Sad and Rainy Day

Yesterday was a high, and today was kind of a low.  My parents went back to Ohio, and that's always rough.  Living so far apart has been hard, and this is probably going to be one of the longest stretches yet before seeing them again.

As sad as it is to say "see you later," I'm always glad that it's hard because that means we love them and that we've had lots of fun together.

We dropped Jake off at preschool on the way to the Oakland Airport, and afterwards McKenna and I cried on the way home and drowned our sorrows with Chick-fil-a ice cream.

I was pretty worried about the kids not doing well with swim lessons, but to my pleasant surprise, both of them had a great first day.  They jumped right in, and McKenna even went under water a few times, despite being determined not to- although it wasn't on purpose 😳😂 Jake got wet up to his nose, and I'm holding out hope that by the end of the 8 lessons that he'll go under water.  That might be too lofty of a goal, though.  He managed to make it through 10 lessons last summer without going under, aside from the teacher forcing him under the first day.  I guess we'll see- fingers crossed!

Many tears were shed, it rained and was cold, and getting back to our normal routine was hard, but we made it through.  And although there were hard moments, there were good ones too.