$2500 for a new tranny in the RV. So, while the work is being done we are temporarily holed up at Motel 6 again. Two nights in San Rafael (I don’t recommend this one) and then a week in Belmont. At least in Belmont there is a pool and things to do in the area. And, we will be able to visit Uncle Al. If you don’t have an Uncle Al you should really consider adopting one. Alan, who just turned 74, is not an Uncle by blood but by love. He entered our lives 28 years ago, a friend of my ex-father-in-law. He has seen us through the meaty years and the lean years. He tells a mean joke and brews a lousy cup of coffee. He can make a mixed tape that you will enjoy for all the wrong reasons and will even serenade you if the mood takes him there. Some of his most lively tunes include: Alone Again Naturally, If I Were a Rich Man, and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. Uncle Al has watched my kids grow and their kids too. He is Uncle Owl to the littlest ones and some of the older ones too. Again, if you don’t already have an Uncle Al you should really consider adopting one.
Staying in a motel does allow for daily showers and of course the endless cartoon programming on Cartoon Network and Nick. Keeping six kids entertained while in a motel presents challenges and without a pool one way to beat the summer heat is to take laps in the bathtub. Which means that the maids work overtime providing us with dry towels. At the moment the older three boys are off with the men foraging for berries at China Camp. The younger three are coloring, playing leap-frog, and making kissy faces with mom.
Life throws many lemons along one’s journey, the trick is to learn to make sweet lemonade out of those lemons.
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