Wrongness

Today we drove up to Shelton to visit with Myk. He is fine. On the way back we stopped and got some lunch at a Denny's in Chehalis. For many miles we had been seeing bicycle riders along the freeway. There must have been some kind of event. When we came out of Denny's we saw a group of them coming out of Jack in the Box. That just seemed so wrong because when you think of bicyclists you think of people concerned about their health and yet they ate at a fast food place.

The Call Came

The last several years I have been awaiting that call that says my kid has had an accident, is dead in a ditch, OD'd, been arrested, etc. So last night the phone rings. It was that call, but not for Myk. Cassie OD'd last night. A good Samaritan gave her CPR and saved her life. I went to the hospital and saw her. Listened to her cries and non-truths. Knew right then that this was not the end. I had hoped really hard that this would wake her up. Next time she may not be so lucky.
And in the meantime we have an appointment with an attorney tomorrow to start the paperwork for custody of Audrie.

The Call Came

Beaches

Mom, Audrie and I went to Ocean Park for a few days. Mona graciously offered her cabin again. The weather was great while we were there. Not cold, not hot, not windy and not rainy. We took one of the days and headed south down to Cannon Beach. We poked around in all the shops. Met lots of dogs. Bought a really cool blue butterfly kite to hang on the ceiling of the room that will be Audrie's. Was enchanted by really spectacular artwork, even Audrie liked some of it. From there we hit the outlet mall at Seaside. We were not impressed. The prices were no better than what you get in any other store. We spent no money there. We spent a bit of time in Long Beach, but not much. I did find a couple books for Adrianna and Elizabeth. The coolest thing was seeing the raccoon family cross the road in Long Beach. Parents and four little ones. Wow.
We ventured home today with a stop in the bookstore in Ilwaco. It is called Time Enough Books. I love independent booksellers. Unfortunately the owner and her dog were on vacation. So we didn't get to play. But we did buy three more books for Nana's kid library. The best two are "Bats at the Library" and "I Need My Monster".

Odd

I awoke to yelling in the middle of the night. Waited and listened and heard it again. Got up and found my glasses and went outside. Yes I heard it coming from the road. It is 2:30 a.m. so I can't see anything. Then a car came by and stopped across the street at the bus stop and the driver told someone to quit laying in the middle of the road. The car then pulls into the road there and the driver had a conversation with at least two people about going home. They didn't seem to know where they were. My guess is young people high or drunk. The driver must have convinced them to go with him and again gave an admonishment of not laying in the middle of the road. Then they drove off. How very odd.

Waterfront Blues Festival 2010

We went to the Waterfront Blues Festival this year and it was packed. Somehow we managed to snag a sitting space down front by the waterfront. We listened to Super Chikan. "Someone shoot that thing". He had some cool handmade guitars. We took Audrie so she has had her first taste of the blues. I'm not sure if she liked it as it was a little loud.

Before we made it down to the waterfront we stopped at Fez Studio. David wanted to know where Audrie's hat was. It was kind of funny how attached he is getting to our girl. We also stopped in at the Tea Zone so Dave could get some more good tea.

We had a very lovely day.

Quick Cassie Update

So Cassie came dragging herself in today. Took a shower, got ready to go and briefly played with Audrie. Then her ride fell through so she fell asleep. We had things to do, so went and did them. She was still here when we got home, asleep. Looks like her big accomplishment was her shower and cooking a frozen pizza. And she is now still asleep. She didn't have much to say when she was awake so we don't know yet what the "excuse" is for being gone a week.