This morning's view from the porch is sunny at 6 a.m. This won't be the case tomorrow when we monkey with time tonight. Spring forward, fall back... I love falling back, but springing forward is a lot harder. Relishing the sunshine this morning and wondering why we don't just leave the clock alone...
It's been a wild week. We are a high school family in training, with freshman registration coming up next week. We've been to the high school musical. We've listened to both the middle and high school jazz bands in competition in Iowa City. We have confirmation class at church. We followed the boys basketball team and their trip to the state tournament. We are studying for a learner's permit. And we reveled in the progression of music education from 5th to 8th grades last night. The entire week has had one school or youth function after another.
I have close friends who are teetering on the edge of empty nests and right now, a little bit of that sounds kind of, oh... relaxing? But I also know without any doubt that I will be melancholy when my time comes up, too.
We are in the midst of the birthday bonanza in my house. My son turned 14 on Monday and my daughter turns 11 this coming Monday. So the house is decorated for a couple of weeks and there's always cake and ice cream - at least until it's gone.
Celebrations feel good and I am of the spirit that sometimes, one must create a celebration because it is a Thursday. Or, come to think of it, because we change the time on the clocks... maybe tonight we'll celebrate having an evening with time to be at home for dinner... homemade pizza is sounding pretty good...
Make a celebration if you need one. It can be as simple as phoning a friend or as elaborate as planning a party. For all the crazy it brings, life is good. Enjoy your view today.
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