Last week we found out that he had to work Saturday and Sunday, 12 hour shifts, so I needed to head down to help out with laundry and some homemaking in the trailer. That thing hasn't been deep cleaned in the year it's been on the road!!!
I signed up for a trail run at 49 a few weeks ago on a whim. I've been wanting to do it since it started a few years ago and it hasn't worked out so I just signed up and decided to make it work. That made the weekend shorter, but I had fun and finished one minute over the time I was shooting for, which is good for not running. I hardly walked and it was pretty hilly.
A quick shower and the kids and I hit the road. We got down to Starbuck around 2 Saturday afternoon and we knew Kevin wouldn't be off until 6 or so. Which turned into 7. The kids were excited to be at the trailer though, even if Kevin was still working. Kevin finally got home and we had dinner and watched TV and all snuggled together.
Praying Mantis we found at the trailer
Sunday was "laundry day." I couldn't find a laundromat closer than Walla Walla or Lewiston online and because I can't fly by the seat of my pants, we had to go to Lewiston. I was pretty sure there's one in Pomeroy, but not certain. So the kids and I went to Lewiston and did laundry in a totally packed laundromat and then wasted the rest of the day. It was 106. Too hot to swim we decided. Kevin had another later than expected evening working and we brought home pizza from Tomato Bros for dinner.
Favorite playtime in the trailer
It was 106. We needed ice cream.
I had to work from the trailer on Monday, but got up at 5:30 to start so I could bring the kids swimming in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the weather was crazy and windy and when we got down to the Touchet River to swim it was 90 and super windy and raining. We checked out the river quickly then left.
Touchet River:
And, then we got up and headed home at 4:45 Tuesday so I could work in the office for a couple days.
It was a busy trip and I'm feeling exhausted from all the running around, but we love seeing daddy and spending time in the camp trailer. The kids have some special toys that we leave down there and it makes it so fun to play with them.
I keep trying to wrap my brain around this feeling of not knowing where Kevin will be next but not having crazy anxiety about it. I think I might be getting used to this line life thing. I just wish we were at a point that the kids and I could be with him more than a few days here and there. This job is winding down and our fingers and toes are crossed that Kevin will go to the next Sturgeon job in northern Idaho.
