I am sleeping in Josh's room and my sisters are both sleeping in the guest room together. When I went to bed the first night I felt something under the pillow. It was a little note he'd left me. Okay, a dirty limerick and then at the bottom Josh wrote that I should make myself at home, he'd left notes all over his room for me. So cute.
We had to get up early for work, or at least I did. My sisters did too though, so we had breakfast together. Nobody yelled at us to be quiet. We had kind of a big breakfast, and there's still tons of food left for the rest of the week. I opened the refrigerator just to look at all the food a few times since we got here.
Danielle is coughing less here. She has like a permanent cough that we think is from Aunt Elaine's smoking. Not so much these days. We hauled all our laundry here to wash everything. My laptop is in the living room. Alex's science book is on the dining room table. Stuff is spread out all over. Three people's things aren't all crammed into just one bedroom.
I am just really happy here. Even though we should just have fun and enjoy the week it's hard to not panic at the thought of having to go home at the end of the week. Can't help but wonder if this is how it is all the time for other kids. I hope they are enjoying it.
2 comments:
Just catching up here, the piece about Alex and the ice cream was great news, glad she had that experience.
Happy for you all getting a week to live in a good space with no smoke, lots of food and hopefully a bit of relaxation for all 3 of you.
I don't think the cooking with wine is an issue at all, we do at home all the time and the kids eat it...no dish cooked with wine is going to give a person a buzz, it's not like giving a kid a glass of wine and saying cheers.
Take care,
Lil'sis
Your week of 'vacation' from Aunt Elaine sounds amazing! Enjoy it. Breathe deep.
Your panic makes sense to me, sometimes finding out how much better life could be makes surviving the bad stuff much harder.
One word of caution about the wine. Cooking with wine is totally fine, if you're able to buy your own. I'd be cautious about using their wine (unless they explicitly offered it). My husband has been getting into wine and has some bottles that he's saving, others that are 'ordinary'. He'd be upset if the wrong one was used...
(sorry for the older sister moment, I'm sure you are all amazing house guests. I could just see that being a mistake I'd make.)
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