Busy Day

We hauled firewood today. Someone Stephen works with had some firewood stacked in his yard that he had no use for. So we drove both trucks up to Big Lake this morning and filled the beds with firewood. It was about a 45 minute drive each way. Thankfully, it was a lovely day for a drive. The sky was bright blue and the temperatures were in the low-20's.

I was only able to help with one load. But Stephen went back for a second trip. There is still another 3 truckloads out there, so we'll go back tomorrow after church.

But after that first load, I took Alicia to Anchorage with me to pick up Tess from the airport. While we were waiting for her plane to land, I drove around the Lake Hood airport which is adjacent to the main international airport. Lake Hood is a float plane airport as well as a land airstrip for wheeled small planes. I believe it's the busiest float plane airport in the world.

Alicia was napping in her car seat and I didn't want to pay to park in the short term parking lot while I waited for Tess. So I told her to text me when she landed, which she did. And I just drove over to the baggage claim area and picked her up.

I had her basketball gear in the van with me. She changed in the back seat and we drove straight to the high school where her game was scheduled to begin in an hour. She played a good game. They won by a lot, which was expected. I was glad they let her play since she'd been out of town for the previous day's practice.

When I arrived home, I made some chili for dinner and helped Stephen empty the wood out of the truck so we could go refill them tomorrow. We got a lot of it stacked, but then it got too dark to see and our backs were starting to hurt. We'll have to fire up the hot tub so it's ready for us after tomorrow's firewood escapades.

Tess decided she was a little worn out and not feeling all that great, so she didn't go to the cotillion dance tonight. But she swears she'll wear the newly altered black dress to the next one so my efforts weren't all for naught.