Yesterday was such a nice day. We spent the morning at the playground and the afternoon playing in the neighborhood with the kids. My street is filled with kids who play outside after school. We met a new neighbor, she just moved in and has a four year old boy. I am sure once school starts meeting people will be a little easier. I met a few nice ladies at the playground too.
There is something so nice about having adult conversations mixed with playing in the sunshine. I think I even got a bit of a sunburn on my nose and cheeks. I think sunshine is the new drug. Even if the adult conversations were with strangers, I am working on making friends. Been almost a year and still no friends. Weird that I love it here so much but have no friends. The lady at the playground was a military spouse and moved here about the same time as me. She hates it here because she has no friends. I was thinking to myself, I don't have any friends here either I wonder why that doesn't bother me? Is there something wrong with me?
In a way it is a vacation of sorts having Jeff out of town. Not that I don't miss him terribly but he is only gone for a couple of days. I get to spend the day concentrating on Lily and I don't have to worry so much about the house and dinner. Mandy had to work directly after school until 9PM. Poor girl left the house before 6AM and didn't get home until almost 10PM.
Lily really needs some serious concentration too. Last week we did not go to any of her play groups. Lily is four, she is not in pre-school. Her behavior is notoriously bad and A LOT of playing, fresh air, sunshine, and kids - seems to either help her or wear her out enough that I can deal with her. She spent the whole week in the house with me. Both of us were sick. She got better in a matter of about four days but then I was sick. By the weekend she was being so bad. I thought I had lost my mind. I am not entirely sure that she is acting better or if the sunshine is helping me to deal with her better but whatever, life is better.
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3 comments:
"Sunshine is the new drug."
That is so true! I can feel my spirits rising whenever i get out in it.
I agree that sunshine is a drug. I could never live in someplace like Alaska that didn't have sunshine half the year. I would literally self-destruct.
Yep. I lived in England for two years and the lack of sun almost drove me crazy. Give me cold, but give my sun!
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