fourth of july

Fourth of July they have a boat parade at the lake.  People decorate their boats and at 1:00 in the afternoon, they circle the lake.  

We did not participate.  Puh-leeze.  We're far too lazy for that nonsense.

The boat above?  Barb, Mark's wife, gave that to Little Jay.  It's her dad's boat, and Big Jay put his old 10 hp on it, and it fun.  

This is a fact though. We didn't know Little Jay was terribly nearsighted when he was a kid.  (I am too, but he's worse.)  We found out when he couldn't pass the eye exam to get his permit.

Yes, a straight A student who passed the written test could not see well enough to be given a permit.

All at once we understood why he was always reluctant to drive this boat as a young teenager.

He couldn't see anything!

It's no fun to drive a boat that way.

GAWD.  You'd think by the FIFTH kid we'd get a little better at this?

Apparently NOT.

(not even in a pharaoh costume)

Useless!

We're useless!

But it's all good now. He has glasses galore and contact lenses.  He sees.

Back to the weekend:

My Sweetie is friends with the neighbor.  Our neighbor also can't see very well, but he hears just fine, and a friendly, chatty child finds a good listener in him.

They are fond of each other.

The boat parade started while I was in the bathroom.

Sheesh!  Wait up!

 There, wasn't that great?

And we're back to our neighbor and The Sweetie, deep in conversation.

July?   You beautiful angel.

I love you so much.   love, Val