December 13, 2015

Woke up and when I looked out of the window (after some weak coffee, which is a stubbed-toe start of the day) I saw we were embraced by soft, gray clouds.  It was perfect.  Ethan was to be home around 9 and Maggie was still sleeping.  I went in to the living area, sitting there, waiting for Ethan.  He arrived right around 9 and the joy from Mabi cannot be described.  She hadn’t seen him in over 2 weeks (she was at the kennel the night he stayed here after Switzerland).  I trimmed the tree to some one of the coolest soundtracks that exists (to me): Boogie Nights.  Soon, trimming ceased and I was just dancing.

Sadly, there was stuff to do (regarding the new house and preparing for the field trip) so we headed out in the glorious rain and wind.  First to Home Depot where I bought an attachment for the sink faucet here, some LED lights, a hatchet, metal pail, etc.  Then off to Lee’s Feed for crickets and Target to get gifts for my niece and nephew, plus more LED lights.  Ethan was asleep most of the time, so Maggie and I talked.  As we headed up the hill, I drove past a horse stable and thought of consistency and stability.  It takes that to be at a stable: the stalls must be mucked and raked, the horses feed and brushed.  I yearn for consistency and stability in my life…getting up at ---, always in bed at ----.  Do this job in this way and always have dinner at 6, yet I am the furthest thing from that.  What’s more, if my life does get some consistency and routine (I do have stability), I get bored..so bored.

We grabbed lunch and headed back home.  I looked over at Maggie and said, “Girl, I can’t keep eating like this with you.  It has to stop.”  She, the string bean little girl,  giggled and said “fat girls 4 lyfe.”  I hope she has her father’s genes when she hits her forties.  

When we got home we unpacked everything and putting them where they belonged:  The sink got her attachments (works so well now!), Ethan began chopping  up kindling and cleaning the stove, Mags got busy with laundry.  We started putting up Christmas lights out doors as I decided it was a Good Idea (this is why I rarely accomplish goals) , but it was worth it.  I love working on a project like this with my kids, plus, it was just a little…not too time consuming.

I whipped up dinner and then we (meaning Ethan and I) sat down to watch “Smokey & the Bandit” which is one of my favorite movies.  It brought back memories of my own road trips between Dallas and Midland and how truckers would help me out.  Life was simple then…it’s about to get super complicated for me, I think.  So glad there’s a second movie.

Picture:  Just thinking about the SF Giants....