Happy Day Off!

Hannah and Emily were off school today (I think it was teacher in-service), so I decided to take the day off too. Originally, Ray was scheduled to be off as well, but since he took this new job, his day off was cancelled. Bummer. Especially since he didn't take one day off all summer and he leaves tomorrow morning and won't be back for 10 days.

It was a nice day, though, with me and the girls staying up late last night watching T.V. and then sleeping in this morning (I didn't get up until 9:00). Around noon we headed to the park for a picnic lunch. (We invited Ray, but as usual, work came first, so he was a no-show)

We stopped at Popeye's for what turned out to be an expensive lunch ($15.00!) and Kroger for some beverages, and headed to Julief's (if that's how you spell it)--the same spot where we had our first picnic in June.

It was soooooo relaxing sitting in the shade on such an awesome fall day!

I sat (sometimes lounged) and watched the girls play on the playset and the soccer field and graded some papers (proving there is no real "day off" for teachers, especially during the school year).

But, it's days like today that make it REALLY hard for me to go to work the next day...Hopefully this blissful feeling from today will be enough to get me through the next ten days.