Walking Backwards

Today was one of those days where, by the end of it, you can't believe how much stuff went on. I sat down to write about it and I had totally forgotten that this morning, THIS morning, I went on a great walk with a friend and got to catch up and feel like a person again. But more about that later, I should start at the beginning.

Nicholas woke up this morning and told me that he felt sick, that his stomach felt "full of food", even though he hadn't had breakfast and Joe told me he didn't eat his dinner the night before. I asked him if he was sick and he told me yes and then I asked if he wanted to stay home from school and he said yes (this boy loves school, so I think he would be honest). He had also missed school on Monday because he threw-up in the car on the way to drop Joe off at work (I can't believe that parenting has made this such a non-issue). I figured that keeping him home was the best idea even though I had plans that morning, he was just going to have to suck it up and come along. In my defense, he has been acting like his usual self after about ten in the morning and this evening he was running around like a crazy man. I guess he has morning sickness.

We left the house around nine and went to Whole Foods to meet our friend and her six month-old. We sat on the patio and split a muffin and then walked down to Town Lake where we strolled around in the shade and looked at the water and had pleasant conversation. After we said our goodbyes, Nico and I went shopping at WF for all of his healthy snacks for the next month. We bought freeze-dried strawberries and bananas and mangoes, organic fruit breakfast bars, organic apple, grape, and carrot juice boxes, yogurt, Pirate Booty, and a ton of frozen snack-food-type-things. It is actually fun shopping when no one is there, when the crowds haven't swarmed yet.

After all that I took Nicholas with me on all of my errands and we finished off the afternoon with Starbucks coffee and scones. I had the coffee, Nicholas had a scone. It was a great day until Joe called from the bike shop and I had to wake Nico up so we could go pick up daddy. Joe's other vehicle has given up the ghost, it seems. I then took the boys to finish off some shopping we had to get done in preparation for my SIL's wedding this weekend (her gift, Nicholas needs new pants, etc.). Busy day.

Days like today make me look forward to this summer with hope instead of dread. Since I am going to be out of school and Nicholas is going to be out of school, we are going to be in each other's company a bit more often. And because I'm not going to have my three mornings a week to get things done, he is going to have to be able to do it all with me. After today, I have hope that not only is it going to be tolerable, it might, dare I say it, be enjoyable. I bite my tongue now, because come the summer, everything could change.