Recently, Lily has been falling in love with Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest. She’s been going on walks at Point Defiance, and the beauty has astounded her, and she’s been wanting to take me on the walk. Today we woke up at 5:20 and went. Despite my zombie-like state from fatigue and work stress, I truly loved walking with Lily through that beautiful area. It was a complete gift and respite given the pressures I have been facing.
Then I had a normal work day, and Lily worked on packing up for the cruise. I wrapped up around 3:30, and we were all out by about 4:30. The plan was for us to pick up Swathi from work, and then she would drive with us to Vancouver, and drive our car back to Seattle the next day.
On the way to pick up Swathi, Lydia, Lily, and I had an intense discussion/argument about Lydia getting a phone as well as her harp practice. It left us all a little sore, but we had a productive and more peaceful conversation on the topic the next day that felt like progress to me.
After picking up Swathi, we had a delicious dinner at a local Washington sea food chain called Ivar’s. I LOVED their clam chowder.
When we arrived at our Hilton in Vancouver, we all went to bed.