Life After Windbird, Day 112: Some Days Work, Some Days Not So Much
Date: Friday, December 2, 2016
Weather: Mostly Sunny; High Temp 50, Low 37 degrees F
Location: At Home at The Studio, Falmouth, MA
My day got off to a good start with a walk with friends Jane and Olivia. I came home and put up Christmas lights around the inside of the windows in the apartment and that went fine, too. But when I went to pick up Sam and Jonah, things quickly went downhill. We needed to get packed up for the overnight at my house, but Jonah wanted to play and just wouldn’t cooperate. We ended up in a shouting match that was none too pretty and from there things continued to go downhill. We barely made in time to pick up Ollie and then had to backtrack to downtown to pick up the pizza I had ordered an hour earlier. We made it to the Lighthouse Christmas caroling event late, but we did make it. There was a cold wind blowing in off the water and it was quite chilly, so as soon as the singing was over we headed home to have hot chocolate. By this time Jonah and I were once again speaking to each other in a civil tone. I felt terrible about the earlier encounter, but as we all know, kids sometimes push us over the edge. Then the technology issues started. We wanted to listen to Christmas music while having the hot chocolate, but the CD player wouldn’t open. I had planned to have the kids watch The Polar Express after hot chocolate, but I couldn’t get the new DVD player to work. And then I even had trouble getting the smart hub on the TV to work. Finally, Sam figured out how to purchase a Christmas episode of Wild Kratts on Amazon and that saved the evening. And things got even better when Heather arrived. It’s been a crazy week for her in Jed’s absence and with public radio fund raising beginning, but we made it. She arrived with all kinds of fun holiday things for the boys to wear in the Elf Run tomorrow morning. And what more can a parent ask for than having a child sitting on your bed reading to your grandchildren. All is well that ends well.
