some of the best things are free, i guess

I had a fabulous morning. It is kind of chilly but the sun is shining and we headed to our ’secret park’. The secret park is rarely overrun- in fact lately we have only seen three Russian women with about five or six babies that they place on two sheets. This in no way detracts from the the eden-like character of this little spot. It has giant trees hanging over and a great view of the water. There are even wild violets!! Usually my son gets busy with one of several of his self-appointed tasks and I sit atop on the top tier of the big piece of playground equipment and read in the sun until my son needs me or decides to go home (or decides it is time to buy strawberries, like he did this morning).

I keep thinking we need to go back to the hustle-y and bustle-y playground we were going to before. Maybe just once in a while, so he can learn how to deal with bossy kids…. bossy kids and that one woman who never liked me. I can’t be sure that she never liked me, I just assume so because she never smiles when I say hello and last week at the library she was glaring at me. I think it is either because of the time I had to remove her bitey, kicky child from my friends infant or maybe the time that my son was making too much noise at the library… anyway… whatever- we have our heavenly, breezy little spot with the babies and bizarrely mutated action figures that mysteriously show up some days.

Oh yeah- yesterday’s entry is dismal-ish. That is because I wrote it BEFORE getting any sleep. I wasn’t really in a bad mood- just overwhelmed with depressing images from watching too much news at work (and also a little stressed from work drama- I hate that stuff. Why can’t we all just get along?).

I am going to go soak some rice in coconut milk. Today is a very nice day. Too bad I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow. I hate those.