March 27, 2009

I took a personal day today and stayed home with my kids for their last day of their spring break. It was not a warm day, but it was still nice enough for them to go outside and play. They were outside riding their bikes when that bully showed up with two of his friends again. This time it was two different friends.

I stood in the garage and listened for a while and when they decided to get bold enough to come across the street towards our drive way I came out. I went crazy momma on them. I'm sure I got the attention of some of our neighbors. They made me so angry. They are quite a bit older than my kids and they come to pick on kids younger than themselves. I walked behind them until they were far enough away, about 5 blocks, that I was satisfied they were not coming back.

I used the day to just vegetate. I've been so tired this week I needed to just do nothing for a while. I think it helped because tonight when we got back from going out to eat I was ready to go for a walk. So, we put Abby on her leash and all four of us took her for a walk. It wasn't a long walk, about 4 blocks, because Abby doesn't go on walks much and she's old so we didn't want to have to carry her back home. She really enjoyed getting out like that. It was nice to go out and walk as a family.