Ok, so in the grand scheme of things, this is pretty low on the list, but still a good sign. My sunglasses were threatening to break. As anyone who knows me knows, I go through sunglasses about a pair a year (including one pair that lasted less than 6 weeks). So when my most recent pair reached a year and a half and I noticed one of the lenses was about to pop out, this saddened me on many levels. First, I actually like this pair (the last pair I bought I really didn’t like). Second, it’s an investment that I don’t want to make right now. Third, the lenses are actually glass, so if it did pop out, it would shatter into a bazillion pieces. So, I was very sad.

I explained this to MM. I was busy doing something today and noticed the kettle was on. I wondered why, since, well, the high today is supposed to be in the 90s, and we usually argue about how the house is too hot for him. He explained he was going to steam the plastic frame to make it more flexible to pop the lens back in. As I watched, I thought how great it was that he just fixed it for me. Without being asked/cajoled/nagged etc.

Like I said, on the grand scheme of things, not enormous. But really nice to have someone to take care of the little things.

(I wrote this yesterday, but didn’t post it… assume I’m talking about yesterday.)

Today, since both Chatterer’s and BoaM’s schools were closed I took them to the zoo. Of course, to get there by 10:30 am or so, after a stop at my office (must show off the cute kids before they reach that strange age between 9 and 13 when, from what I’ve seen and remember, all children are awkward and not very attractive), the goal was to leave the house around 8:30. It was a good and noble goal. We were even close to on time… getting out of the house around 8:45. After arriving at my office, Chatterer wanted to meet “the boys and girls that you work with, Mommy.” There is something really satisfying about showing up and having Chatterer want to shake hands with everyone when he meets them.

So, on to the zoo. We had to park a ways away, but this is a good thing (anything that runs energy out of Chatterer is a good thing.) Chatterer insisted on reading the map and the first thing he found that he could identify was a flamingo, so off we went. Sadly, the otters that Chatterer really wanted to see were on vacation. But we saw tigers, anteaters, kangaroos, emus, zebras, giraffes, parrots, tortoises (2 varieties!) and red panda bears, among other animals. After about 2 hours, Chatterer was ready to go home, after we stopped at the gift shop to buy a present for BoaM (small stuffed lion) and Chatterer (small stuffed otter to go with the “mommy” otter he had at home). We also ate lunch at the zoo (prepacked from home) and had a good time chatting about which animals do what and where they’re from.

BoaM slept for about 35 minutes on the way home (he was out cold before we were on the freeway (about 4 minutes after the car started moving)) but neither of them took naps in the afternoon.  Which made for a rather quiet evening as both of them were fast asleep.

All in all, a good day.  No tragedies, no meltdowns (even when I explained to Chatterer that we couldn’t go on the zoo train because there was no where to leave the stroller) and a fun time was had by all.