Summer days

So, yesterday was a pretty fun Saturday. Woke up at 7:30, everyone else was still asleep, so I went to school and worked for three hours on my dissertation. (Things are going pretty well, and I am starting to hope I will be able to wrap it up this summer. We'll see though.) Came back at 10:30 and took Gwyn and Miriam rock climbing at the climbing wall. Gwyn was just going to watch since she is too young, but the people behind the front desk said she could. They had a lot of fun, and did really well, and Gwyn got to the very top, 36 feet. They also liked climbing under the overhang, because when you fall you swing out away from the rock, but then they were falling on purpose... Then we came home and had a late lunch, and I went to play ultimate. Played a fun, low key game for an hour and a bit. Then went up to the Barretts to see them and the Williams, who are moving to Connecticut. Kids played outside. Martha is great with kids and has known Miriam since she was in her nursery class. Watched some soccer, America vs. Honduras, talked about Jeff's bonsai trees. Then I went night surfing at Trestles with my home teaching companion. (He'd already surfed for three hours that morning, but was game for more.) Anyway, there was a full moon, a 2-3 Hawaiian south swell, and I caught more good waves than I catch in several months at Newport. There were maybe 8 guys out at Sunset when we paddled out, then 4, then just the two of us taking turns. Anyway, I feel like my summer used to be like this. I don't have many days like this these days, but it's nice that they still happen occasionally.