Oh what a day!
FollowPinch me, I must be dreaming!
Today was just the most amazing day ever and absolutely nothing extraordinary happened. How does that even make sense? I wasn’t on vacation… I didn’t win the lottery… no newborn babies were held… it was just a day of normal everyday stuff but yet here I am all giddy and excited because I just had THE BEST DAY EVER!
Let me try to piece it all out so maybe you can help me figure out why I’m on cloud nine…
7:30am after having slept in I woke up to a glorious day with my bedroom windows open all night and that crisp fall air washing over my head peeking out from under soft sheets and an extra blanket on the bed. Echo (our husky) was snoring softly on her bed and I could smell coffee wafting up from downstairs… Kevin was already up as usual luring me down with the intoxicating aroma of deliciousness.
8:30am all dogs were thoroughly walked, fed, watered, loved upon, and Axel (our giant German Shepherd) got a thorough brushing (Mondays are his day for pampering).
8:45am swapped out some laundry and put some dishes away while I waited for my coffee to brew. That first sip of coffee… magical… and I don’t even believe in magic… but it was magical. How have I become that person… it’s so “adulty.” Next thing ya know I’ll be enjoying wine! Cup of coffee in hand, I sat to join Kevin for some morning happiness… but then I got all excited to check on my chickens in their new area (I moved all my chickens up to the secondary garden area to clear it out and fertilize it before winter)! I sat for a millisecond and then announced to my husband that I was going to “check on the chickens and gather eggs.” Echo wanted to join me so I took her as well.
9:15am chickens were checked and all was WONDERFUL! They were so happy and Echo didn’t even try to eat any of them (mainly because she was on a leash and I continued to remind her to “Leave it”! I gathered some of their favorite weeds from outside of the garden area and threw them in for them… happiness level increased tenfold… they were wizard level happy! I did happen to get about a million… maybe a billion… little seeds stuck to my jammie pants in the process but it was totally worth it!
9:30am I come back in and chug my lukewarm coffee while I chat with Kevin.
9:40am I head off for a training session/playdate with my favorite puppy of all time! Love you Doc! Cutest little (though he’s getting HUGE… 50 pounds is hardly little unless you‘re me and used to 100-160 pound dogs on the regular) Rottie ever! Training… playing… chatting… more training… SO MUCH FUN!
12:00pm I realize Gunner is working a day shift and won’t be able to make his 1:00pm haircut appointment so I swing by Tractor Supply to try to convince Jackson to take his lunch at 1pm at take Gunner’s appointment time so Gunner can take his 4:15pm appointment time. He can’t do it because they are a bit short staffed and busy… bad combo for ducking out for a haircut. So I arrange with the hairdresser for both boys to come after work at 4:00pm. While at TSC I pick up some dog food and a bag of jelly beans for Kevin.
12:45pm I swing by the salon to do my sons a favor and prepay for their haircuts (I love little surprises like that!) and end up chatting with their hairdresser for 30 minutes because she is amazing and she got into nursing school!!! I’m so excited for her! I left there on cloud nine!
1:15pm I swing over to the water station to fill several of our 5 gallon water jugs and by this point I am just thinking, “Wow, it has been the best day EVER!” Why? No idea! I get all the jugs filled while replying to some emails, messages, and texts. My aunt updated her profile picture on Facebook (a platform she tends to avoid at all costs) and it’s a beautiful picture of her so that made me all sorts of happy too!
1:25pm I happen to see a bright orange go mango Dodge Challenger across the street at the Dairy Queen drivethru (golly do I love living in a small town) so I run over there and jump in front of the car just as it’s pulling away from the window… it’s Jackson! Thank goodness… I may have been mortified if it had been someone else (probably not though). I say “Hi’ real quick then let hm be on his way to enjoy his lunch… though I did give him a bit of a hard time about “Sure, you can run and get Dairy Queen but ya can’t run and get your hairs cut” (yes I know I pluralized hair… it’s not a typo, I just think it’s funny). I walked over toward the drivethru to say hi to Gunner but he wasn’t in there… probably on his lunch as well somewhere in town.
1:45pm I return home and set about doing farm chores, house chores, catching up one some computer work, walking dogs, making supper, and just all the ordinary things.
5:30pm Gunner got home from his haircut and it looks AWESOME!! Trimmed beard too! He looks so much older and from the side and back I can’t tell him and Jackson apart! He’s happy with it too so that’s awesome!
8:00pm I ask if Gunner wants to come see my new set up for the chickens and he says “sure” so we walk through a neat trail to get to the chickens and I gather the last of the days’ eggs and he pets a chicken… so, that was awesome!
9:00pm I’ve been having computer problems for weeks… some sort of security certificate or something like that… can’t update my website as I need and just a mess with stuff online! I’ve been limping through using a different computer for some things even though this is the one I know and love… my dinosaur of a laptop missing the “o” key that I love and refuse to give up. Finally I had a light bulb moment tonight… Jackson has a Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security… why have I not requested his help in this matter? I called out “Oh Jackson my son, could you come take a look at this issue I’m having? Don’t look at my desktop, it’s busy , I know it’s busy, don’t say anything about it. The massive amount of icons on my desktop has nothing to do with the issue I’m having. Here, take a seat, I’ll take the dogs out to potty while you work on it.” By the time I returned everything was fixed and there was no lecture about my busy desktop… I think a certain young man was happy mom paid for his haircut today! By the way his haircut was great too, looks so nice!! So now my computer is all perfect again… except that darn “o” key but I just plugged in a different keyboard that I found in one of the boys’ closets.
10:17pm so now here I am. All happy with still no idea why… other than I just feel blessed beyond measure for a life that I never want a vacation from. Anything in my day that you see that would make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and out? I’m excited to head to bed too though… those sheets are SO SOFT! I may head off and finish up night chores sooner rather than later so y all have a great night!
~Jhenna