All's Okay

I had a nice weekend. Well, a nice weekend minus the sick kids anyway. Saturday was spent with family. Time with my family for my neice's baptism and time with my husband's family for a birthday party. Best part of it all was that I was prepared ahead and didn't have to do any last minute gift shopping. The kids all showered early in the day and so when it was time to get ready, it all went smoothly. See..a couple of feverish kids by the end of the day could not ruin such a smooth flow of things.

In fact, Deborah my 6 yr-old was one of the feverish children. Conversations never seem to end with Deborah. Discussing her homework this afternoon (for she is all well now and went to school) took three times as long as her actually doing the homework. (She sang while doing the homework.) Deborah is a wonderful, delightful, enthusiastic, sweet handful. So, when she was sick and stayed home from church with Daddy I cannot say I missed her. My mom took care of the 2 yr-old, the baby was sick and home with Daddy too, and I sat and listened and enjoyed church. It was as if someone had smacked me with the peace stick. All the rest of the day, I felt calm and relaxed. (Please note that the baby being home was equally to blame for the calmness as the 6 yr-old, equally, not moreso.)

Monday, I took the heathy kids to the zoo with my sister and her kids. Again, sans Deborah it was a much quieter trip. She didn't seem to mind missing it either as Daddy gave her ample computer games time. We had a lot of fun. We saw maybe a half dozen animals. See, it was hot by the time we got there. I was running behind, for very good reasons, so when we arrived it was hot and HUMID. Thank you hurricane John. Still, we had fun. They have a water lagoon area where water spurts up from the ground and the kids run around and play in it. Very much worth the trip. In the past, I might have felt guilty for going to the zoo, seeing a few animals and then spending the rest of the time letting the kids play in the water, but not anymore. Zoo memberships help because I reason, we'll just look at the animals next time.

The best part of the weekend? I procrastinated doing my homework. After all, I wasn't at the computer all weekend reading blogs, why would I go there to write something else? I do, however, have ideas for the assignment which keeps the anxiety at bay.

So, while things are not exciting and amazing over here...they are ok. I'll take okay for as long as I can get. Amazing can just wait over there with bad and distressing.