Moments that make a day

Yesterday I did some work. 

I met a good friend for coffee.

I cringed as an old man came into Caffé Ladro and screamed at a young guy that he was going to blow his fucking head off. It was clear they didn't know each other.

I watched Kitty Cat sing an adorable song at preschool (for which she had the hand motions down better than anyone, had the biggest flourishes).

I stared glumly at the rain.

I basked in the few late-afternoon rushes of sun.

I had a wine play date with another good friend, though neither of us actually drank because we were too tired. 

I said something cruel to my husband. 

I spent an amazing 20 minutes alone with Fruit Bat where his sparkly eyes looked right into mine and he let me wiggle his loose tooth.

I slept hard. Dreaming and dreaming and dreaming.

Today. It was Day 2 of our new morning routine. I had to get up earlier, but I was more present. I was more relaxed. No frantic scurry at the end to get out the door.

I let Kitty Cat take pudding cups in a bag and put them in her cubby. I didn't know how to say no.

(I took this photo in Arizona.)

Comments

[MommyTime]

The photo has titled itself "Light at the End of the Tunnel," right? Beautiful. I hope your new routine proves freeing too.

[kcinnova]

I'm a little shaken over the scene in Caffé Ladro.
Your moments with your children are made up of the stuff you will want to remember all of your life.
And I hope you worked things out with your husband and that you could apologize for cruel words. Life is precious, and sometimes much too short. I've had that driven home this past week.

[All Adither]

kc, Maybe I'm jaded, and it was upsetting, but mentally ill people, who are homeless...they come into coffee shops around here and say and do weird things. I guess I'm kind of used to it.

[Lisa]

I'm glad you have the beautiful moments with your children to sweeten days like you had. It's a rough time now, on all scales it seems, so I wish you lots of these moments. In terms of writing, I appreciate the way you combine reflections on personal moments with ones that are less personal and less rational--a complex set of observations simply and beautifully stated.

[Nora]

Dude, he really just started screaming that? (Remind me never to come to this site from somewhere porn-like or that feed traffic thingy will announce it to the world!)