It was so nice to be able to sleep in today!<\/p>\n
After a (too-long) breakfast of rice, beans, and toasted (and non-toasted) crumpets, Dad sorted pictures, Mom did laundry, and Ethan and I forced ourselves through grueling hours of schoolwork: a review and mid-book test in Science, reading a lesson (or five) and a book in History, and doing a day\u2019s section in Math. I also finished reading Prince<\/em> Caspian<\/em> and started on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/em>. So far, Reepicheep, Kings Caspian and Edmund, Queen Lucy, and \u201cUseless\u201d Eustace have been captured as slaves. Aslan has not yet appeared. (In case you don\u2019t know who I\u2019m talking about, I would advise you to read The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> by C. S. Lewis.)<\/p>\n After eating our peppermint Magnum bars, Dad decided it was time to Do Something. So we got in the car with our swimsuits on to go to the beach and Do Something. Casuarina Beach is an actual beach, unlike the rocks outside our apartment. Ethan and Dad went way farther out into the surf than Mom and I did because I was worried about jellyfish and Mom didn\u2019t want to be burnt to a crisp.<\/p>\n Soon enough we left and drove to Wentworth\u2019s. Mom and Ethan got out there to buy groceries while Dad and I continued to the Greek restaurant and ordered supper. I memorized the twelve flavors of ice cream alphabetically: Boysenberry Swirl, Butterscotch, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Coffee Chip, Mango Swirl, Mint Chip, Rainbow, Rum and Raisin, Strawberry, Triple M&M, and Vanilla. Sadly we didn\u2019t get any, but we did get a salad (consisting mainly of cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions and not much lettuce) and four pita-wrapped things in three different flavors: one Chippy, two Falafel, and one Saguaraki (we think that\u2019s how it was spelled). We enjoyed these at a picnic table across the street from our apartment, and Michelle, our landlord, came to talk to us.<\/p>\n Ethan biked up and down the path by the side of the beach until he tired of it, then we all came in, and hopefully we\u2019ll have chocolate ice cream and go swimming before bed. Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was so nice to be able to sleep in today! After a (too-long) breakfast of rice, beans, and toasted (and non-toasted) crumpets, Dad sorted pictures, Mom did laundry, and Ethan and I forced ourselves through grueling hours of schoolwork: … Continue reading