First Day of Summer

In my mind today is the first day of summer. The first Monday we would usually be running off to school. My eyes popped open at 7:40am. Melanie followed at 7:50 and Andrew, Julianna, and Jack were next. Emma will sleep until dinnertime.

I'm sad and a little disappointed in myself. Last week my neighbor brought down a nest of baby birds for us to care for. They fell from a tree he had just cut down. They were so tiny, no feathers yet and of course I jumped to care for them. They lived for a week. There were two that seemed really healthy and promising. I had visions of teaching them to fly and them returning to my porch to feed over the year. I'm not Snow White apparantly. They all died two days ago and I still can't shake it! I failed at nurturing something. That's supposed to be my forte'. I suppose there's a lesson for me in there somewhere.

Luckily my kids and husband are all alive and well and we're going to have a great day hanging out, drinking lots of coffee and seeing a movie. It's either Iron Man or Indiana Jones. Nim's Island was outvoted (Sorry Melanie!). We have free movies three days a week at our local theaters over the summer so I'll get to catch up on the ones I missed this year. Bee Movie, Evan Almighty, Alvin the Chipmunks, Mr. Magorium, etc.

First it's a visit to the chiropractor to set my back straight. Apparantly logging is not the best activity for a tricky back. My mom's house was hit by a tornado a week back and we cleaned up her yard. I love chainsaws. I threw it out and have been really pathetic for a couple of days. Muggs (hubby) is really tired of me walking like his Mamaw and groaning. Not sexy!

Have a happy day!