What Was Our Easter Like?

We received a bunch of grand-kids pictures from their mom. The girls were busy dying eggs, and later sorting out the goodies from their baskets.  They looked to be having a great time. Their mom closed her email with a question: What had our holiday been like?

Well, to start with, this pair of geezers did NOT dye any eggs. In fact, there were a whole lot of things we didn't do to celebrate the holiday. My son, the one we're staying with until we can move into our new home, headed out to a movie late in the morning. Upon his return he said he enjoyed it. We didn't ask the title, as movies in theaters these days are, to us, little more than a chance to watch actors we don't recognize by either name or face, doing improbable things for unlikely "reasons", and in the process ourselves risk rupture of the eardrums and covid, flu, or whatever else is currently circulating, despite our up-to-date vaccinations. If a must-see movie does come along, say once every two years, we'll be sure to go the the first Tuesday matinee when the price for our age level drops and attendance is still sparse, like two weeks after it opens and the kids are in school. Popcorn prices, naturally, never drop, so we plan to eat first. (I will never admit to smuggling food in. Never.)

Somehow a list of "didn'ts" just wasn't the proper response to a daughter-in-law. So I sent back this, which Steve agreed was a perfect description of our day:

"What did we do? Let's see: discussed the new home and how to arrange the furniture, watched TV, fixed food, ate food, make phone calls, discussed the new home, planned different furniture arrangements, decided to label the two living rooms as 1 and 2 so we know which we're talking about, made phone calls, tried to decided which bedroom Steve will choose, watched more TV, read both online and analog (aka a book),  discussed what we don't know about new home like where the thermostat is because (my son) keeps this place cold, discussed where/how to put a ramp in, watched more TV, wrote emails, discussed what furniture we need to replace, like Steve's lift chair, a sofa, etc., did more discussions of where the furniture will go, promised to actually take pictures of the home on Tuesday when we drop off the escrow check, rather than being so overwhelmed with the place it got totally spaced!  ........ (oops).... watched more TV, checked weather reports, read my son's latest funny T-shirt ("I paused my game to be here"), discussed needing to turn in more paperwork to the park management to get approved there....

"Busy day! Yep. sure was! (yawwnnnnn)"

 

I could try to claim we took a nap somewhere in the middle or even after all that, but it would be a lie. Even bedtime proved as frustrating as most nights recently, with all the needed plans and appointments required for a state change (doctors, car stuff like dealing with a recent recall, licenses, insurance, voting registration, address notifications, etc.) floating around in our heads. We're just too wired these days. It'll settle down, eventually, but likely not until we're moved AND unpacked.

 

I'll let you know.