School was cancelled for Marceline this morning, so the house is quiet as everyone else is sleeping in.
I already ran on the treadmill and showered, so I’m having my morning coffee and reading in the quiet.
We bought a tree last weekend. Her name is Forrest (all the trees had name tags). I love that our star is a felt star Sam sewed years ago. It’s a little beaten up but it’s ours.
This is honestly, a nice relaxing way to start the day.
Doesn’t quite make up for more sleep though.
I haven’t been motivated much to work this week. Last week’s board meeting was draining.
I have enjoyed the courses on non-profit work, board etiquette and fundraising. But this week I’ve been reading and listening to music instead. Plus it’s damned cold out.
Marceline was having a rough morning. Just sleepy and didn’t have a lot of energy to get going this morning.
It was hard just getting her out the door, and despite being awake an hour before we had to get the out the door she was still eating breakfast while walking to the bus stop.
So I made a game of our walk to the bus stop where we would try to set one step onto every driveway on the way, and try to be secret about it.
We snickered and laughed while we zigzagged sneaking back and forth across the street to step on everyone’s driveways on the way to the bus.
I’m sure it looked ridiculous, but totally worked to cheer her up and get her emotionally ready for the bus and school.
Small things like that make me really glad I’m a parent. Just things I’d never experience if we didn’t have kids.
I was listening to a Tiny Desk concert for a band I’d never heard of before called Fujii Kraze.
It is some kind of wonderful upbeat jazz that was just a joy to listen to. One of his songs mentioned being happy in his garden and I liked it (closed captions helped on that lyric).
Anyways. Give it a listen.
A few weeks ago Edith put some stickers on a post-it note and wanted a place to put it. So we put on Sam’s car.
In Ohio you don’t need a front license plate anymore so newer used vehicles may still have the spot for a license plate that you may never use, such as Sam’s car we bought a few years ago.
Thankfully Edith was happy to accommodate.
