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Zoo Day




 Today Luke and I got to spend the day at the zoo. It was the Kindergarten field trip to the Blank Park zoo. I can remember my special day with Jayden and Jacob when we they were in Kindergarten. We rode the bus down, ate our sack lunch, then got to freely explore the zoo. It was cool and a jacket was a must. I felt bad for the kids whose parents dressed them in shorts and a tank top. The first hour seemed to be a congested with so many people. I have never been there when it was so crowded. Later he hooked up with his buddies Joe and Alex L. to ride the train. The boys together are pretty wild and silly. They can't sit still.  At the end of the day he found his best girlfriend buddy Alex G. The zoo has a new African area with rhinos. 

 It was a very fun day and I was glad to spend it just the two of us. Things have kind of flip flopped. Last year I spent tons of time just Luke and I. Since homeschooling and Luke in full time Kindergarten, we don’t get as much time together. He is growing up right before my eyes.
After school, I met Mom near Stratford to swap Luke for Jayden for the night. The rest of the evning was shot. I made supper for the guys in the field. We had to take the meals to the field in Dayton and spent the rest of the night shuffling vehilces here and people there. Then when it was dark I hooked up the horse trailer and Jayden and I washed a horse. Every day lately has been packed to the limit. I haven’t gotten to bed before 11 once this week. I am tired and not enjoying my days. Mark went back to the field to run from 10PM until 1AM with a Salford. He will plant all day tomorrow at the Dayton place and  be compelety finished planting for the season. I can’t help but think, why not come in tonight and sleep a decent nights sleep, go to your kids events tomorrow, Luke’s soccer game, Jayden’s first serpentine, and first time running her horse Ace. We are way ahead of schedule in the field. We have the whole month of May to plant. He doesn’t think like I do. He says work first, play later. I am sure he is right, but it is hard to accept. My role is to support my husband, so I will try.

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