A successful skate and beach things happened

[mizarchivist]

Again and more thanks for those who came out to skate last night. Mom had a lot of fun- so did I! The only thing I wish was that I'd paid more attention to the time, forced there to be that Metallica song I wanted, and warned everyone when it was the last song. OK- that's 3 things, actually. My brief feeling of nostalgia for quad skates was quickly supplanted by the preference for better bearings and padding in the boot. I'm sure if I had my own quad skates it'd be different.


Mom is the skating queen


- second picture by rintrahroars - thanks!

By minor miracles, both mom and I woke up not tottering like old ladies. We packed up and were on the road by 9:30 to Hampden Beach. Yes, there are better beaches out there, but I adore the boardwalk and carnival atmosphere.
+planning for rain by bringing our jackets
+sitting, sketching, listening to Brandi Carile on shared headphones until it started raining
+having a plan: packed up the beach-sitting stuff, got jackets, walked down the surf in the rain
+shopping on the boardwalk while it was Really Raining: new sundress and skirt, shells for crafting, and standard boardwalk sugar
+fried seafood lunch during the worst of the rain and a very sweet waitress

Well, that appears to be all pluses. That's awesome.

Comments

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Sounds wonderful, honey. Yay for all plusses!

(and great to see you and your mom so happy)

[mizarchivist]

Thanks!

Give me -if you can- 1-2 months notice and an evening when you're here, and I'll arrange your skate party for one of your visits. *nod*

[badlittlemonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you again for organizing this...it was an awful lot of fun, minor injuries be damned. :)

[mizarchivist]

I hope you're not feeling the worse for wear today- I'm very glad you and your ladies were able to come out.

[darkrosetiger.livejournal.com]

That's awesome--glad you had fun! Also, you and your mom are both adorable. :)

[mizarchivist]

Why, thankee- Nothing quite like a skate party, really. I highly recommend them if you can swing one.

[also-huey.livejournal.com]

I saw that first picture, and thought "What is my first wife doing on Meri's friendslist?"

That's kinda creepy.

[mizarchivist]

Yeah, that is a bit surreal. If it's any consolation I swore I saw The Ex (of mine) riding a bike in Somerville a few days ago. And that seems rather unlikely.

[also-huey.livejournal.com]

There is no polite way to say "Dude, I was married to your mom".