Swimming Lessons with Halle, sushi with Jill

Thursday, April 15, Colorado Springs

Unfortunately, I woke up at 4:30, stayed in bed until 5:30 and got up. Drew had taken off at 4:30, as he was going on a 7 mile run with some buddies. It’s kind of neat to know that these guys enjoy pushing themselves, keeping in shape, and running in enjoyable places. The girls got up, as usual, a bit after seven. Hayden was in rare form; she lays out her clothes on the floor each morning, as if on a paper doll, so I took a picture of her. She is a riot, the way she cleans her room, makes her bed, and gets all this stuff done before she leaves for school. At 9:00, we took Halle to the Y for her swimming lessons. Three little girls and an instructor worked an hour on learning how to kick, put your head under water, and practice the crawl strokes. It was intolerably warm, so I stripped down to my tee shirt, read some, and watche Halle spend most of the time watching to see if we were watching her. There was a plethora of life guards on hand, as they almost outnumbered the people in the pool. The Y is so convenient, and as a small work out room, and even so classes. We were home by 10:00, got cleaned up, and around 1:00, Jill and I went out to eat Sushi, at the mall, about twenty minutes away on CareFree. It was quite good, especially the Miso soup….spent 41 bucks with tip, a bit pricey but worth it , as Jill and I get to talk in a good way. We then went to Target, a crummy grocery store, and on to the base, Patterson Air Force, where we sat and waited for Halle’s prescription for a urinary infection. It’s interesting that if you are in uniform, you go to the head of the line, the rest of us just wait our turn. I came home exhausted, since I was up so early, and took a power nap, before heading off the gymnastics class for the girls, at 4:15. We sat behind a class window, watched the kids watch us, as they went through the various elementary moves of a gymnast. It seems a pretty nice way for them to spend an hour, and get in touch with their bodies, how to use them, bend them, and enjoy doing something physical. Plus they can seem some progress from week to week, either bending more, learning how to do a back bend, or climb up the rope higher.
We went home and made a stir fry from the left over pork, with veggies and oyster sauce, though good, it was not great. We had cookies, made from Jill’s cookie dough for dessert, and Hayden had a fit when Jill would not let her have any more. She ended up throwing things around, then went to bed in tears. I went in to calm her down, told her to bad boy stories, and by the time Evie got it, she was able to laugh at herself, which was nice. Halle went to bed easily with Evie as I told stories. Drew got home just about bed time, as he was at a going away party for a friend. We sat around and talked about their move to Virginia, and went to bed about 10:15, after a highball or two, and some munchies.