7/28

Today is my birthday. For my birthday, i took Ethan to get lab work done. This doesn’t sound overly exciting but we had the best conversation in the car about how even though he has suffered a lot in this past several months, the bright spot is that we both have a profound understanding of living life to its fullest and just dealing with whatever situation arises and moving on. 

I got to take Ethan to visit his friends at The Little Speed Shop. It was quite a gift for me that he felt well enough to go. He spent a few hours there. He was quite tired but he was excited he pulled it off. We will see how he feels tomorrow.

I really was so thankful for the day I had. I got to spend time with each kid, as well as my nephew, and I saw my brother, his wife and my mom and Gene had us over for pizza and cake. I smiled and laughed a lot. It was fun.

After dinner we arrived home and Paul and I sat on one of our swinging benches swearing at the loud traffic that went by (like a couple of old people) and then chatting about life in general. Those moments are few and far between for us with the hustle and bustle of everyday life. We kept having to yell at Penny because she kept trying to chase the frogs at the pond. We joked about how she is a nice dog but her IQ doesn’t even register as a respectable earthquake.

We were joined by a few friends and had drinks on our patio. The weather was nice. It was the perfect birthday.