Grateful Friday

 I had energy yesterday to take down all the Christmas decorations!  It was remarkable.  I wasn't sure I would last because for the past several months, my energy flags in a big way.

I was tired by mid afternoon, but I was also finished with the task.  I was grateful to have energy and I felt like myself!

Mark helped me a lot with the ladder stuff and with carrying all the bins up and down the stairs.  At one point he came upstairs and I was putting a few things in the dishwasher.  He said, "You'd better not be doing any dishes!  Are you trying to put me out of a job?"

I gratefully ceded the kitchen to him.

We drove to Salt Lake City to get Adam at the airport.  I was happy to see him.  It had only been a bit over 24 hours, but it felt longer.  I'm grateful whenever we are able to do something to help and support Braeden and Anna and I'm grateful Adam is the kind of dad who is up for anything.  And it's usually his idea.

We ate dinner with Aunt Leone (which is an idiom in our family that means we ate really early) and met Emma at La Casa Del Tamal in Salt Lake.  Adam had gone to a different location of the same restaurant with his friend, Gene, who is Mexican (despite what you would think for a person name Gene).  Gene thinks it is the best Mexican food around here and I think I agree.  We ordered way too much food and needed three to go boxes, but that bodes well for lunch today.

I'm grateful for a husband who introduces me to new things all the time--things like tamales with chocolate mole sauce and spicy meat wrapped in banana leaves.  He just goes around enriching all of our lives.

Tomorrow we are meeting at IKEA.  I'm getting a new shelf for my closet and Emma is going to buy a new dresser.  She thought she could carry it herself into her apartment.  I had her look up the weight of the boxes.  She then said maybe her friend Brigette could help her.  Adam said, "We'll go."

He's the busiest person I know.  Probably because he is always swerving to help other people.  

I'm grateful he's mine.