Chapter 41
Slip and Slide Fun
June – Age 19 – Summer Freshman/Sophomore Year
Their summer was turning out rather well thus far. Their beach vacation was just what they needed. Santana's courses were four weeks down, and two more to go. The courses were in her words, invigorating. She was taking Developmental Biology, her second health care nursing course, and nursing to the terminally ill. Finn was enjoying his home time with Charlotte. They had gotten a small collapsible pool and a slip and slide for her to have fun with for the summer. He had three more weeks of fun before his summer session hit, one he was quite looking forward to: child psychology, social policy, and psychology of gender.
Finn has a list of household projects he wished to finish during the home time. He was able to move the furniture around in their bedroom so they would have some more floor space. They were quite sick of stubbing their toes trying to skirt around the bed to get to the bathroom. He fixed the shelves in the kitchen cabinets. The supports were old and breaking. He got all the appropriate supports and shelves in and decluttered the counters. Finn fixed up the rickety leg on the kitchen table. He changed the oil in both their cars.
Charlotte had grown quite a bit and her toddler bed was no longer adequate. She needed a full sized bed. What he did was take two pool noodles and put them under the fitted sheets so she wouldn't roll off. There were many a morning that he or Santana saw her sleeping on her floor in a tangled mess of sheets. She was a violent sleeper – yet another reason they never let her sleep with them. They let her once and they woke up with bruises all over. She kicked all night long.
Finn set up the pool in the back yard. Charlotte enjoyed learning to swim. On the weekends, they would break out the slip n slide. All 3 of them would be exhausted and muddy by the end of their time. Finn would add a bit of dish soap to their slide and it would go much more smoothly. Finn would shower first so he could bathe Charlotte and Santana could indulge in a long shower.
Santana got up and was served breakfast. They she would pack her lunch and head on her way. Finn and Charlotte would cook dinner together. She was quite the eager little chef. Charlotte was getting much better at identifying ingredients. They would work on letters, numbers, colors, fruits, vegetables, and different foods, in both Spanish and English. Finn was very proud of his smart girl
Finn was happy to have his time at home, but that didn't mean that he didn't miss the school aspect of his life. Never would he have thought that he would miss school. But now if he wasn't working or at school, he had free time - and that wasn't something that he was knowledgeable about. His life was revolving around work or school or Charlotte. But this was a nice little break, and something that he would look forward to in the future.