August 11 – “Plan C”

Bad news on the outdoor living front.  The heat index in Galveston has reached as high as 120 degrees.  Yesterday it topped out at 108 last I checked.  Ouch.

Galveston’s fishing expert indicated that any attempt to fish in the next week or so will be net with the same luck we experienced two days ago … zilch.  The southwest wind and extreme heat are driving all the fish into deeper, cooler waters. 

Number two bad news: Apparently there have been a few days of red flag alerts about severe currents on the beach front.  They weren’t that bad when we went a few days ago, but then our guys stayed pretty close to shore, thanks to Nana’s watchful eye. 

So Cousin Camp Plan C.

Mario Cart tournament on the video game front.  A random birthday gift showed up for Zak – a nerf rifle with enough firepower to take out every zombie within range of our house.  And with it?  Some extra nerf weapons for everyone else “just in case” the attack of zombies was more than one person could handle. Strangely enough, the zombies must have heard about the recent arming of the troops, so they stayed away.  But the weapons had to be tested.  And who was available among the weapons operators but … each other.  As a result we experienced a rousing game of cops and robbers.  It’s been a while since I have lived through one of those.  Thanks, Aunt Christina, for dropping them off while we were out and about. 

Aaaaaand … we couldn’t go a day without flexing the new vocabulary word of the weekend.  Natation.  It means swimming or floating.  Not sure why you would just say, “Swimming or floating,” but new words are always fun.  Anyway, we took an afternoon trip to the new city pool.  It took a while to get us checked in, since it was our first visit and all.  Didn’t have any trouble, though.  The fact that we were residents was like magic.  The boys and Noa (Cailyn left us to attend a big family reunion of her Mom’s family) enjoyed lots of water basketball and water slides and general water … wetness. 

Deuteronomy 31:8 says, “The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; he will be with you.  He will not fail you or forsake you.  Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Father, thank you that Plan C worked just as well as any other Plan we might have had in mind.  I love the flexibility of children.  Amen.