Respite

The kid and I have been counting down to the weekend - we are both so tired! Her days are actually worse than mine; she starts school at 8 am and isn't done with her homework until midnight, with two hours of soccer in the middle.

And I have my fingers crossed that we'll see our college kid on the weekend. It's his birthday next week, and I'm hoping that he'll be able to spend a day with us the weekend before or after. I want to cook a family dinner; the hub wants us all to go fishing. And I want to ruffle his hair and smooch the top of his head and ask him endless questions about his first week of classes as a sophomore.

I'm also trying to think of something relaxing to do with the kid. She has 3 soccer games next week, so that will be an even crazier week for her than this one! But she doesn't have a game this weekend, so I'm thinking doing each other's toenails and then Netflixing while snuggling on the sofa. We'll probably both pass out but that's part of the relaxation, right?

Tonight I didn't eat anything after 8 pm. It helped that I took a nap for a couple of hours after dinner!