Do you know how long it has been since I've had a sunburn? Consider for a moment that a sunburn involves brazenly being outside with little to no care for the heat or the sun's rays and no precaution to avoid such a thing. Being a somewhat responsible mother of two children, this never really happens but, on Wednesday, I got sunburned - lightly - but, sunburned nonetheless!
I had about five hours of free time between getting home from visiting Jack and Merrill at Hume Lake with my mom and a 7:45 pm doctors appointment. Paula was in town and asked me to come swimming at Aunt Itsy's house. I thought this was a fabulous idea and so, I headed over. As we sat by the pool, (previously called "laying out", an activity that used to happen frequently but hasn't happened at all since I turned 28) I began to relax in the peace of having to worry about almost nothing. There were no children to keep from drowning, no diapers that needed changing, nobody to tell, "That's enough TV" to, nobody to worry about picking up from this or that grandparent's house, and nobody waiting for me to come home and clean for or make dinner for. For a few hours I had no responsibility or obligation. Now, I'm not saying that I am sorry that I have any of those things but I seriously could have stayed that way for at least three days.
We swam in the pool which was an oh-so-perfect of a temperature. We had a couple of ciders, ate string cheese, and polished off a GIANT bowl full of grapes. We even got to play our ipad shuffle game. It's sort of like Name That Tune with ipods or ipads. You have to play with someone whose musical taste somewhat overlaps with yours and, even then, it can be a challenge! She skips her Pete Yorn and I skip my Greg Brown, Ryan Adams, and The Avett Brothers. Anytime she says, "this was kind of popular", I am unlikely to get it!
Anyway, it was a lovely day. My doctor's appointment went really well! Mark was there with me just in case! And when I got home at night I noticed my lovely sunburn. It has faded now but I am so glad I got to spend the day with my best friend! I am hoping that the child-free swim day becomes an annual tradition!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Nurse Mama
July 24, 2011
Day twenty-something: Grateful that I was off today so that I could take care of my sweet boy. I would normally be working on a Sunday. Fever of 103 is down for now but we'll be checking in on him while he sleeps.
Day twenty-something: Grateful that I was off today so that I could take care of my sweet boy. I would normally be working on a Sunday. Fever of 103 is down for now but we'll be checking in on him while he sleeps.
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