Joaquim and I have been a thrill a minute these days. Yes, every day we both crawl home from work and collapse and then get into bed at night and melt into the mattress, so grateful to finally be sleeping. And we don't even have an infant yet!
My energy is waning and by the end of the day I am totally sapped. Joaquim's job is much more physically demanding than mine, minus the 20-pound weight on his belly, so he is just as tired! With commitments nearly every night, we have been realizing that we need to cut them sometimes just to keep our sanity. And so we skipped our second time trying out a new small group last night.
What followed instead was marvelous! It was great to come home knowing I didn't have anything else to do. We relaxed and chatted, took a walk, scrounged for some dinner (it is really time to do some grocery shopping but we're trying to hold out until Saturday, mainly because we are creatures of habit...) and then watched a movie. When it was over around 9:30, it was already bedtime. When I woke up this morning before my alarm, I actually felt rested! So I got up and had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with Joaquim before he left for work. Of course those minutes were spent watching a World Cup soccer game. :)
So maybe we're lame with our 10 o'clock bedtimes and sitting on our couch watching silly movies, but it sure made us happy yesterday. Tonight we're using a gift certificate and going out to dinner because...well, we still are waiting until Saturday for grocery shopping! It should be a fun weekend.
And now you are parents!!
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