I’m Beautiful Like Me.

Husband had himself a busy Sunday. He started out helping our friend Mike out with moving some furniture out of storage for his son. Then he headed over to do a little work before our afternoon at P’s place.

P and her husband B have been so good to us and B has been overwhelmed with a lot of yard debris from the wind storms last fall and ice storms last winter. So I volunteered Husband to help him out and we made a day of it. I brought baby back ribs and P got the girls to help her make P’s famous taco dip as well as some desserts. Buddha was happy to romp around in the fenced in backyard at their house, pushing the tricycle down the hill. After several hours of yard work for the fellas and kitchen work for the gals, we finally sat down for a feast. Needless to say, we were all pretty tuckered out by then and it was pushing 8pm. I helped P clean up and we headed home.

Daddy gave Buddha a bath, took a quick shower and Buddha quickly conked out. Then Husband had to get on his homework, which was due at 2am our time and he hadn’t even started yet. Tsk, tsk. I offered a hand to help things along. He finished in the nick of time.

This morning, I needed to ride out to mom’s shop to help her sort mail and pay bills. It’s her least favorite chore and waits until she’s absolutely overwhelmed to call for help. I hadn’t realized that Husband had booked a client for tutoring at 1pm, so he had to reschedule that. One of the ladies that works for mom asked Husband to detail her Jeep and we really need the money (especially after having to cancel that job!), so he accepted. In the meantime, I had finished up with mom, so I called and was able to get squeezed in at my gynecologist’s office for my annual (two months overdue!). She had bought everyone some ice cream - a big hit with Buddha - but I declined because my mouth is still sensitive from all the dental work (post coming soon, I promise).

My mom, God bless her, loaned us the cash to make our rent since the company Husband sub-contracts for doesn’t pay until 10 days into the next month. We made it back home just in time to hand the cash over to the complex manager and catch Joy off the school bus. Unfortunately, I didn’t make the phone calls I needed to in time, so I’ll have a busy morning trying to coordinate appointments for myself, kid’s check-ups and dental visits for us all. Yay.