Acclimation
I slept better than expected night one, even on the single sized bed. I was the last one up and loaded the fireplace up with 5 logs hoping to keep the heat pumping for as long as possible since the temperatures dropped into the 40s. I slept with my bedroom door open as well to maintain more exposure to warmer air.
Even with all of these actions I still spent the night with every body part under the covers except my face. I was warm enough and slept pretty soundly all things considered. I never even heard my dad’s multiple bathroom breaks during the night.
I awoke to the sweet sounds of Cadence and Kennedy. Teresa had walked over to their cabin and brought them back. They are such cute kids, it’s hard to not have a smile on your face when they are around.
The Waldheim includes three cooked meals a day with the cabin rentals. The staff here all seems nice, especially the young woman that was responsible for our table. She was happy to help in anyway possible and was cute interacting with the kids as well. The food so far has been good and it hasn’t been too hard to stick to my pescatarian diet.
After breakfast we met up with the kids, Meg, and Paul by the beach. I was surprised to discover I had wi-fi signal at that spot for some reason, at least 200 yards from the source. I helped the girls play in the sand, recovering raw materials that were used in the construction of their sand castles. The water looked colder than it actually was as a bunch of people were swimming in it.
After lunch pretty much everyone was ready for a nap. The girls did not sleep well the night before and Meg didn’t either. I read my book but did not even finish a chapter before falling asleep, napping for almost two hours, a rarity in my life.
After getting up my dad, Teresa and I headed out on a walk. Dad turned back after not real long because his knee was bothering him. Teresa and I carried on, enjoying the abundance of beauty around us while talking about various things, I enjoyed it.
On the way back from the walk we stopped at the girls cabin to hang out a bit. They had just woken up from their naps as well. We went back to grab dad to walk down to the common area. As we headed there Cadence asked me to walk with her and hold her hand, it was adorable. She is such a cute kid.
After dinner I had another brief wi-fi session to make sure things were good on the homefront as well as chatting to Gladys for a short while. The entire gang was at our cabin. We sat on the porch while the girls played pretend. They both have very vivid imaginations. They set up imaginary stores and we were their customers. Cadence even made me a pretend credit card with a limit of something like 65,000,000 dollars. The card will be returning with me to Florida for sure.