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Friday, July 23, 2021:
Sumas, Washington – Ferndale, Washington – Bellingham, Washington<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Another day, another dollar. Oisin is very stressed about making rent for August. Originally he wanted to hit Gnome Dome at the end of July in Colorado, but the two suspensions experienced by fault of algorithms on Grubhub – his only dependable go-to income as a single parent, witnessed a loss of 15 days of income. This pretty much destroyed all hopes of the Colorado trip and making rent harder to obtain. Playing catch up and trying to keep it together … he’s doing what he can. They slept in a bit, then after making breakfast for the kiddo – Fruity pebbles, orange juice, milk, and fresh fruit from the local farms – strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries … meal complete. Organizing the warehouse, client work, then prepping to head into town for gig work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoping for a priority package from his roomie in Colorado, it wasn’t yet at the post office. They did get a new Kindle cable so now Cian is able to charge up his kindle more reliably. The Cascadian summer heat of the mid-80s welcomed them for the day. Burgers grilled up on their patio for lunch, the duo was off on the road to Ferndale. They pit stopped at Starbucks in Ferndale to use up free points for a Venti Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino that is Oisin’s addiction. A little bit into a cup for Cian, the duo was off to the Old Settlers Picnic while awaiting orders\/deliveries from Grubhub. The Ferndale Pioneer Village is quaint, but the picnic is not what he had imagined. Nice that it was free. On Monday he inquired if he could vend it last minute, and he could – but he thought it would have to be all period-based “old settlers” type merchandise, and he didn’t have enough in stock. Plus, his festival tent was in disrepair. So he emailed them he couldn’t due on Thursday afternoon. Figured he’d check it out first this year to contemplate for next year. He didn’t spy the vendors doing any business the few times they walked through but asked one how it was going, and she said really good. King Cian spied the blow-up alien doll he wanted that he saw at the Blaine 4th July fair, and so dad spotted him the extra delivery cut to get it. He danced and pranced with it throughout the fair. They watched a concert, but it was abhorrently country to dad’s ears, yet Cian liked the music and appears to be a fan of “country”. Dad bit his tongue not to influence the natural attraction to his son’s own tastes, although anything “country” is ear-splitting to Oisin. Within a half-hour, they were off to do a delivery. They had some busy times, then got a chance to pop into the fair again towards its tail end. They tried “rez dogs” for dinner – Indian fry bread wrapped hot dogs and raspberry lemonade. No word from Cian’s mom if she’ll be joining them on Saturday as she’s been quite ill since her return from Ireland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n