I had originally planned to spend the weekend at home with my sweetie having some quality time, cleaning the house, and preparing for our company on Christmas, and of course sleeping. It wasn't exactly the weekend I had planned but I am looking at the silver lining in it all...
Friday evening my neighbor & colleague had brought home a gift that had been left at the office for me. A beautiful gift given to me by one of the youth I am working with. I love it! And little did I know I would be having a run in (the good kind) with a beautiful buck 2 days later.
On Friday night I got a call from my Dad, letting me know he & my Stepmom were in a car accident and thank goodness they were okay. The vehicle was not. For the record someone ran a red light, and they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or the right place at the right time if you look at it differently. It could have been far worse if they had been seconds later. So on my weekend gratitude list, my Dad & Elizabeth are okay!
The next thing on my gratitude list that came on Friday night...
I don't drink...Ever... We decided to be a little festive and discovered rum & eggnog! I only had one... for real... It was lovely with some brie on crackers & red wine jelly.
I wasn't feeling very well Saturday morning. It has nothing to do with the one rum & eggnog by the way. I have been really tired and on go mode for so long, my body just said enough, so I listened. I stayed in bed & slept until 1:30pm. It was lovely. As I was laying there slowly getting ready to face the day, and the phone rang. Mom was on her way to the hospital in septic shock. So my brother went to suss out the situation and not much later I was headed up island to be with her.
I was at the hospital until the early morning hours, and I knew she was stable & settled. Another moment of gratitude I knew Mom would pull through. Then I went to my Dad's to catch a few hours of sleep. Next comes another moment of gratitude. I got to be at Dad's for the usual Sunday pancake breakfast ritual. When my brother is home from camp he brings Kane & Kole in their pjs to my Dad's on Sunday and they have pancakes. So I got a bonus visit with the lights of my life! And the funny part, Kane said he knew I would be there. I swear we have a special connection, that boy & I :)
Kole almost fell into the tree as I took this picture.
Kane standing with pride near Papa & Elizabeth's real Christmas tree.
I popped by the lodge to pick up a few things for Mom. I went to pick up the flowers (that were dead) we had planted outside her window, When I came around the corner there was the biggest buck I have ever seen! We startled each other. He looked at me, I looked at him, he looked at me, I looked at him. Then like a flash he took off. I stood there in awe.
Tonight I drove home came home, and the roads were very wet & it was foggy, so it took a little longer than usual. I arrived exhausted after doing some errands for my Mom & making sure she was on the road to mending. She is still quite spacey, but is recovering from yet another urinary tract infection. I am so grateful she pulled through another one. I came home & dinner was ready. We decided to relax tonight. So I sat on the couch with one cat curled up on each end of the couch, my sweetie by my side, and a gingerbread house to build while sipping on yet another rum & eggnog.
It was the perfect end to a crazy weekend. Home safely with my sweetie, right where I want to be.
GRATITUDE!
