One Month and Counting

January 27 (Photos to come)

We have now been on the road for one month….seems longer.  We awaken to a very grey, cold and rainy day.   We pull out our socks for the first time on the trip.  None of us slept too well the previous night as there was a storm outside and our little cabin is all of 5 feet from the water…..very nice mostly, except when the sound of the waves seem like they might devour us.  We make the most of our “down” time and decide to get on with some of our schooling.   I have located two additional instructional books for Sam, one in math and one in language arts, that we delve into.  All the kids catch up on their  journals  and I am pleased to say they have all logged in an entry for each day of our trip thus far.  I take on math with all three kids while Paulie goes off to find a laundry.  We are heading on the road tomorrow and we never seem to know what we are going to get so better to take advantage of the facilities we have at the moment.  We spend a good three+ hours on the studies.  Annie logs in her first blog entry (check it out!) and then we decide to head to town to try to get her a haircut.  We arrive in the central part of downtown and find a place to park the car.  As with most of the towns we have visited, the central business district is on a harbor that sits on a beautiful bay or body of water.  There are sailboats off in the distance and is generally a picture perfect scene.  The grey day dampens the loveliness of the view only slightly, but we don’t have time to look anyway as we are dodging rain drops.  We find a couple of “salons” that carry a hefty price tag with that moniker.  We recall some shops near our grocery store and head down the street to see if there is a place for haircuts there.  Sure enough, we find a “salon” that we can afford and schedule an appointment for Annie for an hour later.  During the interim, we find a Chinese restaurant with a buffet and dig in.  After lunch, Annie heads to the salon and the others check out a discount store for art supplies.  I have decided that we should have an art class today.  We pick up Annie and return home for a good ole snuggly afternoon in our cabin.  We draw, nap, read, blog and watch American Idol in the evening.