Singing, Birthdays, and Relaxation

Friday:

Friday night I went to Karaoke and sang, I think, 6 songs. It was the most enjoyable karaoke I have been to yet and I have been to many great karaoke nights. I guess being involved in the singing was the big part of it. I even won the draw at the end of the night Gary was quite proud of me, as was I, that I have broken down a barrier I've had my whole life. I always refused to sing and here I was singing in public, with only me up there for people to hear. Its a feeling I can't describe to go outside of my box and do something I always swore I would never do.

Saturday:

Darrelyn's birthday went smoothly. We went to pizza delight. The children picked from the kids menu and we ordered pizza and garlic fingers for the adults. The cake was a huge hit. It had figurines of different Disney princesses, how could it not be a hit The children loved their treat bags and the balloons. As I was paying, the waitress commented that this was the quietest birthday party they've ever had and said I was lucky that the children were so well behaved. She was young and didn't understand that luck has nothing to do with it. Discipline and a caring parent has everything to do with it.

Sunday:

Sunday was a pretty quiet day. Darrelyn and I went to Sunday school and I did some cleaning. Gary and I played WoW. A nice quiet day.

Monday:

I hosted playgroup at my house yesterday. The children were all well-behaved and, other than Breanna hiding in her room for the first half, it went well. Darrelyn's homework was to color a picture for a contest. She was quite excited about this as she loves to color. Maybe I'm looking at it through rose-colored glasses, but I think she's awesome at it and would definitely have a shot at winning. Deifnitely much better than I was at that age.

Today:

Darrelyn was really hard to wake up this morning so I knew something was wrong. Usually she's up by at least 7:00 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. At 8:00 we tried to wake her up and she just didn't want to wake up. Not the grumpy kind of not wanting to. You could just tell she didn't look herself. It turns out she has a fever. I gave her some medicine and sent her back to bed. Therefore, we will be staying home today. This is probably a good thing since I have piles of laundry to do.