A Day to Ourselves

This happens so infrequently that it must be documented any time it does.

The kids’ aunt came by this morning to scoop them up and take them our for lunch, then swimming at the lake, and finally, dinner. That meant it was just the two of us for the majority of the day. What ever would we do with ourselves?

I’ll tell you: absolutely nothing. I don’t remember the last time we had a day like this where there was absolutely nothing on our to-do list. No one to take care of, no tasks to complete, nothing. So we took not one, but TWO naps. Pretty wild, right? We found ourselves so incredibly tired that we laid on the bed and passed out.

When we woke up, we headed to Toyota so PJ could test drive this truck that might just be the one. TBD, but we both do love it, and it’s a really great deal, so we’ll see what happens. After that, we drove around town and went for a late lunch at our favorite local spot.

When we got home, the clouds started to roll in and the wind picked up, making every single tree branch sway so hard I thought they were about to break and fall on top of our house. Luckily, they didn’t. The storms just brought a ton of rain and wind and some of the most stentorian thunder I’ve ever heard. My favorite kind of day. I turned on all the lamps and lit a candle and we both just relaxed on the couch for a while as the storm came through.

As it slowly passed, PJ started making potato salad for our day on the river at my brother’s tomorrow, and I ran to the store to get all the food to cookout. By the end of the night, the kids and PJ were at his mom’s house next door with his older sister and her kids and his younger sister. I met them over there when I got home and we all hung out for a bit before dragging ourselves home, utterly worn out for various reasons.

And now we are sitting on the couch about to turn Netflix on, and I am feeling grateful for today and for family and for my guy. Sometimes it just feels best to do absolutely nothing at all.