And boy are my arms tired. Family reunions, birthday parties, anniversaries, field trips, last week of school, recitals, on and on it goes. Woah! The last two months have been a blur, a flurry of activity even. Soon it will all peter out, and we can calmly do nothing for a day. Well, maybe we can all do some gardening here because our flower beds need some attention.
Yesterday’s birthday party went off without a hitch. The weather only sort of imposed itself upon us a few times. No electrical storms so we could all swim and be outdoors. Lots of smiling faces. Glad the 7th birthday party was good for all involved. I need a break from watching young kids swim, and try to drown themselves in the pool. My stress levels were high! So high. So gods be damned high. I’d have put them all in life jackets if I could have. Save myself some residual chest pains, and adrenaline dumps in the evening come down session.
Today is our fourteenth wedding anniversary. Seems like only yesterday we were gearing up in the rain to saunter down the aisle. I cried. I was pretty happy that day. My mum turned up orange from the skin bronzer cream she was using liberally. It made me chuckle. Lots of friends and family came. We danced the night away after a terrific meal. We swam in the inlaws pool until four forty five am. It was really something special.
Now we have two lovely kids. Very sensitive, talkative, active kids doing their own thing. Love it. Not a fan of the fighting, but that’s a thing kids do. Try to be more constructive about talking things out, but eh! What are you gonna do. Stay calm, and try not to add fuel to the fire. That’s my goal. Don’t react in a harmful manner. Chill! Breathe. Relax. This too shall pass.
Tomorrow is the last day of school for my grade four, and grade one aged kids. Kids are getting older (luckily). We had a sad/somber summer last year losing a small friend to an ATV accident. Let us not lose any other friends, or family to tragedy this year, please & thank you.
Have a glorious Wednesday. All the best to you. Ciao Bella.
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