Back to the Grind
After a three-day stint of "holing up," I decided to brave going out into the world again. Well...it wasn't exactly a voluntary decision. We were out of groceries. The break was so nice - we spent half a week visiting with relatives and opening Christmas presents, and the other half of the week resting at home and enjoying our presents. I couldn't have asked for better. And hubby had the week off. Nice to have him home. Days on end with no schedule, no appointments, no commitments - it was grand! And a little unnerving. I felt so off-kilter not having our normal routine. The kids sort of went crazy the first two days we took off of school, then they played endlessly at every relative's house with whichever children or dogs were available to play with. Hours and hours of Infinity 3.0 were logged (our 8-year-old's most-wanted Christmas gift). The "twins" spent many hours on the iPad, playing computer games, and playing. ...