I’m feeling better this morning. The weekend was more restorative than I expected. On Saturday we didn’t do much but I did get in a long run. It was very windy and very foggy but I appreciated getting out.
On Sunday my husband planned a hike down on the peninsula (after I had a panic attack about dreading the weekend). It ended up being very near where I work (and where my parents still live) but I had never been before. Luckily, down there the weather is always much nicer than in the city.
My kids bitched for much of the first half of the hike, but their attitudes improved for the second half. It was definitely nice to get outside and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Of course we wore masks, but we were able to keep them off for much of the hike. We only put them on when we passed another group.
At the end we saw a cat. A cat who was on a hike (off leash) with its owners. As a self proclaimed crazy cat family, this was the perfect ending to our outing.
So very glad. Hopefully you can all go there again soon. In nature and not lots of people can be so restorative.
The children fussing and griping and being difficult fades over time … but it is hard while it goes on. Glad the second half was easier. On a repeat trip they might handle the first part with greater ease too. Or who knows. Predicting children is always such a gamble!
Keep breathing and stay healthy please. It is just hard. And harder on top of all the rest of what is happening. Your pictures helped a great deal. Thank you for writing.
Great to hear that the weekend went better than you expected! And that was nice that your husband planned the hike on Sunday and that it was somewhere new. (I like getting out to new places to hike as well while my husband will suggest we just go down the road we live on for the 5,000th time, sigh…)