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Jul. 10th, 2012 02:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckWe're on vacation. The kids are enjoying themselves immensely, well all except the ten month old. The ten month old is freaked out by having so many strangers around. She's crying a lot, sometimes just when we look at her from across the room, and is clinging to her mother. It's too bad because all the adults here are willing babysitters, and my sister-in-law would love to get some time off.
Delia is displeased with me because I'm spending so much time in our room, listening to music and trying to write. She wants me to be out in the main room, talking to people.
The house where we're staying isn't as clean as we'd like. Many of the pillows are sewn into their pillowcases so that the pillowcases can't be removed for washing. The sheets are cheap and not very comfortable. The place isn't out and out dirty in any way. It just has the general air of a place that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned in a long time.
There's a pool nearby. The kids, accompanied by various adults, have gone most days. I haven't gone yet. I just haven't felt like it. It's apparently not all that far to Lake Michigan. Everybody but me and one of my sisters-in-law went last night. (They weren't sure how far it was, so I didn't go. I didn't want to get partway through it and be unable to get back.)
Saturday, we got on the road with plenty of time to spare. All three of us were up before the alarm. Well, we were all awake, anyway. Delia was the first one up, and she unintentionally woke me and Scott. I looked at the clock and pulled myself out of bed. When it's less than half an hour to the alarm, there's no point to staying in bed.
We got to Lansing pretty much right at ten. Scott's brother and his family were eating breakfast at Denny's, so we joined them and had an early lunch. Scott's parents arrived not long after that. We managed to get all the luggage into the two cars without having to put anything on the roof which pleased everybody.
The trip to the rental house took about two and a half hours. The last bit of it was on back roads and was pretty confusing. I shudder to think what it would have been like without GPS and Google maps. We arrived about an hour before official check in time. They were still cleaning the house. The landlord came by and gave us permission to move in as long as we didn't disturb the lady doing the cleaning. We unloaded the car but didn't move anything further than the garage (which has been converted into a rec room of sorts and is off limits to cars). We didn't know which rooms people'd be in, and the beds weren't made anyway, so we'd be in the way.
Scott's parents arrived less than half an hour after us. Scott's sister and her family were considerably later as they had to pick up their oldest from Boy Scout camp and had a merit badge award ceremony to attend before they could leave. Scott's sister and her family did some grocery shopping on the way to the house. They picked up quite a bit of stuff, as much as they had room for.
After we all got settled in and had dinner, Scott and I made a trip to Ludington to do some further shopping. There is a Meijer there, so it didn't matter that it was late when we set out. We did neglect to inform Delia that we were going, and she was upset when she found out we'd gone. It was after eleven by the time we got back.
The house has a loft. Our two older nieces are sleeping up there, and there's a bed for Delia if she ever decides to use it. So far, she's been unwilling to be separated from us and has been using the twin bed in our room. We're hoping that she'll conquer her anxiety enough to sleep up there eventually. She says, every day, that tonight she wants to, but by evening, she's changed her mind.
I have gotten some signs of approval from the ten month old. She has used my legs to pull up, and while safely in her mother's arms, she's taken my finger in her hand. Yesterday was a landmark-- She played on the floor with me and my mother-in-law for about fifteen minutes. She took toys from our hands and handed them back to us. She didn't cry, and she didn't flee to her mother (who was right next to us, working on a jigsaw puzzle). I think it helped that all the other kids and some of the adults had gone swimming. There was less going on around us.
Today, almost everybody has gone to Michigan Adventure, an amusement park. It's just me and my mother-in-law here in the house. It was supposed to be just me, but my mother-in-law hurt her leg and is having a lot of pain when she walks around, so she chose to stay behind. Michigan Adventure is open until nine, so we don't expect people back until late. I intended to do a lot of writing today, but so far, I haven't. I've spent time talking to my mother-in-law instead.
Time to start writing.
Delia is displeased with me because I'm spending so much time in our room, listening to music and trying to write. She wants me to be out in the main room, talking to people.
The house where we're staying isn't as clean as we'd like. Many of the pillows are sewn into their pillowcases so that the pillowcases can't be removed for washing. The sheets are cheap and not very comfortable. The place isn't out and out dirty in any way. It just has the general air of a place that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned in a long time.
There's a pool nearby. The kids, accompanied by various adults, have gone most days. I haven't gone yet. I just haven't felt like it. It's apparently not all that far to Lake Michigan. Everybody but me and one of my sisters-in-law went last night. (They weren't sure how far it was, so I didn't go. I didn't want to get partway through it and be unable to get back.)
Saturday, we got on the road with plenty of time to spare. All three of us were up before the alarm. Well, we were all awake, anyway. Delia was the first one up, and she unintentionally woke me and Scott. I looked at the clock and pulled myself out of bed. When it's less than half an hour to the alarm, there's no point to staying in bed.
We got to Lansing pretty much right at ten. Scott's brother and his family were eating breakfast at Denny's, so we joined them and had an early lunch. Scott's parents arrived not long after that. We managed to get all the luggage into the two cars without having to put anything on the roof which pleased everybody.
The trip to the rental house took about two and a half hours. The last bit of it was on back roads and was pretty confusing. I shudder to think what it would have been like without GPS and Google maps. We arrived about an hour before official check in time. They were still cleaning the house. The landlord came by and gave us permission to move in as long as we didn't disturb the lady doing the cleaning. We unloaded the car but didn't move anything further than the garage (which has been converted into a rec room of sorts and is off limits to cars). We didn't know which rooms people'd be in, and the beds weren't made anyway, so we'd be in the way.
Scott's parents arrived less than half an hour after us. Scott's sister and her family were considerably later as they had to pick up their oldest from Boy Scout camp and had a merit badge award ceremony to attend before they could leave. Scott's sister and her family did some grocery shopping on the way to the house. They picked up quite a bit of stuff, as much as they had room for.
After we all got settled in and had dinner, Scott and I made a trip to Ludington to do some further shopping. There is a Meijer there, so it didn't matter that it was late when we set out. We did neglect to inform Delia that we were going, and she was upset when she found out we'd gone. It was after eleven by the time we got back.
The house has a loft. Our two older nieces are sleeping up there, and there's a bed for Delia if she ever decides to use it. So far, she's been unwilling to be separated from us and has been using the twin bed in our room. We're hoping that she'll conquer her anxiety enough to sleep up there eventually. She says, every day, that tonight she wants to, but by evening, she's changed her mind.
I have gotten some signs of approval from the ten month old. She has used my legs to pull up, and while safely in her mother's arms, she's taken my finger in her hand. Yesterday was a landmark-- She played on the floor with me and my mother-in-law for about fifteen minutes. She took toys from our hands and handed them back to us. She didn't cry, and she didn't flee to her mother (who was right next to us, working on a jigsaw puzzle). I think it helped that all the other kids and some of the adults had gone swimming. There was less going on around us.
Today, almost everybody has gone to Michigan Adventure, an amusement park. It's just me and my mother-in-law here in the house. It was supposed to be just me, but my mother-in-law hurt her leg and is having a lot of pain when she walks around, so she chose to stay behind. Michigan Adventure is open until nine, so we don't expect people back until late. I intended to do a lot of writing today, but so far, I haven't. I've spent time talking to my mother-in-law instead.
Time to start writing.
