Breaking the schedule

Today I broke the schedule. I went to bed on time and then slept until I was done sleeping. Link and Kiki got up early because there was a borrowed video game they wanted to play, but Gleek and Patch slept late too. I never did fix breakfast because no one realized they were hungry until it was time to leave for the Tayler family picnic lunch. All the Tayler siblings were in town, including the branch of the family that resides in Georgia. It was a perfect opportunity to let all the cousins play. Play they did. A water kick-ball course had been created in the back yard. It was a joy to see all those kids, mostly under the age of 8, run and splash. The girl cousins out numbered the boys 10 to 4, so Gleek was in heaven. She is full of plans that we should go visit in Georgia really soon. After the water play, the party moved indoors. I didn’t want to break up the games, so I just hung out for most of the afternoon. I even snuck a nap.

When I arrived home, I discovered that my discouraged post of yesterday had garnered twice as many responses as I usually get. They were all people expressing confidence, offering suggestions, or otherwise lending support. By the time I was done reading, my brain had begun churning over possible courses of action. I suspect that in a short time I will manage to work myself into excitement for the project of marketing Hold Horses, rather than discouragement over work still to be done.

As I was writing responses to all the kind comments, I noticed my backyard neighbor trundling a load of sand into my yard. It turns out that when sand was delivered for their new patio, they had lots more than they needed. They dumped the extra sand into our sandbox as a surprise for us. Even better, the new sand is worlds nicer and softer than the stuff we had before.

Later this evening the Tayler siblings will be descending on our house to play games late into the night. It has been a really good day. It is good for us to break the schedule sometimes. Tomorrow needs to be closer to normal, but I think Thursday will be a play day as well.