Yesterday was my day off. Having a day off during the week is about the only upside to having to work Saturday’s again. I guess with this economy and all the other craziness going on out there, I should just be thankful I still have a job….so anyway, yesterday I had off. Kercher and I had a great day! It was so fun to pretend to be a stay at home mom, which I must say I think I could totally get use to although I never see myself actually getting to be one. And really I want to work, I just want a better schedule, hence taking classes for my ME.
Kercher and I started the day off with some giggling and an episode of Little Enstines. I let Kercher decide what he wanted for breakfast, so needless to say he had pepperoni, string cheese, and a hot dog. After all the morning fun we got ready to head to the Y. My stomach had not been feeling the best so I decided we would do errands before I hit a machine at the gym.
We started off completing our volunteer work for the day, which turned out to be rather educational. I had some donations to pick up for the JL Gala on the 22nd and one was from the Contemporary Arts museum of Virginia beach. The lady was in a meeting so they allowed the two of us to take a tour for free =) I am not huge on museums, although I do like to purchase art, so Kercher and I hopped in line behind a 4th grade class on a field trip and took the tour. It was actually a lot of fun. Till March 15th they are exhibiting on Virginia artists, which is kind of neat. Kercher had a big time pretending to be part of the class we were following and I got to learn a lot from the teacher LOL …never really been much of an art buff so it was fun =) It is only $3 with a military discount, so if you like art or doing stuff like that, it is a cool place to check out.
Afterwards we did the usual errands, bank, post office, Wal-Mart, hit Costco to order a Birthday cake for a friend, grabbed a few more donation items, and got some lunch at McDonalds on our way to the park. Kercher was so excited to see the park. He knew exactly where we were when we got to the corner to turn into Mt. Trashmore. He started screaming Park Park and telling me he was stuck because he was ready to get out of his seat and go play. We loaded up into the stroller and did the 3 mile walk first, since I hadn’t been to the gym yet and it was so nice out, windy, but beautiful, so why not take advantage of it. Kercher actually walked/ran about ¾ of a mile with me. It was so cute.
Once we were at the playground he played hard for a good hour and a half. It was almost like it was 2 yr old day. I sat at a table with several other moms that were there with their children, all which happen to be 2, as well as the fact that out of 6 I was the only one not holding on to a newborn. We talked about strollers and vaccines, preschools and diapers, sales and great places to get stuff for the kids. Had a snack time with all the little ones, and then sent them back to play. Talked about facebook and our husbands, and just generally had a good time. I never asked anyone’s name, and no one else did either, just a group of mom’s at the playground sharing useful information. When we all started to disperse several said if it is nice tomorrow we will be back. All of our kids had played so well together, no fights, no crying, just fun, we had commented on it several times. Sharing snacks, and ridding slides and swings together, not exactly typical when you get that many toddlers together. I reapplied, “Oh I wish we could, but I have to work”. They all just kind of looked at me like I was an alien. Judging by their styled hair and perfect makeup, BMW’s and Acura SUV’s and baby Bjorn they were all toting with their couch diaper bags I just said a word that was completely foreign to their way of life. I smiled and waved and said I had a great time and have a great rest of the day, as I put my kid into his non-designer stroller and headed off to my Ford Explorer.
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