10.11.14 - Fleet Week

Jack and I drove down to SF last night. We got in around 9pm or so, usually past Rocket's bed time, but Jill had let Rocket stay up late so he could play with Jack. When we walked in Rocket was "helping" Dad make pie - that is, Rocket was eating bits of pie crust and getting covered in flour. I'd also like to note Dad had claimed he wasn't making pies this year because it's too much work, and we planned instead to stick to Symphony brownies. Yet I walk in to at least 5 pies and more on the way. He just can't help himself.

I don't think Rocket and Jack have seen each other in person since our wedding (late May), although they have Skyped once or twice. The two of them spent some time playing the game where you try to not to let the balloon hit the ground, then they chased each other up and down the long hallways for a good 20 minutes at least, with lots of squealing and fake roars. It was funny sitting in the kitchen talking with Dad, Jill, and Jennifer, and seeing the blurs of Jack and Rocket shoot by the kitchen doorway in one direction and then another over and over.

Balloon game

The next day was the Fleet Week party, and it was great. So many people turned up: a bunch of couples from my program, Sarah, Renata, and tons of others. For maybe the first time ever I remembered to use sunscreen consistently (perhaps because, also for the first time ever, I wasn't drinking at all) and I didn't get horribly burnt. The weather was beautiful. There was more food than we knew what to do with (as always). There were more young children than before and they played with bubbles and a replica of Malcolm Reynold's gun from Firefly that Ellen's bf had 3D-printed. The only downside was there were so many people there that I like that I didn't have a chance to visit with each individual friend as long as I wanted to.

All day people were talking to me about Clara and the pregnancy, I think partly because I hadn't seen many of them since I announced the pregnancy, and partly because I am finally visibly pregnant. I enjoyed it, especially talking with fellow moms about their experiences (Sarah O., Molly, JAF). It's an exciting time!

After the airshow several of us stuck around to play Tichu and pool downstairs. At some point Dad and Sarah got into a lively and kind of hilarious debate about the marines. 

And once everyone had gone, I fell asleep on Jack watching the Lego Movie in the media room. It was a great day.