Day 12 at the lake – It would really suck to die on your birthday

Somehow (?) I had some sort of an attack just before midnight.  I couldn’t breathe for a while.  I wasn’t sure if this was asthma, allergy, sleep apnea or getting some snot down my windpipe.  Breathing was very slow and labored.  Eventually, I was able to breathe, but it sort of ruined my sleep cycle.   I got up shortly after 6AM.  I smelled coffee.  Now, usually I’m the first one up by an hour or so (then my daughter Courtney, then my parents).  My brother and sister-in-law, were not only up, but were on their way out to go kayaking.  The lake was glassy-smooth, so it was definitely a great idea.  When they got back from kayaking, they took their bikes up to the bluff and biked around.  Meanwhile, my wife and I got all the kids ready to go to “The Windmill,” a local Mennonite craft place.  We shopped for a few hours.  When we got back, we set up the outside for tomorrow’s “Church Service at the Lake,” and then the kids went swimming while I practiced guitar for tomorrow’s event then made hamburger patties, also for tomorrow’s event, and skewered meat and vegetables for tonight’s meal.  My nephew Matt arrived late in the evening.