At Last Perfect Maine Weather

The perfect Maine summer day has finally come to Clam Cove. Three days of rain and cold gave way to sunshine, soft breezes and blue skies. Despite going to bed at two-thirty last night I was up early enough to get breakfast ready because my old friend Jamie Kyte Sapoch, who I went to both Walkers and Dickinson with me was coming for a visit. Since Jamie was two years ahead of me in school we never are at the same reunions so it had been just too long since we had seen each other.
There is hardly a nicer person on earth than Jamie and it was lovely to introduce her to Shannon and Julie and for her to see Warren again after all these years. Coming to Maine is a little like going back in time when I get to reconnect with so many wonderful old friends. Jamie is just as kind and fun as she always was and our visit was way too short. Now that I have discovered she is in Maine for the summers I am going to make plans to see her again next year.

After Jamie left, Shannon, Julie, Warren and I took advantage of the fantastic weather and went to the walk the breakwater in Rockland. This sun could not have come fast enough because if we had another day of rainy day eating like we are back in boarding school we might not be able to fly out of Maine. How quickly we fell back into the same girls school eating patterns, dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner with an afternoon pick me up. Walking the breakwater is a good two mile walk. We probably should have done it twice.
At last tonight we are going to have a big night of games. We ate leftovers for dinner so no time was wasted cooking or cleaning. Instead we quickly had a plate of chicken and squash so we could play Mexican Train dominos. This was not something we played in boarding school, but we can’t remember the rules to “screw you neighbor” and we are just too old and tired to do that anyway.

The laughing continues despite some people not winning any games. I know our friendship can survive a competitive game, but quite frankly desserts help everyone’s mood. I am going to have to renig in this blog as a diet comedy until I get home from Maine. The only good thing I can say is that I did not eat any ice cream today, but the dessert smorgasbord that was just put in front of me by my opponents is obviously a tactic to throw me off my game.