Family Dinner Night

Okay, answer me this: Is there anything better than sharing a meal with family, especially when it all comes together spur of the moment?

All we needed was the chicken. We had everything else from a small run to the grocery store the night before. So PJ went to the store and grabbed three roast chickens, which proved to be more than enough for our family plus my younger sister sister Sydney and her fiancé Elana, and my mom.

Sydney and Elana came into town from Chattanooga to visit for a little bit, but at the last minute, they decided to stay for dinner, too. PJ suggested I invite my mom, and when I texted her, she said she would be over as soon as the brownies came out of the oven. Yum!!

And so it was. We all sat down and ate and laughed and maybe had seconds of the brownies. It all felt very spontaneous and reminded me how much I love the fact that we’re all here within just a few miles of each other. Neither of us can ever imagine living too far from our family for nights like these alone. It was the best kind of night.

But then, after dinner, I got incredibly sleepy. Like, something-was-up-kind-of-sleepy.

And then today when I woke up, I was still exhausted, no matter how many cups of coffee I drank. I was so tired that I ended up going back to sleep around 9:30a for two more hours while PJ went to the gym and washed his car. I never take naps, ever ever ever, but my body was telling me I had no choice. I simply had zero energy and could barely keep my eyes open. After waking up and making more coffee and drinking an energy drink, I am finally starting to feel a little more back to normal. But isn’t that weird? I wonder what could have caused it, because I feel completely fine otherwise (I don’t feel sick, just so damn tired). I am reading to our daughter’s class tomorrow, so I hope I feel 100% by then.

Happy Wednesday, dear friends!!