Today...

Today, we were supposed to have our giant yard sale.
Today, the house was supposed to be completely culled and sorted...organized and rooted through.
That's what we've been working toward all week long.
It's the next step in this whole moving process....

But today, I am a Mama frazzled.
And he is a Hubby tired.
And they are our babies full of grace...but with love tanks just a week bit depleted....

And so Today....
Instead of the whirling and swirling...and instead of the rushing and running...
Instead of hitting the floor running, bringing boxes up from the basement, and pressing the accelerator even harder...

2 sets of fat little feet....1 set wherein Daddy isn't sure what he thinks of being painted.  ha.  It begins...

Today, we are saying no to the crazy.
And we are walking away.  Just for the day.
It'll all still be here when we get back...but we will all be the better for having walked away.

It was Kev's idea.
He's got a better finger on the pulse of our family.
I tend to just "push through" until said goal is met...no matter the chaos or the casualties...
He knows better how to re-calibrate...us.  All of us.

And so they stumble out of bed...one by one...with bedheads adorable and love tanks refilling...
We sit and we slow down.
They watch cartoons, and we sip our coffee...
He and I will play some Cribbage and we'll re-connect from the long week previous...
Whenever we feel like it, we'll all hop into the car and we'll kick it for the day...
And we'll drive south from all the crazy.

We make our own agenda...and we can choose to be slaves to it...or we can make it work for us, instead...
Today will make me better.
It'll make me a better Mama...and a better friend.  It'll make me see my husband...and it'll restore my balance.

Today is good.