Windy Days and Dog Kisses

Saturday has come and as we say good-bye to the slumber party friend (s), we start a new day. The sun is shining and calling to one young teen, "please come out and play!" So, Jessica says, "Mom, today would be a great day to go to the park, can we?" Ok, against my wishes as I cannot get rid of this headache. So we go, right after a quick trip to Starbucks. Jessica finds her favorite spot, swinging with the wind. The wind picks up and Justina can hardly stand, much less find the slide through the hair in her eyes. As the wind blows through our hair, blinding us, Justina decides she would rather not be too far off the ground. So we walk a bit and watch Jessica carefree and happy. All of a sudden, it came from across the park, running full speed ahead, tail wagging, bouncing through the wind..... yep, you guessed it. The friendliest dog ever landed right on Justina's face, smothering her with wet, sloppy dog kisses. She shrieks and screams as if he gobbled her face off. She was not hurt but very scared and traumatized. All I could think was..."Yuk, I've been kissed by a dog! Get the hot water, get the iodine, get the disinfectant!!!!!" The poor pup had to go home. Justina demanded that we return to the car and sit there until Jessica was ready to go. Well, one of the three of us thought the time at the park was fun and well spent... the other two, we did not enjoy our time at the park. And this is how you learn that one persons complete delight and joy can be another persons trauma. I guess it is all perspective.

Here we are, home again. Not much more going to happen today. I am going to try to get rid of this headache, play on my computer and take a nap. The girls are going to do.. um..... well, whatever they want so long as the house does not get messed up in the process, and tomorrow, we will do laundry and more cleaning.

Thanks for enjoying the park with us on this blustery, windy day! Stay tuned...............