Entry Eighteen: Dreams

I am woken up by Lucy, my fawn and black colored Great Dane, who has decided to bound on my side of the king sized bed and lick my face mercilessly. The sun streams in through the huge window at the other end of our master suite. I love summer vacations. My husband left for work about an hour ago, but not before leaving me a post it note saying that he loved me and would see me tonight at sand volleyball; which we play with a few other couples every Friday night. I get up and go across the hall to check on the kids, knowing I should let them sleep a little longer before waking them up. We will go visit my parents and swim in their neighborhood pool, despite the fact we have our own in our backyard. I love getting to see my parents regularly and so do the boys, probably because they are spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa Barnes. I wake up and eat a bowl of cereal and let Lucy outside. After I've taken care of somethings around the house, I go outside and sit on one of the chaise lounges and read my book occasionally throwing the ball to Luce. I laugh as she runs across our freshly mowed grass; her long legs striding as though she is a horse in the Kentucky Derby. I hear a commotion upstairs and I know the boys are up. "Better go inside and get breakfast ready!" I say to Lucy and she runs inside insisting on getting to the kitchen before me. Sleepily they shuffle into the kitchen and ask if we are still going to "Grams and Pops'" today. "As soon as you eat breakfast and get your trunks on" I say. The scarf down a bowl of Lucky Charms and race upstairs to be the first one ready. Twenty minutes later we load up the SUV and drive the twenty minutes to my parents. When we pull in, my mom is already outside watering her plants saying that she has been waiting for us to show up! As we walk inside my mom hands me a big glass of iced tea as we head to the pool for the rest of the day. . .