Today I picked the boys up early from school. Dad and Ethan were out at the farm and I was going to be meeting my parents for a short time while they were in town for holiday shopping. We met at Barnes & Noble. I love that store so much and it always makes me want to read, the kind of reading that isn’t school related. It makes me think that I would actually read all of the novels.

We ate lunch at Portillo’s. I learned something about my dad that I didn’t know, and that is that he used to live in the town where the original Portillo’s went into business. His dad used to take him there and when he did it was considered special. He paid for lunch which was nice. I didn’t get anything. Nothing sounded good to me.

My son did though so we sat in the corner booth until Josh met us to pick up the other one that did not have an orthodontist appointment that day. My sister-in-law and the girls are here so all of them went out for lunch. My son and I said goodbye to my parents and then we hopped on the interstate to Jacksonville. She took out the spacers he’s had for a while since he didn’t need them anymore.