials centered around the Fantasy genre and read a bit more of the chapbook by Algis Burgis.

I got a message from work asking if I’d like to take part in a breakfast with some other team members and the CEO of our parent company. I was surprised to be asked to join this group, but my curiosity had me accepting the invite. Any chance to meet the CEO is going to be an interesting affair in some manner. And there was mention of it being a breakfast as well. I imagine it will be pastries and muffins, not eggs and bacon. But beggars can’t be choosers as they say.

I dabbled a little on my writing challenge and then watched an episode of Lupin.

At lunch we walked the perimeter of the property once again and ended down at the dock before heading back to the cottage. We made sandwiches for lunch and made a quick meal of it.

I read, studied and did more writing through out the day, while Robyn went back to work painting backgrounds. It was a bit of a lazy day for me. I was just settling into the idea that I didn’t have to work and that it was okay to rest. And boy did I feel like I needed it.

Robyn made us her seafood boil for dinner. It has corn on the cobb cut into chunks, Italian sausages, mussels, clams, calamari, shrimp and baby potatoes all smothered in butter and creole spice. It’s a big meal and it’s packed with plenty of protein. The whole family loves the meal and looks forward to it every year when we rent a cottage in Haliburton. Now it’s become a Parry Sound Cottage tradition as well.

We all love our seafood.

After dinner the kiddo put on a movie and watched it with Robyn. It was a scary movie and not my thing, so I sat in the overstuffed leather chair and worked on my writing.

I think we were all tired and after the movie was done we all headed to bed. Or maybe it was the large dinner that had us feeling ready for sleep.

I headed upstairs and put on my Children of Dune audiobook and listened until I started dozing off. Once I started missing parts of the story, I backed it up to the beginning of whatever chapter I was on and went to sleep.

All in all, it felt like a good day, and I enjoyed the slower pace of things.

Robyn’s friend, Alison, arrives tomorrow evening for a one-day visit. We expect her to arrive later in the evening, maybe after eight PM. And it sounds like Robyn was able to get so much work done today, that she’ll have an extra few hours to spend with her friend on Thursday.

Until tomorrow.