{"id":3217,"date":"2014-04-30T04:52:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T04:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2014-04-30T04:52:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T04:52:52","slug":"visit-and-procrastinating-packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/30\/visit-and-procrastinating-packing\/","title":{"rendered":"visit and procrastinating packing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are still last minute packing for our trip tomorrow. We are going to get up at 5:30 am tomorrow, so I am hurrying.<\/p>\n

This morning I was supposed to clean the house in preparation for the trip to California tomorrow, but I noticed all the library books I need to return that I haven’t read to the girls. An hour of frantic reading ensued, thus bumping my cleaning plans until…well, actually, they never materialized. The house is still a mess.<\/p>\n

But we had a great middle of the day. Jan, George, Chelsea, Olivia, Carter and Camden came over for lunch, and after we all went to the zoo. Jan’s phone took better pictures than mine, so I’m stealing her pics and inserting them here:<\/p>\n

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Lydia had another tea party with Olivia that involved probably a gallon of water. I was impressed at how carefully they must have carried their little bowls and cups of water to the bedroom because when I discovered them, the vessels were all filled to the brim. George held Lydia’s hand and showed her all the animals at the zoo–and she fell in love! She kept asking me where George was and would go stick up her hand to hold his. It was sweet.<\/p>\n

Mary climbed over a railing in front of the snake display and fell on top of her head smack dab on the concrete floor. I may or may not have sworn so loudly that heads turned. We decided shortly thereafter it was probably time to head home.<\/p>\n

Seeing Chelsea always makes me wonder why we are not moving to Orem. It is so nice to see someone you’ve known for a long time. I always feel like these visits are more like family reunions than friend meet-ups.<\/p>\n

Then I came home and tried to pack, but mostly I lay on various pieces of furniture stressed out about how much I had to do. I heard Charity Lang, the fictional character in\u00a0Crossing to Safety<\/em> say to me, “Do something! Don’t just sit around and\u00a0gawp<\/em>.” Sorry, Charity. I gawped today. And when Abe came home, I straight out napped. Now we’re paying for it, and as soon as I hit publish it will be back to the packing grindstone.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I probably won’t blog while we’re in California. I might if Auntie Geri’s computer is free, but if not, I’ll blog again on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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