Yesterday, I was able to receive the one gift I really wanted for Mother's Day...sleeping in! I had literally been counting down the days until this because our weekend "wake-up calls" had been awfully early the last few weeks. In fact, ridiculously early some might say! Anyway, I was very excited to sleep in until 10:00 yesterday.
We had to pick Thomas up from our former town shortly after noon, but unfortunately the other family had a delay. It wasn't a big deal as we were simply traveling to my Mom's to move furniture and I wasn't in a huge rush. Thomas was an absolute pain throughout the entire day. I knew he would be, and for the most part we just left him alone. Part of the down of the day though, is that my sister was at my mom's house as well, and she was just about as unpleasant as I've seen her in a while. She clearly didn't want to be dealing with any of us, and after a while Mom just suggested she come back another time when we weren't all there. It's kind of sad...even Robert mentioned yesterday, "Aunt K was in a really bad mood." Yes son, sometimes she's just difficult. We didn't actually move any furniture, but we did spend time going through things, cleaning and helping Mom with various tasks. Afterwards we visited my paternal grandmother who had a generous surprise for us. It will ensure that as long as we make frugal decisions, we should not have to eat into our savings this next school year, even if I stay home. We are very grateful! She also fed the kids dinner, and is just an absolutely amazing woman...beyond words!
By the time we got home last night, Thomas was barely able to walk upright. He changed into jammies and the kids made a quick phone call to Andrew's mom. Afterwards they surprised me with cards and my gift of a bag of candy bars (NOT helping with the diet AT ALL!) and then we just hung out. It was an amazingly busy weekend, but full of time with my favorite people!
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