On Sunday afternoon, the car pointed northeast for a few days of me helping out in Northern Virginia with the eldest son's family. As both adults are working this summer, grandson needs coverage, he is only 8 and certainly not ready to be a latchkey kid in any sense of the meaning. He is in a lot of summer activities, but they require his Dad to get him there without a car by 8:30 or 9 and pick him up by 3:30 or 4, depending on which week of activities are schedued. They want to come back to the farm for a few days and to do so means longer hours at work for son, so Grandmom to the rescue. There are a few times a year when school or work schedules just don't work out and the trips to help are scheduled. Sometimes, grandson and I spend all day together, others like this trip, my time is unencumbered from the beginning of day camp until the camp day is over. It is a good time to enjoy some alone time. On my agenda was to trek over to Old Town Alexandria and spend some time visiting some of the shops, but the June rains have carried over to July and walking around wet streets in sandals with an umbrella didn't appeal.
This has allowed time to knit and read, to venture a mile down the road to Whole Foods and avail myself of their diverse salad bar for lunch.
While here, I try to help with household chores and designate myself as dinner cook. They have a local nursery and produce stand right across the 4 lane street from their house and if you are brave enough to test Northern Virginia traffic on foot, local veggies are handy.
Tomorrow after camp and work, we will make the drive back south west to the farm for awork session and visit.
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