A wasted day

Today was a bust. We were in no hurry to get to historic Williamsburg because I planned to stay until after the fireworks at 9. Evelyn made Bisquick batter and I fried eggs and pancakes for our breakfast. She made sandwiches for us to take for lunch and we planned to eat supper at the old town. The first problem was that Andrew had been whining that he was not interested in Williamsburg at all. I thought once he saw it, but that was wrong. He kept wanting to leave. Next, both Evelyn and I had contracted a cold. She was feeling terrible and being in the oppressive heat (bust #4) made her unwilling to stay. When we entered, we thought about buying a ticket to some of the stores, etc. but thought we would look around to see what was going on before we did. It was a good thing because we would have wasted the money due to busts #1 and 4. Stacy had searched diligently for three wooden muskets and three 3 cornered hats to wear at Williamsburg. Only Noah and I were willing to wear the hats. Peter, Noah and I carried the muskets. Even then I had to insist because Stacy had tried hard to provide them. We did get to see two films. One acting out the debates in the House of Burgesses and one about how John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave money to the restoration of the town. While we watched, it began to rain. We had eaten our sandwiches in a small area with picnic tables before the films and the rain. (An interesting side note: Noah led the lunch prayer and prayed also for rain!) It was very hot then despite having a table with an umbrella. Needless to say, we left. We went back to Jamestown to see if Peter could find the disposable camera he bought and left two days ago. Naturally, he didn’t. We came back and Evelyn and I went to bed. I couldn’t sleep but she did. The boys tried to go swimming but thunder forced the pool to close. They came in and played a great deal of games and the PSP electronic piece of junk J that I am sorry I ever allowed on board. We have never sat out around a campfire, and the boys and I have played only one game of Sequence. The boys found “An American President” (a piece of liberal fluff) and then some more Sequence. We had put things away before leaving this morning and should be ready to leave for Newport News in the morning.