Past: Bart and I met up for brunch with four of my
close friends from when I worked as a Child Life Specialist in the hospital. It was awesome to see them and is a luxury
that doesn’t happen as often as I’d like, but when we do get together it is as
if no time has passed. The girls joke
because any get together with me can be much like a rapid-fire interrogation to
find out all about their dating/newlywed lives or what is going on in our old
department at work. I love that they don’t
mind this style of catch up because the way my life is right now, I need things
to be to the point so as to maximize our time together. I miss working with them, but am so grateful
for their friendships. These women have
been there with me to experience some of the most intense moments of my life
when patients we were close with received bad or good news, some got better or
some passed away. These women get it-
they get what matters in life(family, friends, and our relationships with them)
and have experienced it in a rare, beautifully heartbreaking way like me that
not everyone gets the chance to do. But
our get-togethers usually don’t focus on such serious matters. They do often involve me racking my mommy
brain to figure out what eligible bachelors A.J. and I know who would be “just perfect”
for the single gals of the group.
Someday one of these matches will work out! Until then, thank you to all of you ladies
and gents who continue to humor me and my setups. After all, A.J. and I met in a very match
maker style, but that is a story for another day.
Present: Scrubbing
down the tiny pencil doodles that Sawyer so artistically rendered all over our
white kitchen cabinets, stainless steel fridge and white recycling bin prior to
pizza and watching “Bambi” on Friday night.
Sawyer screaming “Mommy!!” and practically breaking down the bathroom
door yesterday morning while I tried to get ready for brunch with the
ladies. I came out to find him with a
loaf of bread wanting a piece of toast.
And there was A.J. on the couch holding Bart watching ESPN. Josie making silly movies of their playdoh
sessions at the kitchen counter on her iPod.
The three oldest kids and A.J. playing in the yard, collecting sticks to
burn, and having a fire in the fire pit on a cold late Saturday afternoon. Josie crafting king crowns for the boys on a
Sunday morning which led to the two middle boys drawing on themselves and the
bunk beds(I just found out!).
Future: A.J. and
I took all four of the kids yesterday to my nephew George’s basketball
game. The game was hilariously
entertaining as most second graders are still learning the rules of the
game. The ref gave a running commentary
of the boys’ antics including “watch out for the baby, boys!” since we were all
sitting on mats around the very small elementary school gym and Bart was
dangerously close to the court and the spot where the boys were bringing in the
ball. I don’t know how my sister and her
husband juggle their three oldest kids’ weekend sports, but I know I will be
learning soon enough. I look forward to
it!
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