First Birthday

My plan had been to check in here nearly every day, but it's like everything around me in on fast forward, and there is so much going on.  

On Friday, I happily left work early to spend time with my younger grandson, who officially turns one year old today!  My husband and I took him to a park nearby.  It was wonderful to be outside, to be enjoying the day with them, and not cooped up in an office with my laptop.

Saturday was a big day: our grandson's first birthday party.  All four of my stepkids were there, as well as both grandsons, so I was thrilled.  I took a ton of pictures that I haven't even sorted or organized yet.  My older grandson, who is 3, was full of energy, so I chased him around an empty table to burn some of it off.  (It didn't work; he was still wired and fired up, but at least I was worn out!).  

Both grandsons adore my husband, and I love watching them together.  While my older stepson and his wife opened the baby's birthday presents, my husband kept the 3-year-old entertained with an empty box, pushing him around like a little car, then folding the top closed and letting him pop out of it with a big smile on his little face.  

After the party, we stayed late to help clean up, take decorations down, sweep the floor and get all the confetti from balloons and cake crumbs picked up.  Then my husband and I went out for our date night, which we do our best to have every weekend.  We had been on our feet for most of the birthday party, playing and talking and helping out, so it was nice to sit down and relax for a nice dinner.  

Yesterday I was stuffy and had a fever, so I stayed home from work.  My husband left for work, and I curled up under a blanket and dozed off on the couch.  After his first few appointments, though, he came home, said he had cleared the rest of his day, and he stayed home with me.  I was loopy on decongestants and had no energy, but I was still happy that he was there with me.  It was peaceful, happy, just quietly spending the day together.

Today I am paying for it, with a wall of emails and an overwhelming to-do list at work, plus I'm still stuffy.  I would love to be at home again today, with my husband occasionally pressing his hand ahead my forehead to see if I still have a fever, and my cat curling up with me to take care of me, too.

I still feel drained but think I can manage a short, low-impact workout this evening.  Right now, though, I suppose I should start wading through all this piled-up work...or maybe I should just organize my pictures from our grandbaby's birthday party.  That sounds like a lot more fun!