Laowai

On Friday the girls and I had the most bitter sweet day ever. We joined our best little friends and mommy friends at our strandbad (the swimming place along the lake). We sat in the shade on our blankets and had a picnic. The kids shared food. My british friend brought a thermos of tea – tee hee heee. The kids played and laughed in the pool. They ran around free and happy in the grass. They dug in the sand. They swam some more and went down the water slide a hundred times. We wrapped our kids up in towels and sat them in the sun when their lips were blue and their teeth were chattering. They got ice cream. It was all perfect. I chatted and laughed with my friends. Everytime I looked at my kids they were completetly happy. But in the back of my mind I knew that this was the last day I would get to see my friends – particularly my friend Liz. Claire started getting tired and eventually fell asleep in my arms. It was time to go. I told Bea to say goodbye to her best friend Owain. I gathered up our sand toys and towels with a heavy heart and we said good bye with a nice big hug. I was weepy the rest of the day. Now I'm ready to go.