Friday Adventure

Yesterday I woke up in a dismal mood. On Thursday we surrendered a hunk of cash to fix our dilapidated car and by Friday I had still not recovered. I wanted to go back to bed.

Yesterday JAC woke up in an entirely contradictory mood. All of his motives and desires were contradictory to my own. This quickly escalated and I yelled, delved out a spanking, called and cried to my mom and canceled our Friday adventure. We went to the grocery store instead and I tried not to cry in front of the cashier.

We both took an early nap and when I awoke I was determined to salvage part of a bad day. I fired off an angry email to Jess and loaded JAC into the car. We headed for the spray ground. This is a magical playground where water shoots from the ground. I think it should be listed as one of the greatest inventions of our century.

Of course JAC was terrified. I held him while standing in the water for half and hour before he would brave it on his own. Eventually he found some kids just his size and they chased each other through the sprinklers. We both ended up soaked but it was fun and much better than knocking heads together at home.

When Jess arrived at work he knew just what to do. He declared it was time for our annual trip to Sonic. Jess and I fell in love with Sonic while we were dating in Arizona. Unfortunately, the closest Sonic is over an hour away in heavy traffic. I was reluctant but Jess insisted it was time. As we consumed lumps of fried potatoes, smothered in cheese and washed it down with cherry flavored sugar I knew Jess was right. A trip to Sonic on a Friday night made a bad day seem a lot more like an adventure.