Mammoth Workhorse, Day 13

Thursday, May 28

Partly cloudy and warmer this morning. Should be a nice day.

Despite getting a while to himself to watch TV yesterday, Ed is beginning to lose his patience for this trip. Last night he didn’t want to swap the stuff between the kids’ car and the Jeep because it was "dark". Yeah, really—like it ever actually gets dark around here. And all that needed to be swapped was two car seats, a couple of water bottles and a few grocery bags.  So I just did it myself.

I’ve been trying to find a restaurant with a good molcajete for him but no luck so far. Oh well. All I can do is avoid talking to him, don’t ask him to do anything, and hope he pulls himself out of it.

We made a quick trip to Walmart in the morning. Then fixed breakfast. I got in a 30-minute jog but it was nearly noon when I started and the sun was brutal.

In the afternoon we went to the splash pad at Sue Young Park. May was too busy yakking on her phone to put the kids' swim suits on them so we had to lather on sunscreen.  None of the other kids were wearing swimsuits, though, so it didn’t matter.

It was a blast for the kids. Kind of boring for the grownups. I wish I'd brought a book.

Then cookout on the grill and bedtime. A little early which was fine by me. Spectacular sunset but I was indoors and missed most of it.