mother · nature's · son

Mama says it means Judgment is upon us. I am not allowed to see Lisanne this week.

It is still very rainy. I'm hoping that it will start to warm up soon. Then Papa will come home, at least. Mama is being very strange. She never copes well when he is gone but now she's even more touchy about it, which is understandable because his job scares her, but still quite odd. I don't know if something happened or if the rain just makes her moody. Oh well.

Lisanne is still very wonderful, at least.

It was a sunny day today. A very good day for going outside, which is what we always do, Lisanne and me. Papa's out again for a month which means that Mama's a bit mad and she's even more upset because he'll be missing Easter and she doesn't think that's good luck to miss. She says it gives her bad feelings, but she says that every time he goes out. I don't have bad feelings. The weather hasn't been bad or anything and Papa only had a scratch on his wrist last time anyway.

I better go before the library closes.

I went to the beach today with Lisanne and there was a big commotion at the big white house. We were only on the bus and there's no robots near so we couldn't see really past the trees but there were lots of cars.

The beach was very lovely but it's best with Lisanne.

It's nice and warm which is my favourite sort of weather. I have gone down to the beach every afternoon and there are a lot of tourists but even more penguins. Two got in the house and Mama shrieked at them until they stumbled back outside. There are even more tourists here than on the beach and they took pictures of the penguins that are running all over and trying to beat the cars and such.

Mama's done schooling me for the month because she says she is stricken and needs to rest a while. I will have to read a great deal to make up for this. That's why I'm at the library now.

Christmas was very good. Papa was home and we went to midnight mass, but he nearly didn't want to go. Papa is not very religious and Mama got very distressed and said that he'd never last on the sea if he didn't go to church once in awhile.

I think her crying got to him more than her words.

I met Lisanne's parents last week. They were very nice, Lisanne. I had a good time, really. Mum wants to meet you now and I'm not sure why because I didn't even think she was listening to me when I told her about supper.

I like the book so far, as well.

I have been going to the library with Lisanne a lot. The weather is very nice for being out of doors and I'm glad summer's here. Mama's glad, as well, because it's less dangerous for Papa to be out on the boats now. She still worries though, and so do I. But not about Papa.

Mama is already starting to think about Christmas.

There are far less people in the library now that the weather's getting a bit warmer. Mama is glad. She is always glad when winter passes by into spring and then summer, but she's never really glad at all.