Friday:
Teen Lock-in in Richmond.
Good youth, good combined fellowships
games, conference, identity discussion, chaperoned
yes I'm crazy and incredibly sleep deprived.
Saturday:
Commute back to Hampton Roads,
drop off someone else's young person,
home to empty house, worn out teen and me.
Shower, near tears tired,
buy present, go to housewarming,
hug people, leave before utter collapse.
amuse friends with wild hair and falling out eyeballs.
home, old twilight episodes viewed through napping ears,
odd dream narrated by Rod Serling
rest of family returns from Busch Gardens,
Honey and I have a date night,
Eight years since our first date.
Dinner out, epic fail, every point of service missed,
given wrong food, missed romantic comedy showing
so we watched a later showing of 3D Thor instead, fun
home, collapse, 6 hours later:
Sunday:
mother's day begun in annoyance, I was first up
except Mr. 6am - Captain Comic.
All three kids, highly uncooperative.
Child Dedication service for Toots
tears, weepy from 3 weeks of sleep deprivation.
Thank goodness I didn't have to sing with the choir.
Go to Lowes, find potted plants for grandma and rose bush for me to plant
Mr. Cynic helped while Honey waited in car with other two who were NOT
getting along.
Catch up with friends and driiiiiive to go
strawberry picking -
perfect, beautiful afternoon, sunripe strawberries
bursting with flavor, friends, kids, homemade strawberry ice cream
Captain Comic hurdled the rows of groundling berries,
Toots ran and ran and ran,
Mr. Cynic ate the best strawberry of his entire life
mutant, twoheaded thing he picked,
kids still arguing on car ride home.
It had been a long ride to Surrey.
Long ride home.
There was more, I just can't recall it all. My brain has leaked out of my ears. And today is my second day of dental work this week. I am not a fan.
But yesterday? My muse let me grab a comet by the tail. It was a surprising and excellent ride. Gave depth to a critical scene in the manuscript. Yea me!
There's more, plenty more, including gardening and job prospects, but I'm still trying to recover from weeks of go go go. Maybe tonight I'll go to bed early. Please remind me.
Teen Lock-in in Richmond.
Good youth, good combined fellowships
games, conference, identity discussion, chaperoned
yes I'm crazy and incredibly sleep deprived.
Saturday:
Commute back to Hampton Roads,
drop off someone else's young person,
home to empty house, worn out teen and me.
Shower, near tears tired,
buy present, go to housewarming,
hug people, leave before utter collapse.
amuse friends with wild hair and falling out eyeballs.
home, old twilight episodes viewed through napping ears,
odd dream narrated by Rod Serling
rest of family returns from Busch Gardens,
Honey and I have a date night,
Eight years since our first date.
Dinner out, epic fail, every point of service missed,
given wrong food, missed romantic comedy showing
so we watched a later showing of 3D Thor instead, fun
home, collapse, 6 hours later:
Sunday:
mother's day begun in annoyance, I was first up
except Mr. 6am - Captain Comic.
All three kids, highly uncooperative.
Child Dedication service for Toots
tears, weepy from 3 weeks of sleep deprivation.
Thank goodness I didn't have to sing with the choir.
Go to Lowes, find potted plants for grandma and rose bush for me to plant
Mr. Cynic helped while Honey waited in car with other two who were NOT
getting along.
Catch up with friends and driiiiiive to go
strawberry picking -
perfect, beautiful afternoon, sunripe strawberries
bursting with flavor, friends, kids, homemade strawberry ice cream
Captain Comic hurdled the rows of groundling berries,
Toots ran and ran and ran,
Mr. Cynic ate the best strawberry of his entire life
mutant, twoheaded thing he picked,
kids still arguing on car ride home.
It had been a long ride to Surrey.
Long ride home.
Captain Comic swore he was not going to pick any, do you hear me, mom? None. ha.
There was more, I just can't recall it all. My brain has leaked out of my ears. And today is my second day of dental work this week. I am not a fan.
But yesterday? My muse let me grab a comet by the tail. It was a surprising and excellent ride. Gave depth to a critical scene in the manuscript. Yea me!
There's more, plenty more, including gardening and job prospects, but I'm still trying to recover from weeks of go go go. Maybe tonight I'll go to bed early. Please remind me.
Wow, your weekend sounds even crazier than mine. We did the zoo, Mother's Day, visit with grandparents, etc. An overnight teen lock-in sounds exhausting. Don't forget to go to bed early!
ReplyDeleteoh boy, you , too! thanks for the reminder. i really will tonight.
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