Since last night was National Backyard Camping Day, I decided the dogs and I would participate. First came the puzzle of setting up the "1930 tent," as N dubbed it. I tried laying out the tent and placing the poles along side of it, but within just a few minutes they literally became "too hot to handle." So I took the task into the air conditioning. I made several geometric designs on the living room floor, focusing mainly on the ones with the holes. After about 10 minutes and 2 refreshing drinks, inspiration struck! I then came up with the final and correct design. Implementing it single handedly, was the bigger challenge. When the task was complete, I really needed to cool down. M left me a cute little pool that sets up instantly. Believe me, I made the most of it. When B came home, I lit up the BBQ and grilled the dogs. Oh come on, you know what I mean. We watched a movie and indulged in smores. Then I introduced the dogs to their new "digs" for the night. After C-the-younger barked at every rustle for 45 minutes, I changed places with her and slept by the door myself. It was sweltering hot, and everybody's sprinklers seem to go on after midnight. Of course, except mine. I did some sprinkler repair earlier in the day, and was pleased at myself that I had remembered to hit the "rain" button. Damn the technology, they triggered anyway! A rainbird was trained right on my tent at 12:45am. By the time I lept from the tent, and dashed for the house and then the garage, my clothes were drenched. On my way back through the house, I seriously considered leaving the wet clothes on, perhaps it would keep me cooler, out in the un-air conditioned tent? Well, it was fairly peaceful after that. The crickets were serenading the strange birds that like to sing at night. But I could hardly hear them over the ruckus coming from H the cat. She apparently didn't want to be trapped in the house and left out of the fun. At 2:35 I got up again, and closed all the windows in H the cat's room. It resulted in only dulling her cries. She finally quit sometime after 3am.... I was awake by 5:45 (the heat) and broke camp and was all packed up by 6:00am. I can't wait until next year.
2 comments:
"Nice" -N
I had no idea you were that crazy Mom! Seriously, after the 1 am sprinkler thing I would've been in that cool house. You definitely get the "extreme living" award of the week. Impressive, and fun.
Oh, the ways to embarrass B are every changing and multitudinous. High Five!
I was going to join you in spirit. I was trying to convince my husband to camp out with me on Sat night(since we have only used our tent once and it was in our backyard 3 years ago.) But around 5PM our neighbor rings our bell to warn us that she found a 4ft long snake trying to enter her garage. Since there was a snake on the loose, Eric replied to me with a h*ll no! Besides, I think I would have forgotten to turn off my sprinklers and they go off at 4AM.
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