At 12 we headed over to see our grand and wonderful friends the Cole's. I must say Jillian is my favorite friend at the moment. She is full of joy, radiates the Lord and is a great down to earth real person! She always seems to bring me to another level of self awareness which is an awesome attribute of a friend. Helping someone to reflect inwardly is an awesome gift and she definitely has it. Odd enough to say, I think of her quite frequently, especially when passing a flower shop. It just seems I always want to shower her with blessings because my heart is so glad to have her in my life.
Anywho, We hung out with then and Paul worked with Andrew to spread gravel in their driveway while the kids monkeyed around "helping". Jillian and I were able to stay inside and chat over a lovely cup of tea and I got to work on a little of my knitting practice. It was such a nice day! We were able to let the kids play outback while the guys grilled and the girls prepared the rest of the food.A bit later, Jillian (Taste Tester Extraordinaire) assisted me in the fine art of Smoothie Concocting! After a few minute and lots of loud ice crushing and pureeing we had fabulously yummy Strawberry & Banana Smoothies! Four O'clock rolled around almost instantly it seemed. We had to go as they had evening plans for fishing! I'm so jealous!
More fun was instore for the Corey clan as we drove to the Mall! We didn't intend on heading that way, it just kind of happened. We promised the kids ice cream for being good, but Kat almost immediately konked out being that she skipped her normal nap to attend our little Gravel spreading date. He had a ton of fun though, so I'm glad she came. Paul decided that I had a good idea with feeding the ducks, so I asked if I could get a pretzel while Kat slept in the car! He said yes!!! So it was off to the Barnes & Nobles to grab a quick Spinach & Assiago Toasted Pretzel. Little Did Paul know I also sneaked a surpise slice of Hersheys Cheese Cake for him. Hehe.
I browsed the shelves while there looking for a good Knitting manual and only found the crochet book I was wanting buy. However I'm not really in a crochet mood as I've been really enjoying the 1 knit stick I've learned. It's nice doing something new. Now if only I could get someone to teach me how to play the violin I bought! We left B&N and went to the Mall for ice cream. I took the kids for a pit stop and Paul did his own things while I went to get the kids their ice cream. Orange Julias had HUMONGOUS line, so naturally with my kids being as restless as they are, I went to the next closest yet quick place to kill time until the line got a little smaller. You guessed it. BUILD-A-BEAR!
You who know me are aware that I have a fondness for said stuffed animal workshop. We previously purchased Pinkie Pie & Rainbow Dash (My Little Ponies) so we picked the capes created especially for them. Jonny had to get in on the action so he grabbed some cool early 90's shades for his best bear pal Bubbah. I was happy to indulge in their free beach towel deal as well as their $10 for $5 gift card promo.
We met back up with Paul the kids & Paul ate their ice cream & I went to Auntie Anne' Pretzels to grab my Cinnamon Pretzel nuggets. From there we ventured to Garfield Park in mentor to feed the ducks & geese. I have to say that we had a BLAST feeding them. The Canadian Geese were a little over zealous, nipping and hissing at every turn trying to get the bread from your hand!They remind me of a sassy rooster we used to have called Ralph Mertz. There were several gorgeous mallards and their babies along with a few gorgeous white Pekin Ducks there too. They were particularly gorgeous!
It was particularly fun because there was a mommy with her babies swimming on the pond & several older children mallards just moseying around the park begging for food. We did end up having to take our leave not only because our bread was gone but because a few of the Canadian Geese became a bit too enthusiastic. Paul ended up having to defend Kat because it was just as big as her almost! It got something coming to it when it charged and ignored Dad! Paul tapped it with is foot to put it in the correct place! Jonny got to learn the difference between male & female Mallards too. I had such a great time as well as the others. I was tired, but I'm so glad we went!
(pics to come)
When we went home Paul started getting an odd stabbing pain in his back & became very grumpy & tired. He went to bed when we got home for a few minutes. I got the kids & the groceries in and then they watched Madagascar 3 (AKA Afro Circus) & then headed to bed. Paul was so nice as to let me lay down while they finished the movie & we both had to yell to get them in bed. (As per the norm, they resist the doom and gloom of bedtime.)
Sleep was kind of good, but filled with dreams yet again. I can't wait to sleep peacefully and regenerate again! (sounds like some kind of morbid video game talk...hehe) Xyrem is ordered and I'm waiting to get the decision on my application for assistance. I hope it works. We also are awaiting the whole final tax thing & Paul is going to be cleaning out the tent soon so we can use it again! Fathers Day weekend is supposed to have phenomenal weather! I hope we can camp in the backyard for it!
Finally, I started a "sleep/dream journal" to keep track of how my nights go & how the meds I have now are working.
Here's today's entry:
6/8/13
-10pm took Ambien
-12 woke up & took Benadryl
-2am got restless moved to couch
-2:30 took Aleve & turned on Dream Sleep and tried again
-4:30am got a drink and restarted cd
-6am up for the day (I got to "sleep in" cuz the kids are piled on Paul(which is why I left at 2!))
There you have it. Talk to you soon. Thanks for reading.
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