
How many egg hunts did you have this weekend?
As I am writing this I think we are at - best guess 6!
We had a pretty crappy beginning to our Easter. This is my first easter in 8 years where I haven't been working and at church all weekend - so I had some pretty high expectations to celebrate the day meaningfully.
Last night, Larry & I went out on a date! We went to a adult arcade and played my fave virtual boxing game. Man I love that game. I feel so good after playing that thing! Larry laughs his head off at me because I get into 'it'. Whenever, I play I usually can draw a crowd.
I imagine it entertaining to watch. But, as I am going round after round more guys will start coming over to cheer me on. In the past, at Dave & Busters when there were two of these machines side by side - they would start betting who would beat the machine...What's funny is - I am wearing pink everytime I play this thing..not intentionally, but to hear bets being placed on the girl in pink to kick a** is hysterical!
We had some fun there and headed to the movie theater. We saw 'Wild Hogs'. WOW - haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
If you are approaching mid-life manhood this is the film for you!
Again, as I loop around the story...back to Easter.
We got home and I took some sleeping pills last night because I haven't been sleeping well. Nothing new, I go through spurts where I don't sleep and I don't respond well to sleep deprivation AT ALL! This morning, I was so groggy that I could not wake up. I tried.
DH was motivating the rest of house to get ready for early church so we could have the rest of the day to ourselves. That was the original plan. But all of us were just too tired to get moving. You can imagine the yelling, grumpy and all around bad attitudes flying around. DH didn't feel respected. R had morning grump going on, Q had well Q busy body into everything going on and I was dragging. I finally was able to get upright around 8:00 am - we had to leave at 8:30 to get there in time. So - YUP - no shower for me. I was super grumpy and dizzy!
Why can't we just go to the late service? Change the plans!!! But, he would not be swayed. You can imagine how much I was not in a worshipful mood. Then, to make matters worse, I had no caffeine until I got to church and grabbed some coffee. As I was walking through the lobby, of course, everyone had to exclaim 'haven't seen you in so long!' in super Easter cheery voices. I am still in morning GRUMP - I just wanted coffee and my seat to wake up in...please don't talk to me...then I kept getting compliments on my hair! WOW really? Hmmm I shouldn't shower more often and just keep the insane bed head thing more often! Luckily, I can do make-up well..so no one knew how FAKE I was feeling.
Coffee and a seat. Ahhhhhhhh
The service was wonderful. It pushed me into worship and by the end I was able to worship with a whole heart. It was good.
As we were driving home, I look at DH and say 'how about Easter brunch?' The night before we had joked about who goes out for 'brunch'? apparently a lot of people do! I guess they are like me - I was not doing dishes and getting all the aspects of meal planning going on today. We had a pleasant time brunching and came home for the big hunt!
The kids were in great spirits and very fun! We had a great afternoon as a family complete with a two hour nap....
mmmmmm so good... need more coffee.....