It’s been a one-day-at-a-time policy here since getting back. Little things that are part of the every day but are just different enough to prevent the groove from returning. The younger boys do not start school until Monday, so they’ve been trying to keep themselves busy with Dad’s newly decided and established limits on the Minecraft and YouTube. We ran some errands in town including a Walmart run and a library pickup. I stayed in the van while they went in. Too many overdue books for me lately.

I am thoroughly exhausted from our trip, but the memories were worth it. Our time together still is lingering in my mind, though it’s fading with the return of forward movement into the days. I looked for another calendar at Walmart but the one I have goes through this year so I didn’t need one. I picked up another journal to have one ready for whenever this one runs out, which it isn’t going to run out any time soon.

We found cards for my mother-in-law’s birthday tomorrow. It was day we were driving back, but we made plans to go over to her house and bring supper. We could’ve gone out to eat but I feel like they have that house, we need to be making efforts to spend time there. Tonight I am spending the night with a sweet lady friend who recently had knee surgery. It’s been arranged for me and her daughter-in-law to split through the end of the month to have someone there at night. I was happy she asked me.