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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Pool Party
Location: Old neighborhood (old in the sense of not current), Larry and Denise's house.
Date: June 29th, 2009
Time: 1400
From the moment she woke up (around 10:00am) until 3 seconds before we left my mom's (around 1:30pm), Emily was reminding me that it was time to go.
"Dad, it's 10:30. We need to go!"
"Dad, it's 10:36. We need to go!"
You get the point.
Somewhere in there Emily and I went to Staples and we picked up some essentials for letter writing. She saw my letter-writing setup and wanted to do the same for me. I also got her a binder and some sheet protectors so she had some place to put my letters.
When we got home she changed into her swimming suit, we broke out the stuff and wrote each other a letter, and then went for a bike ride around Egypt. We weren't even in the door and she was already updating me on the time and how we "needed to leave" so we wouldn't be late for the Pool Party.
Needless to say, we arrived at the party a few minutes early and we were the first there. The pool temperature was around 78 and it was a tad breezy but that didn't deter Em. She jumped in and pretty much only left the water to eat.
At one point there were about 11 kids there and they all had a blast. It was great catching up with everyone. Amongst other things we talked a bit about the people that bought my house. We talked a bit about my current living situation and stuff that had happened over the last 6 months.
Before I knew it, the sun had disappeared. The last of the local fireworks shows had died down and it was time to head home. I had made this trip many times in the past and it was only a matter of cutting through a few yards to reach my back door. Why is my car parked out front? Oh right. "Get in the car sweetheart."
Date: June 29th, 2009
Time: 1400
From the moment she woke up (around 10:00am) until 3 seconds before we left my mom's (around 1:30pm), Emily was reminding me that it was time to go.
"Dad, it's 10:30. We need to go!"
"Dad, it's 10:36. We need to go!"
You get the point.
Somewhere in there Emily and I went to Staples and we picked up some essentials for letter writing. She saw my letter-writing setup and wanted to do the same for me. I also got her a binder and some sheet protectors so she had some place to put my letters.
When we got home she changed into her swimming suit, we broke out the stuff and wrote each other a letter, and then went for a bike ride around Egypt. We weren't even in the door and she was already updating me on the time and how we "needed to leave" so we wouldn't be late for the Pool Party.
Needless to say, we arrived at the party a few minutes early and we were the first there. The pool temperature was around 78 and it was a tad breezy but that didn't deter Em. She jumped in and pretty much only left the water to eat.
At one point there were about 11 kids there and they all had a blast. It was great catching up with everyone. Amongst other things we talked a bit about the people that bought my house. We talked a bit about my current living situation and stuff that had happened over the last 6 months.
Before I knew it, the sun had disappeared. The last of the local fireworks shows had died down and it was time to head home. I had made this trip many times in the past and it was only a matter of cutting through a few yards to reach my back door. Why is my car parked out front? Oh right. "Get in the car sweetheart."
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
First Visit
Tonight was my first visit up at Emily's new place in Wind Gap. We went to the Stroud Mall where we sat in a photo booth, shopped at Claire's, and ate at a Chinese buffet. I have a picture of her in my car where she is wearing a flower-clip she bought at Claire's and she is so adorable (it's now her contact picture on my iPhone).
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Letters
I went to Staples tonight and purchased:
Letter #1 is done (I'm going to make a color photo copy at Staples tomorrow so I have a copy too) and I was going to mail it but I'm going to see her tomorrow evening so I'll just give it to her in person.
I used to write her letters every so often just for fun and she really loved them. I wish I would have kept up with it over the years but being with her all the time at home it didn't feel needed. Now that the divorce is final it occurred to me that making a habit of it would be a great idea for both of us.
I also plan to make silly letters which I will mail to her. I think she will love these letters more than the "I love you" letters and that is just fine. I already have a few ideas for some of these which I won't detail here since they are inside jokes and would be total nonsense to anyone but Emily and me.
- nice parchment paper
- colored pencils
- colored markers
- some kind of Sharpie marker that writes nicely
- envelopes (kids love to open letters!)
Letter #1 is done (I'm going to make a color photo copy at Staples tomorrow so I have a copy too) and I was going to mail it but I'm going to see her tomorrow evening so I'll just give it to her in person.
I used to write her letters every so often just for fun and she really loved them. I wish I would have kept up with it over the years but being with her all the time at home it didn't feel needed. Now that the divorce is final it occurred to me that making a habit of it would be a great idea for both of us.
I also plan to make silly letters which I will mail to her. I think she will love these letters more than the "I love you" letters and that is just fine. I already have a few ideas for some of these which I won't detail here since they are inside jokes and would be total nonsense to anyone but Emily and me.
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