Friday, October 30, 2015

A Day Off

I was able to go to the grocery store by myself and shop.  Took everything home and put it away.  Every one has been asking about my hair.  Well when you have two littles around all the time there is no going to get a haircut.  I could only imagine the havoc they could play while I was trapped in a salon chair. So I got a haircut and still had time to hit Target before my lunch date with Karen.
My friend, Karen has officially been put on hospice.  Now we have known for awhile that she was in a terminal state, but she seemed to be maintaining somewhat in that department.  And so now she is at a new stage and we shall see how it goes.  Again hers is not a place I would take the littles.  So I brought her lunch and we visited for quite awhile.  We compared notes on rental properties.  We talked about health.  We talked about kids and camping and people we used to know.
And then it was time to head back to BG to have my parent teacher conference with Mrs. Babbitt.  Audrie is doing okay.  I was amazed at how much she will have to learn in kindergarten.  By the end she will be reading.  They used to do that in second grade with a little bit in first.  My little woman is a little bit social and can get distracted.  No surprise there.
Picked up the kids and we went and had a video visit with Daddy.  He seemed so genuinely happy to see them.  I think he has been in long enough this time to again start to have clear thinking.  They were very happy to see him.  I'm always amazed at the bond between parent and child.
Mike had talked about missing his dad as today is Dave's birthday and how sad it made him.  I agreed.  Said he worked out some and that helped with the sadness.  Nothing but time helps with the loss.
That prompted a conversation with the littles about Papa.  Again we talked about heaven.  It is such a hard concept to grasp when you are little.  But he is as always in our hearts and we are happy he is no longer in pain or sick.  And so we send light and love to Papa on this day of his birth.  He would have been 59 this year.
I enjoyed my day off.  Hope I don't have to wait so long for the next one.  ;p

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