Dan and Shelley

After a bit of a rough time apart, Dan decided to take an extra day off of work and come out to spend some extra time together.  For those keeping track, that would have meant he had a three day work week with having off for Labor day as well.  I didn’t complain at all as I was just happy to be back with him again.  So Thursday night he arrived just a little bit later to avoid the potential traffic problem with the NFL opener in Pittsburgh.  I already had the children in bed thankfully as we were both really tired ourselves.  We honestly curled up together and fell asleep.

Friday I let him sleep in some while I got the kids together and did Shannon’s school work.  By the time she was done she wanted to wake him up so he could take the training wheels off of her bike.  Yes, I know how to do it, but lacked the tools to do it.  Plus, it was nice to see how happy they were doing it and then to watch her being so very proud that she doesn’t need them anymore.  We even went for a little walk, her on her bike and Nicky on his little scooter.  We sat out in the yard for a decent amount of time that afternoon, letting them play outside while we talked.  The evening passed by in calm easy going way.

Saturday, after sleeping in and having some breakfast we made our way down to the library again… well, we tried.  I don’t know what was going on then, but Oakland was a mad house and there was no where to park.  So we went on to the park there and had a blast.  By the end of the day, Dan was worn out just as much as the children  because Shannon had him chasing her throughout the park and all over the equipment.  Everyone was ready for bed that night.  Dan and I stayed up for a while as he was teaching me more about coding… I think I understand it better when we are having a few beers.

Sunday we again attempted to go to the library and again failed miserably.  I really detest having to try and park in Oakland.  We went back to the park, took a few pictures of all of us together that didn’t turn out all that well primarily because the kids just really wanted to go play and they were still more than a little tired.  I did cave in to the ice cream truck… I really hate that guy.  We spent a comfortable afternoon at home talking about a lot of different things truthfully about the move coming up.  I had Dan cook dinner that night, even if he wants to argue and say that I did it.  He made spaghetti with a meat sauce and garlic bread.  His idea was to throw in some sliced jalapeno peppers in at the last minute (after getting some out for the children) and it was excellent.  Most likely the best spaghetti diner I ever had.  I will definitely have to remember to do that again in the future.  However like always we had to part.  Somehow though, this one wasn’t that bad.  Primarily I think because we know that we will be living together soon, though not soon enough.