Spring Break Day 4

It started off a lot like Spring Break Day 2...the boys slept in, and then begged not to do anything.  They were exhausted from the baseball game yesterday, followed by hours of baseball practice for N and baseball for fun for B.  I had also received a phone call from my friend, Angela, asking if we wanted to come over for swimming and burgers.  So, in the blink of an eye, my boys went from not wanting to do anything to wanting to know when we were leaving to go over there.  Every.  Thirty.  Seconds.

Also, N asked if I would make an apple pie today, just randomly, and I agreed.  See, today is "Pi" day, so it was kind of fitting.  While I was at it, I made some banana bread, too, so we went over to our friends' house bearing gifts of the baked variety.  The boys jumped in the pool almost immediately, and there they stayed for a couple of hours.  After swimming and working up appetites, they came inside to eat, then the older boys retreated upstairs to play Xbox while the younger boys hit the pool again.

All too soon, it was time to leave.  They were all exhausted, and the boys and I are going to college tomorrow.  Yeah, that's going to be quite the adventure, I must say.  I've taken them individually before, but never at the same time.  I'm hoping we'll at least make it through an hour.  That would be more than I could hope for, seriously. 

I say it all the time, but I'm so glad N ended up on the Marlins last fall.  He made a great friend, I made a great friend, and B made a great friend out of the deal.  We are so blessed to have each scored friends who get us...and vice versa.  Angela's husband works for Microsoft, so they get good deals on video games, and she picked up a game that N's been wanting for a while...just because.  He's going to be so excited when I give it to him (and tell him where it came from, even though she says to say it's from the Easter bunny!).  I'm really just so thrilled that she and I have the kind of friendship where we don't have to filter anything we say.  She gets it...and so do I.  That's a rare thing, and I'm super grateful that, by sheer luck, we ended up on the same team.  We miss them this season.

Also, today, we got a Spring Break care package from my sister and brother-in-law!  They sent games, silly 'staches, dart guns (Three, so I can fight back!), and (most importantly) a hefty supply of K-cups!  My Seester has superpowers, I swear.  She sent me a package of the Starbucks Blonde K-Cups...the kind I always want to get, but Target is always out of, and I'm super excited to try it tomorrow morning.  I already have it in my Keurig, ready to go.  I have a feeling coffee will be vital to my survival tomorrow morning.

And, with that, I'm headed to bed.  I'm really trying to prepare myself, mentally, for tomorrow.  It's going to be a real experience.  Nintendos have been charged, iPods are docked, and I'm hoping they will have enough to entertain them for a while.  Afterwards, we're headed to the park and/or to hang out with a Nana that's playing hooky on the last day of Spring Break!  It should be noted, however, that this is not my Spring Break.  No, that's next week...and while I'll get a vacation from the boys' vacation, I still have to get up early to get them (well, N) to school.  I don't see how that can be described as a break.

Grrrr.

Aubs