Saturday, July 25 - Sunday, July 26: Back from Cape May

Greta and I got up very early Saturday morning and made a quick visit to Sunset Beach before the packing up began. The tide was in, so we didn't have much luck sifting for Cape May diamonds, but we did find a handful of polished pebbles, almost as good. 

Then it was time to pack up the house and car, and get on the road, sadly. Our 11th annual Beach Week, our 8th in Cape May, has come to an end. 

We were very happy to get home to the pets. We missed them.

Today, Sunday, was a settling-back-in day. Groceries, farmer's market, menu planning, laundry. Greta hung out with friends for most of the day to celebrate a birthday. Lucia did some SAT studying and put up acrylic shelving in her room to showcase her expansive collection of Unicornos. I chatted with Beth at the pool for an hour. 

And now we're facing a week of just mind-numbing busyness. The schedule we're juggling is just unsustainable--figuring out who's driving who where, and who's picking them up and when, and also going to work, and then taking everyone somewhere else in the evening. Also our carpet installer is coming on Monday and the cleaners come on Tuesday. Fortunately, this is the final week for Greta's early-morning crew practice and Lucia's work at camp. Fortunately, Andrew is not in Peru or anywhere else. Hopefully we'll make it through without forgetting someone or something.