at the cottage.

i am lying awkwardly in my bed following a painfully long drive back from the lake. the drive was actually quite quick, but was overshadowed by the fact that i cannot move my neck. damn those wakeboarding falls. it was an amazing loooong weekend (six days to be exact) full of as much reliving my childhood as i could possibly fit in. more specifically, my time at the cottage consisted of...

2 delicious ice cream cones. one from the cornball store and one from the restaurant in downtown mag.
3 slalom ski runs.
2 wakeboarding runs.
0 slalom ski falls.
5 wakeboarding falls. ouch.
3 people knocked off the tube. (2 of them were 7 years old. oops.)
5 sleep in's out of 6 days.
1 full book read. and 2 magazines!
1 breakfast on the dock in the sun.
4 drinks at the infamous schmeller house in "downtown" magnetawan.
2 hours of dancing at the schmeller house to a live band who had the "best night of their lives" and i believed them.
1 downtown magnetawan t-shirt purchased by friend alex who was visiting. will try and reach total of 2 by the end of the summer.
1 game of yahtzee lost.
1 game of trivial pursuit lost. 3 to 1 and we still lost to my dad!
1 game of cribbage won!
1 new successful slalom skiier: alex stayed up for 20 seconds!
5 kids ages 1 to 7 running around with sparklers singing oh canada.
many hours spent swimming/escaping the water beast, solving 'the secret door' and celebrating opposite day with oldest four kids.
2 sunny days.
4 cloudy/cold days.
10 hours in the car listening to a book on tape.

1 tired puppy. and i'm not talking about emma!