After a great weekend that we had it is a bit hard to believe that it is back to work tomorrow once again. This morning we woke up and had a breakfast on the island as a family looking out and the water and feeling completely relaxed.
The ocean looked different this morning, more like a winter ocean which is darker and less calm. After the breakfast me and my daughter went to the yard to harvest some poppy seeds and shoots of lavender to propagate in our mainland yard.
We also dug out three daffodil bulbs, because she wanted more of those as well. Then she was satisfied with our gardening and went back into the house and I did a quick mowing of lawn. It is amazing how much quicker it is to mow the lawn when it is not overgrown.
Then we went to the Hidden Beach which is only five minutes away from our house. That Beach is nice, there are usually very few people there and plenty of space to park.
We spent some time at the beach collecting shells, sea glass and cool stones, then drove to downtown Langley for a lunch at our favorite ramen restaurant.
When we arrived it was about five minutes before the opening and there already was a line of people waiting to get in. We were able to get a place at the mini bar type area next to the window.
The Ramen was excellent as usual and a rare occurrence of our daughter actually finishing her dish, which means that she was probably really hungry and perhaps the walk on the beach helped.
After the lunch we rushed to the ferry terminal to try to get off the Whidbey Island before the weekend crowds really start leaving the island.
We still had to wait in a car line that took about an hour to get to the ferry and all in all it took us two and a half hours to get back to our house. So basically driving would have been the same time, but we got to eat at our favorite ramen restaurant which was on the way to the ferry.
When we arrived home we unloaded and I went to the Central Market to pick up food for the week ahead. I got us nice t-bone steaks, meat balls, chicken breasts and a bunch of fruits and vegetables including two big trays of local black current.
My mother in law is going to make us some really nice home made preserves from those. After I came back home I got some downtime and then we watched an episode of the show called Night Agent. It was a great way to wrap up our eventful weekend.
Tomorrow I am working from home and then going for a three day Visual Studio Live conference in Redmond and then on Friday I will be going to downtown Seattle office.
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