Thread: Fresh Inspiration at the Lake (Corybantic X Mykhalia)

Gareth smiled at the confidence of the little girl... no, really she was a young woman now. He admired her vivaciousness and her innocence which she somehow maintained while still beginning to take on adult responsibilities. Truly it was a time of great change for her. Her babysitting on weekends and the occasional evening for him and some of the other parents was for money to save for her own car, as well as anything that took her fancy that was not deemed 'essential' by her parents. Gareth though back to his work experience at that age, where he had a paper route every weekday morning that he may have required the assistance of a parent every so often to drive a car around while he flung papers onto people's lawns. But that was many a moon ago now. He had finished school, attended university, although he had dropped out 2 years in after he discovered, like his paper round, that regimens and locked in schedules and requirements were not for him. He had left to work for an insurance company for a few years while he worked on his drawing and painting. Soon, a gallery offered to show his paintings, and one sold making Gareth more money than he had made in two years from his day job. Then he span into the party scene where he had met Yolande, another free spirit. They had spent 3 wonderful years together and one terrible one before Yolande had left, only to return at odd intervals when she was breezing back into town to visit Leo. And so he had focused on his art full time painting commissions here and unique corporate pieces there. But he had felt himself stagnating somewhat. His impressionist style had won him many admirers, however he had started find painting the scenes in the manner he began with had started to pall. And his earnings had decreased slightly but by a significant amount. So he was looking to find a new inspiration in some nature settings. He had found the cabin on the lake and was looking forward to sitting on the verandah watching the sunrise, or setting up his workstation in the weak afternoon light after a rainstorm Poetic images that he hoped could match within the 72 hours that he had set aside for this getaway. He smiled to himself. thinking that now he could still take some time at one moment or another to spend some quality time with his kid. It was no small irony that Gareth's contribution to the currently bursting car was just over two suitcases, whereas the sheer mass that accompanies a small child away from a home. Bags of daipers. Several sets of changes of clothes minimum of four per day boxes of toys, and then there was he other passenger's luggage to contend with. To this day he was amazed at how wowen could be so organised as to fit an entire closet into two suitcases, and still find enough reasons to bring five other 'essentials. After some further driving, Gareth stopped alongside what the various maps indicated was the last place to pick up groceries. He hopped out of the car and leaving Talia to look after Leo if he woke up. Any special requests for food this weekend? I'm afraid i have only a very basic supplies, so let me know now so that I can make sure we have everything that you want.