{"id":39160,"date":"2011-07-17T07:03:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T11:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=39160"},"modified":"2015-06-28T08:01:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T12:01:42","slug":"on-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=39160","title":{"rendered":"On the Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beautiful week in the wilds of New Hampshire with my family. No Internet. Awesome! Hours spent down on the dock, reading, swimming, sunning (well, with SPF 90 not many rays got through, which was the point), and hanging out with my nearest and dearest. Lucy had a breakthrough in terms of her water toleration, and, after a huge meltdown early in the week (she didn’t want to wear her life preserver vest) on the last day there actually jumped into Jean’s arms in the water. Big moment! <\/p>\n

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\nWilliam is a small ball of love, crinkling up with huge dolphin smiles every time you look at him. He appeared to really enjoy my singing of “Feed the Birds” (ie: he fell asleep), so any time he appeared to be resisting sleep, Jean would say, “Maybe a little Tuppence a Bag, Sheil?” I am also convinced that he grew, visibly, during our week there. He looked noticeably bigger. Ben said the same thing! <\/p>\n

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\nCashel is a true water baby and watching him leaping off the floating raft (as Brendan or Siobhan shouted out commands – things he had to act out while mid-air) was so relaxing and enjoyable. He seemed to have a great time. He read three or four books while we were there. He’s such a good kid, such a nice person. I loved seeing him interacting with Lucy and William, his cousins – all my memories of my dear cousins and summery moments spent on that very same lake, having a BLAST with my multitudinous cousins. <\/p>\n

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\nUnfortunately, it was the week of the All-Star Game so we only had a couple of Sox games to watch, but we made up for it with a group viewing of So You Think You Can Dance<\/i> which was a lot of fun. Siobhan and Ben spent some time putting together their adorable wedding invitations, and Pat had brought up fresh steamers, which was a great treat. We had a joint birthday party for Siobhan and Bren. I took 500 pictures. <\/p>\n

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\nI slept like a rock. It took me 24 hours to settle into the fact that I had nothing to do<\/i>. For the past 2 months, it’s been go-go-go for me, with no leisure time to speak of, all free moments spent in working on my script. The first day there was like when you stop roller skating after an hour, and your legs still vibrate for a bit. I kept wanting to WORK, and then realized: well, for now, there’s nothing more I can do. I had earned some leisure time. <\/p>\n

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\nI read two books: Tana French’s Faithful Place<\/a>\"\"<\/i> (I loved the first two in the series – was not as wacky about this one – it felt really cliched, and I didn’t buy any of it – but the first two were so good that I’m hooked, and I’ll keep buying her books!) and Aleksander Hemon’s magnificent The Lazarus Project<\/a>\"\"<\/i>. SO GOOD. Intimidatingly good. Loved every word of it. And I also started the third Ripley book, Ripley’s Game<\/i>. <\/p>\n

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\nWe all went to see Guys and Dolls<\/i> at the New London Barn Playhouse (a summer stock theatre we have been frequenting for decades) – and I’ll write more about that later. Mum stayed home with the babies and we wished she had been there with us. It was an insanely fun night, and a GREAT show. <\/p>\n

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\nI miss the house, its rambling porch with tilting deck chairs, and I miss seeing my family every day. It was wonderful. <\/p>\n

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