Note To Self
Dear Self,
Next time you go hiking with the boys, and the boys are showing you a route they take with their teachers, leave a trail of breadcrumbs, or better yet, pay attention to where you are going. Because it's true, the boys do know how to follow the trail that leads to the hill, that leads to the dock, that leads to the fishermen.
But they don't know how to get back, and strangely enough, there seems to be multiple trails heading back, and the boys will argue over which trail is correct, and you will end up guessing the wrong trail and will have to backtrack for what seems like hours even though is far less than that, but with the sun beating down on you, and the boys fighting, and Josh reaching his arms up to be carried you will wish you were anywhere but there.
Then, because you are lost in the woods, you will start to imagine that there are coyotes, because there have been coyote sightings in Newton recently. You will wonder why you didn't bring snacks. You always bring snacks and right then everyone could use a snack. And if a coyote did approach you could throw your snack for the coyote, and gather the boys in your arms and run.
By the time you see the JCC you will be ready to bow down and kiss the ground in gratitude. Neither child will be speaking to you at that point, but you won't care. Your car is in view, and your car holds snacks and air conditioning, as well as a GPS system. You will no longer be lost.
Remember this all for next week when you try it again, OK?
-b
Next time you go hiking with the boys, and the boys are showing you a route they take with their teachers, leave a trail of breadcrumbs, or better yet, pay attention to where you are going. Because it's true, the boys do know how to follow the trail that leads to the hill, that leads to the dock, that leads to the fishermen.
But they don't know how to get back, and strangely enough, there seems to be multiple trails heading back, and the boys will argue over which trail is correct, and you will end up guessing the wrong trail and will have to backtrack for what seems like hours even though is far less than that, but with the sun beating down on you, and the boys fighting, and Josh reaching his arms up to be carried you will wish you were anywhere but there.
Then, because you are lost in the woods, you will start to imagine that there are coyotes, because there have been coyote sightings in Newton recently. You will wonder why you didn't bring snacks. You always bring snacks and right then everyone could use a snack. And if a coyote did approach you could throw your snack for the coyote, and gather the boys in your arms and run.
By the time you see the JCC you will be ready to bow down and kiss the ground in gratitude. Neither child will be speaking to you at that point, but you won't care. Your car is in view, and your car holds snacks and air conditioning, as well as a GPS system. You will no longer be lost.
Remember this all for next week when you try it again, OK?
-b
4 comments:
Did you walk around the lake by the JCC? MK and I go walking with Dylan there. He knows the trails from running, but I can totally see how you could feel lost in there. I get a little scared sometimes.
I hope today went well. We got back late in the day and just need to take it easy. See you tomorrow.
Jenn,
yes, that's exactly where we were. It was very pretty, but we were the only ones walking.
We missed you today. It was really fun.
i have run there with a group...that ran much quicker and farther than I did. And it was HOT. And I didn't bring water. And I can soooo relate...
You make it sound soooooooooo appealing... Yeah, we should definitely do it together this summer... Sure. :O)M
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