i see the moon...

its been an eventful friday. i had a date with my lawnmower. which was great exercise for my arms, that were still being a bit noodley from weedeating. and the grass was so thick i definitely had to throw my weight against the mower to push it through sometimes. but nobody got hurt and the yard is taken care of for the time being.

then i decide to treat myself to a bucket of chicken. i've worked hard today, i'm sweaty, and i'm hungry. so i jump in my car. since i am not fit for polite company, i go through the drivethru. there is a tire/oil change place next to the chicken joint. the employees are all men and they are playing catch with tires. they were having an absolute blast. i know this cuz the chicken took forever and they were just laughing and tossing that tire. i didn't understand how that could be fun but they certainly seemed to be enjoying it.

about an hour later, court texts me to come meet the boy who could pass as my son. huh? she shoots me a picture of him. and he's quite adorable. i take notice of the combover and she said she combed it like that because he has a cowlick. yep, we could be related on the cowlick thing...

she says come play with us. hmm. well, ok. i get in my car and head a few miles up the road. on the way there i'm talking to God about how He made the moon particularly distracting tonight. its making it almost hard to drive cuz its just a brilliant pearl in the sky. sigh. He's so great.

anyways, i get to where court and the boys are. its him and his little baby brother. they are little darlings. he's almost two. but he's a petite little boy. with a giggle thats as big as him and spills out of him unexpectedly. i'm there about three seconds and im walking around with court and he reaches up for me to pick him up. well, im a sucker for laughing eyes and a combover so i pick him up and we walk around. i'm talking to him as we walk around. then he asked me to read him a story, he laughed at me a lot, and we played hide and seek. which was basically just me crawling around on the floor around a chair and him thinking i'm hilarious.

then it was time for him to go to bed. he kisses his brother goodnight. then court. then reaches up to kiss my cheek. um. i've not had lots of kisses in my lifetime, but the feather light kiss of a little boy just does something to your heart. or it did to mine anyways. then it was time to tuck him into bed.

what a lovely ending to my night...