It's hot hot hot! It's definitely hotter down here than in Memphis and I didn't think that was possible. The main difference is that Memphis cools down a bit at night but the Big Easy stays hot and humid.
I worked about 10 hours a week during the summer break. I wanted to work full-time but it didn't work out this year. My contract went into effect this month so I'll be getting paid full-time for 12 months, like a teacher. I'll work through the summer but will have 3 additional weeks of vacation, on top of regular school holidays...not too shabby!
Vik's cousin got married at the end of July so we went to California for the festivities. I headed out west early for a girls trip to Palm Springs. Vik got out for the weekend of wedding events. By the time I got home I'd been in Cali for 11 days! It was a wonderful trip full of family and friends! One of the best things about SoCal was the weather. We spent the hot days in the pool and needed sweaters at night. Glorious!
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| View from the driveway. Bedrooms upstairs, living room and bathroom downstairs, kitchen detached to the left
After Cali I headed north to visit my sissy and her BF in Green Lake, WI. She's been living up there since Christmas and we hadn't seen her since the end of March. We've all be anxious to get up there to see the country life that's she's fallen in love with. The lake was absolutely beautiful! Nothing like the muddy lake water we're used to in TN. You could see the bottom in some parts! She's got their house decorated so cute, with a touch of animals/fish mounted on the walls :) Mimmie and Big Daddy made the 11 hour drive up there which was such a blessing. We all knew that might be the only chance all of us would get up there together so we were thrilled for everybody to be together.
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Mom and Dad rented a cabin/cottage (I said cabbage one time...ha!) that was directly across the lake from Keely and Jay's house. It was so quaint and cozy. There was no a/c (or heat) and there was no need for it. The temps dropped to about 60 each night and with all of the cross-ventilation it made for some windy surroundings. The house was built in the 1920's as servants quarters but was abandoned before it was completed. The current owners bought it in 1979 and finished off the electric, plumbing and other modern conveniences. They kept the cabin's original design...kitchen detached from the main house, bathroom in the main living area and downstairs from the bedrooms, walls that didn't reach the ceilings, etc. We spent hours over there sitting by the fire, drinking wine and talking.
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| Living room |
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| Kitchen |
Keely works at the "fine dining" restaurant in town so we spent 3 different nights eating there. There are several restaurant options for a town that only has one stop light. It's a summer town, lots of Illinois folks spend their summer weekends on the lake. In winter the lake freezes over and it's a dead town except for the couple of thousand folks that populate it.
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