Mondayish

This past Monday was one of those moderately crappy Monday that Mondays are famous for. Nothing major, just one minor inconvenience or bit of bad news after another all pile on top of each other to make, well, a Monday. The capper was when, after taking all damn morning to talk myself into going up to the school to register the girls, I was told that the office was closed for the rest of the day. Well, we had planned on visiting the post library afterward anyway, so we headed there. Next to the library is this big grassy area with a few fat conifers casting deep shadow on the green velvet grass. The high that day was in the low 60's, and the sky was blue as blue could be, with interspersed marshmallow clouds. So we took off our shoes and played.

Emily mostly read her book and rolled her eyes at our nerdiness. It was such a beautiful day. I laughed with my children, and I was struck again, as I am most days, with a sense of deep gratitude that I am blessed enough to live in a place so full of natural beauty. Does life get any better than this? So, yeah, we turned this crappy Monday on its ear.