Today, it was quite hot outside - at lunch, the car read 100 degrees! It's been so hot and dry down here for a month or so that the lake level is down at least several feet and we couldn't put on our own fireworks show. But more on that later. Well, for the past few days, I have gotten into a rhythm. I wake up around 6:30 AM (yeah, this really hasn't been the sleeping in vacation I expected) to go for a walk with my dad and Kingsley because that's the only time it's cool enough, eat breakfast (so far, pancakes, omlettes, and french toast courtesy of my dad), put on my swim suit, and go down to the lake. Once down there, I have swam, tubed behind the boat (the waverunner is broken), and gone on boat rides. One time when I was tubing with my much younger cousin, the new tube, which I haven't gotten used to yet, almost flipped, but I made a great save by shifting my weight more to the middle. With my cousin OMY, the same happened, and then on another turn, I was thrown off, and skipped across the water like a rock. Let me tell you, I was sure I was going to develop a bruise on my thigh, it hurt so bad.
Then, on the Fourth of July, I went on my first ride on Aunt "Rose" and oldest uncle's pontoon boat. Up to now, our timing had always been bad, and missed the opportunity, but we finally got to experience it. I must say, I was expecting it to be extremely slow, but it wasn't too bad. The only problems were the only station on the radio was country music and the sun beat down on our faces. I had to completely cover myself with a towel to make sure I didn't burn. As I said before, since it has been so dry, we weren't able to set off our own fireworks. Understandably, we weren't too excited about the notion of burning down a house or trees. So, we went down to the helicopter pad nearby, where we were supposed to be able to see the fireworks put on by the city of Shell Knob, but it was a dud. Since we couldn't see anything by the time they were supposed to start, we left early enough to miss them, and late enough to miss the ones going off across the lake, when sitting on the back deck. A bit disappointing, but I guess that's not really what the day is supposed to be about. We did get a batch of iced cookies from a neighbor out of the deal, as well as a good viewing of the orange, almost full moon.
Today, we had reservations for us all to go out to lunch to celebrate an early birthday of one of my aunts. Since the reservation was at 11:00 AM, and many didn't get up until 9 AM, most didn't go down to the lake beforehand. But I kind of wanted to cool off and get away from all the drama at the house, so I went down with my dad for an hour. It was actually kind of nice just sitting in the water, taking, with no one to interrupt. Then we went to Nonna's Nummies, a new restaurant in town that I have never been too. I didn't know what to expect, but it was quite nice. They were very friendly and accommodating. I got a chicken panini and a huge "Death by Chocolate" cupcake (I wanted chocolate and peanut butter cup, but they were out). Both were filling and delicious. I hope to go back some other time, maybe next year. From there, we went to the Old Church Gallery, a store that sells rocks and minerals samples and jewelery. I got this beautiful snowflake obsidian necklace that wasn't too expensive. There were some emeralds and rubies that were hundreds of dollars, but I obviously didn't get those. After a quick trip to the Red Barn, a flea market, we went back to the lake house and down to the lake. Good times at Table Rock Lake - too bad tomorrow is our last day here :(
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