This left the Beeb and me with 24 hours of testosterone free activities. What are two single girls to do? Well, first thing we did was call up Steve The Engineers wife and invited her to join us for the Issaquah Art Walk.
At one of the stations along with walk Beeb got to make her first watercolor crayon project. She drew a red stick figure person with a purple and green sky (because purple IS the best color ever). We viewed many different mediums of art and heard some great bands and individual performers. My favorite musical performer was a Native American man who played the violin. He grew up in a foster home on the Lummi Reservation and started taking violin in school when he was in the 4th grade. He had beautiful stories to share about how each song came about as well as some lovely poetry.
The Beeb did pretty good going from exhibit to exhibit (it was a lot of walking) and I think she too enjoyed her first "art walk".
That evening I let Beeb say up extra late and then we bunked down together in my bed where she proceeded to elbow and push me to the very edge. After a few restless hours on my part I gave up and moved to the guest room and tried to salvage a few hours of rest. At about 4:00 am Beeb hunted me down, in tears, and climbed into bed with me again, and again proceeded to lay claim to 90% leaving me the edge.
Today we both were a bit worse for the wear and laid low most of the morning. Beeb played quietly with her toys while I attacked dirt, dust and soap scum that has been accumulating in the upstairs of our house. After lunch we played a quick game of Bingo and then headed off to Home Depot to purchase our new kitchen sink, faucet, lighting and front door hardware (yes, that right, soon the handle will not come off in your hand leaving you trapped in my house).
We ended our "man free" day by stopping by the library to pick up some new reading material.
Not a bad way to spend 24 hours.
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