My apologies…

I have to extend my apologies to the couple sitting in the booth behind us at dinner. My son did not mean to talk all night long. He did not wish to interupt your meal with his outrageous stories of a single player scoring 100 points in a basketball game, or that a boy cracked his bus window, or that his dreams are so real that he wakes up expecting them to be happening. I also hope you don’t think he is really going to kill anyone after his lunchtime discussion with Zach about how someone can kill another person with a rubberband and a paperclip. I hope you aren’t wishing you didn’t pay school taxes!

I am sorry he was loud but he had our attention and that was important to him tonight. I am hoping that he amused you and you think we handled him correctly. Even if you didn’t, that’s ok too because chances are we will never see you again, at least not at Applebee’s.

I hope the waitress didn’t mind our “custom” orders or having to bring the “to-go” box to the talker who managed to only eat half of his burger. We tried to be neat and clean, if nothing else. We tipped you nicely and didn’t demand much, even when I asked for more salad dressing. It was a nice dinner out and no tears from anyone, especially me.

See some families can go out and have a nice time, talking and eating and being “normal”, what ever that might be these days.

It’s the simple things

In life that seem to make me happy or content or feel that sense of accomplishment.

• It’s finishing that last nagging load of laundry that has been left on the floor for weeks cause there was just never enough to finish off a full load. I don’t like doing small loads. If I am going to use the energy to run the washer and dryer, then they gotta be full up!
• It’s hearing that my daughter, who is about 37 weeks pregnant, is nesting a bit and me getting excited knowing that my grandson will be born very soon. Today Brit put all of Asher’s clothes into the dresser they have for him and packed up some of Elizabeth’s things that she has outgrown. That makes me happy.
• It’s knowing that I am able to have conversations with Lauren about adoption and maternity homes and it not ending in a shouting match.
• It’s seeing my son, Jake, doing well in school and with homework. The battles we had last year are gone, for the most part.
• It’s paying off a few bills that should have been paid 2 months ago, but weren’t because I kept putting off balancing that checking account.
• It’s getting excited about our 14th anniversary coming at the end of the month and knowing I have a gift in mind that Phil will like and treasure.
• It’s hearing Caleb talk proudly about his school work and having a part in the annual spring play/musical in school. Yeah for him!
• It’s knowing that I love my family and that we are going to make it through this crazy thing called life.