Day 11 - Coffee with a Friend

July 22, 1990

"We bought Super Mario bros. 3 today, and it was tons of fun to play!"

Dear Jennifer,

I said goodbye to facebook for awhile.  No one said anything, no it had nothing to do with the election, no I'm not mad at any of my friends. I realized I am one of those people who are constantly looking for the "Like".  I was upset about something and my mom goes, you're caring about what everyone thinks about you again.  So for the first time, I am off facebook. (New Thing!) I didn't realize how much of my time it consumed. I kept reaching for my phone and would quickly change to my email. I think I counted around 50 times I tried to go on, minimum.

I also went and helped my friend yesterday as she has two toddlers. I put my son in change of detailing her car and told him that he was the boss and needed to figure out what we should do to make the car up to his standards.  He then asked my friend for a quarter so she could pay him for his time. During that time, my daughter asked if she could help.  He said sure, and stood back, watched, and told her what to do.  Supervisor Status!  My dear friend gladly gave my son the quarter and told him he did a good job. Entrepreneur in the making.

I called my other friend for coffee that evening. My days off have been super busy, but I am happier because of it.  These two friends, my one with the toddlers and my one who I had coffee with are my soul sisters for sure.  Totally opposite, but both balance me beautifully.  They keep me equal, and I need that!  I realized that yesterday. (New thing!)  It is important to have our time with friends. The universe must feel that I need it as well, as later that evening I received a text from my friend and 7 habits accountability partner to go to a movie. I'm super excited.

So the sims my kids downloaded has taken an hour of my time. I don't allow anymore, just an hour.  My husband was excited to see me game, as I am normally thinking about work and how stressed I am and I have to read more math books and get more up to date knowledge on how to teach math. It is nice to take my stress out by playing a computer game.  What makes it better though, is when my kids are playing, they are laughing SOOOOO hard.  I guess a random bunny fell from the sky, my son lost it. He couldn't stop laughing for twenty minutes.  It is the best sound in the world.

Laughter is the best medicine, even if I'm not the one laughing, it is a wonderful sound.

Until Tomorrow...