Every once in awhile, you have one of those days. You know what I'm talking about, it just seems like things work out well. You start and finish the day with the energy you need, you feel good, you might even feel happy. Stress isn't weighing you down, you might have even been encouraged or encouraged someone else that day. In the end you showed love to each of your kids and as an added bonus, they are all getting along.
Today was such a day. I slept in after staying up late working on homework. I had ambitious plans to accomplish way more than my brain could handle today, so I let go of the high expectations. I enjoyed time with each of my kids throughout the day, even got some laundry done. In the late afternoon, Jay informed me that it looked like their "guy's movie night" may be working out tonight. I was able to quickly switch my plans from locking myself away in my room and pounding the keyboard with research and APA citations, to taking my kids out for pizza.
We went to our local Pizza Shoppe. I love to eat there. They are never too busy, there is always enough space and it isn't taken over by televisions. The atmosphere is perfect for playing cards, which we did. We've done this before, we wait for our pizza while playing Go Fish and Uno. Hannah and I even ordered our own pizza just the way we wanted it... Hawaiian!
After dinner, and a never-ending game of Uno - in which we all decided Palmer won, even though no one ran out of cards, we drove across the street to Price Chopper. I pulled up a recipe for chocolate ice cream sodas on my phone. For some reason, we are all hooked on these things. $30 later, we have all the ingredients (expensive, huh!), and we head home to start chilling our soda water. About this time, I'm really missing Jay. He is usually the fun one, and I am usually the tag-along parent, but tonight, I got to be fun, and I missed Jay being a part of it.
I know he is having fun with his guy friends, and time apart from the family usually makes us more appreciative of it, so I am happy for him. Well, the soda should be about ready, so we'll go make our dessert and find some AFV to watch, or laugh at Lilly, because she is funnier than t.v. any day!
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