Is there anything you really love, but sometimes you need a break? Like the merry go round at the carnival. What fun to choose your horse, see the sights around the fairgrounds, hear the music playing. After a while, though, you need a break to get your feet on the ground, see another sight, smell another smell, hear another sound. That's how I'm feeling about mothering right now. I love, love, love my kids, but I just needed to step off the ride for a little while and get my feet on the ground. This weekend my sweet sister allowed me to do just that. She kept all 3 kids on Friday night, and then just the girls again on Saturday night. I didn't think I could still sleep in, but YES I CAN. Friday night we went to dinner and a Cardinals game with our friends the Paschals (and a lot of other people from our church). Our Saturday went nothing like we had planned, but it was so nice and relaxing. I feel like a new woman.
Hubby and I at the game
This is Cara, my oldest friend in the whole world. We talked the entire game, but didn't we look cute in our Cardinals shirts? I'm pretty sure we covered all the important topics: Food Network, favorite bras, books we're reading, music we're loving, trips we're planning. Occasionally we did look up to check the score.
Cara and her dear hubby, who I didn't meet until college. We were literally in the top-most seats in the stadium. The good news about bad seats is that you can see the arch in the background of the pictures.
Now the merry go round begins again. Vacation Bible School started tonight, and goes through Thursday night. Then Friday I leave for the MOPS Steering Team retreat, then my cousin comes to visit from Malaysia. It's all good, but I'm thankful for a day to get off the ride so I can enjoy it again.
3 comments:
This post is so "right on." BTW, are those WHITE pants you're wearing at the game??? Wouldn't try that with three little ones! Glad you had a break and feel at least somewhat refreshed. You lead an incredibly busy life.
Yay!!! Glad you got a break, and had such a good time!
So glad you guys had fun. And I know what you mean about not paying attention to the game. When we went on my (our) birthday, we had amazing seats, and I still managed to talk to my friend most of the first 6 innings or so. Granny, wow, that was very observant of you with the white pants! :o)
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