Today was near perfection.
There is a group you can join at the hospital to which our gym is connected called “Wesley Friends.” You pay dues and get to join in activities like tours together.
Today Wesley Friends had a tour of our facility. That means about 40 seniors were in our building starting at 8:00. And they were all going to join my Fall Avoidance class.
All of this no one warned me about.
But it was fine. Given my tendency to stress about un-stress-worthy things, I think it turned out better. I improvised with 40 of my new closest friends. It’s a hard sell to get them thinking about preventing falls. Did you know if you fall after a certain age and break a hip your chances of dying are super high? And if you are taking 4 or more medications you have a big percent chance of falling? (Don’t quote those scientific statistics.)
Anyway, it was fun.
Then the boys and I hit story time at the library.
Then lunch and naps and alone time.
Then we went to a friend’s house for a play date. But we forgot to tell them we wanted to play and they weren’t home. (There are disadvantages to spontaneity.)
So we settled for Sonic Happy Hour and took Daddy and his 3 friends drinks. They had all been working on a neighbor/friend/co-worker’s house putting in new windows. She and her hubs are moving soon and trying to get the house sell-worthy.
Then we met a friend and swam at this friend’s house. For 2 1/2 hours. (Hoo-rah for tired boys!)
As we were walking out of her garage for the day, that gentle rain started. Even while it was still sunny. And a gorgeous rainbow was plastered in the sky right in front of us.
Earlier this month we’d found a restaurant gift card we thought we’d lost! So we ate out together. Dan took little one outside to run off some grouchies before our ticket came after dinner. When we joined up with them in the field near the restaurant, a girl pulled up looking lost. She asked us how to get to Hutchinson. Her accent made me ask where she was from. The Netherlands! Welcome to Kansas!
We ended up having her follow us to the Hutch turn off. On the way back home on the interstate, the colorful sun setting in the post-rain billowy clouds was too much. I’m telling you, it’s like He loves to show off sometimes.
Some of our little neighbor friends met us in the driveway when we got home. We told them they could resume their game from earlier of smacking each other with our pool noodles, but our boys had to go to bed. When their heads hit the pillows snoring, I went back out to check on them. One of them, our neighbor’s cousin, reminds me so much of the little girl in Up. (Have you seen that movie? Best love story ever written.)
We chatted a bit and then they got called home.
Are you a season person?
I. love. summer.
I always have.
When Dan’s off it feels like it will go on forever and we’re in some sort of parallel universe where adults just get to play with their kids and friends.
I never want it to end.