The Daily Hailey

I’m old now, and I’m rarely up late. Ask the friends that I usually text in the evening. Lately, I’m closing up shop and cuddling in for bed slightly before 10:00pm.

Tonight, however, I had an outing with Kim. We did a bit of shopping, got some supper and coffee, and had a nice little date in the van while her baby boy slept in his car seat. We had such a nice time! But when the baby lulls, we head back home. We were met with an absolutely dark town. The power was out everywhere. The only lights we saw were those of headlights of the other few vehicles driving around. Thankfully, Kims husband met us in the driveway and helped carry everything inside. We said our goodbyes, and I drove off.

I decided to quickly duck in on my mom. I know she doesn’t need any “taking care of,” but I was around and wanted to have a quick visit. Our visit quickly became a two hour affair, which was honestly completely lovely! I’m sure lots of you can relate to how things change once you have kids, and when I get to spend time with my mom, I feel like I’m always competing for her attention with my children. I’m pretty familiar with that scene, and its fine, but it was such a treat to just sit in the living room and have a little candlelit visit.

I don’t even feel tired, but I left at 11:00, and am only home now, around 11:30. I feel fine, almost refreshed even, but my body is tired and angry, so I’m heading off to bed. Brady ran a bath 2.5 hours ago, so thats sad, hahaha! It was worth sacrificing it this time, though. I had such a lovely evening with Kim, and my mom. An outing is always a treat, but I sure have some wonderful people in my life. I wish I could have roped them all into the same evening, but these two are pretty high on the list, so I count myself lucky 🙂