even more reasons to be thankful

oh how i love thursdays!  and thursdays when i have taken 4 hours of vacation (or, really, any amount) are just marvelous!  : )  


today i slept until almost 9. oh, it was glorious.  wonderful.  marvelous!  but i said that already.  *laugh*   before i got dressed, or put my glasses on, i had to come in the livingroom for something.  i don't remember what... anyway, i noticed that angel had taken my bookmark out of Born of Fire, and so i picked it up & began the process of finding out where it belonged.  and then i was sucked in.  i found the spot where i'd stopped - i'd had no trouble stopping, it was right after a chapter break.  but then for some reason as i was looking, the words leapt off the page at me... i started reading standing up and w/o my glasses and only 1/2 way ready for work.  then i curled up on the couch for 20 minutes.  and thankfully it did NOT give me too bad of a headache!  i did have a slight one the rest of the morning, but it went away.  : )  i love when that happens (as long as i'm not late!! heh.), when the story is SO good that it draws you in & almost holds you hostage.  sherri's books ALWAYS do that!  : )  


work went pretty well.  had a meeting at 10:30 & took a break at 11:30-ish because i was hungry.  it was a pretty quiet four hours - UNTIL 2:10, when everyone wanted something from me!  *laugh*  i was supposed to leave at 2:30 but was there about 10 minutes after, which really is okay, just funny.  i mean, from 1 to 1:30, when i was working on my visa spreadsheets, it was quite quiet!  that would have been a good time for all the email/IM questions.  *laugh*  


i went to the post office to mail a package for someone.  hopefully it will get to them all in one piece!  it's in double bubble wrap...not, like, double bubble the gum.  LOL  in case you wondered.  probably that was just me.  


anyway!  i was going to meet mom & leyton at the family museum, but when i texed she said they were coming out in a little bit & it wouldn't be worth it for me to pay admission!  so i sat in the car & read Pendragon til they came out.  the fire dept was having drills or water practice or something, and leyton was ALLLL excited!  it was pretty neat to watch, really.  

we met up at chick fil a for dinner & so leyton could play in the play area.  there were twin babies sitting behind us w/ their mom & gramma, and when the mom went to the loo, the babies got all fussy.  so leyton asked if he could go over & keep them company til their mom got back.  (the gramma was there, they weren't abandoned or anything!)  it was SO CUTE!  he sat w/ them & distracted them by chatting & whatnot until she came back.  *grin*  then he went into the play area & had it to himself for awhile.  it must've been twin day for chick fil a, because later a family of 5 kids sat by us & it looked like they had 2 sets of twins!  oh my! busy family.  heh!  leyton played w/ them for awhile, and then it was time to go.  

leyton is shocked, gramma.  Shocked!  lol  

i stopped at home to change into comfier clothes (not that my work clothes aren't comfy.  they are very!  they're just not pre-jammy comfy!  : )  ).  i got the mail first, and yay postcards!!!  *beam*  and both ppl wrote that they'd looked for turtle cards, but didn't find them.  which is okay, it's so sweet that they looked!!  the cards are from canada & japan.  i love the otter & fish!!  so cute, so sweet!  : )  

headed over to mom's & we just hung out.  mom found space invaders for the PS3, so we played that & watched wheel & Big Brother & played trains & trucks & cars & blew bubbles.  then we snuggled a bit & read & played w/ the DS (leyton wanted me to try & get the train after finishing a level.  finally, on the last training game, i got the train!!  he discovered if you tap it, the whistle blows.  so cool!) & then it was time to go home.  

Wyler Italian Icee - YUMMY!

new truck from "the baby store" as leyton calls it.  

i think the real name is Once Upon A Child?

gramma demonstrates the proper bubble technique.  

leyton pays rapt attention, of course!  ; )  

thank You, Lord, for blessing me w/ such a neat family.  i love them lots!!  i hope you got to spend some family time today, and that they made you smile at least once!  : )  


sleep is calling my name loudly!  *laugh*  take care & TTFN!  love!