Monday, October 17, 2011

Your Perfect Day

I've been thinking a lot lately about having the perfect day. I think I'd like to have one soon. Yeah.


And it's hard to think of this because you could really go all crazy when I say "perfect" and jet off to Italy with Johnny Depp while wearing a size 6 dress. I mean....some people might consider that a perfect day. And then others might limit it too much, like strictly base the perfect day realistically on a small income (this writer) and limited time (this writer).

So I want to find the gray and the perfect day. Assuming you have just a moderate amount of money, taking into consideration that there are only about 16-20 waking hours in this day, and you don't gain any special talents or lose massive amounts of weight (or whatever your TRUE fantasy might be)....what would be your perfect day??

This proved harder that I thought because there are so many things I enjoy doing, and there aren't enough hours in the day to fit them all in! I'd like to walk through Manhattan with my mom, that would be as close to perfect as you could get. I'd want to sit on the couch with Asha and Einav and drink and laugh like 5 year olds until we couldn't breath. I'd want to spend the entire day in my pajamas with Hanna and Chip, eating junk and playing games, never leaving the house. I'd want to be at the Paddock all night, nestled in between all my GG Fam with no drunken people spilling their drinks on me while Bryen and his brothers sing The Used.

This is HARD! But I think a perfect day is in order. So I have to plan it. Realistically.

Obviously perfect is used loosely here because if perfect were real, I'd be spending the day with KTL. But realistically, here is my perfect day:

I'd wake up with no alarm and feel completely rested just as the sun is coming up. Hanna and I would go to Miss Shirley's (no line??) and I'd eat that breakfast sandwich with the fried green tomatoes on it. Then I'd drop Han off and I'd go get an iced coffee from dunkin' donuts with no sugar and extra cream then head to Ukazoo. I'd spend 1-2 hours there and buy enough books to fill my shopping bag all the way up!

I'd go home and drop off the books and Chip and I would take a walk at the Gunpowder, because it would be fall and 65 degrees and gorgeous outside. We'd walk slow and leisurely, we'd try to guess what some of the trees and birds and bugs we saw were and then we'd say we should have brought Dad or Uncle Jody and we'd laugh. We'd skip rocks.

We'd get back to the car and Chip would say that he's taking me out for a late lunch. I can't tell you where we go because I don't know. I don't decide. He just takes me there. And wherever it is, I love it  :)

We take the long way home and he lets me be dj for the drive. I think I probably play some Journey because I'm feeling extra smitten.

We pick Han up and we go to my parents house. My parents and Eric and Becki and JP and Neen and Mary Jo and Kellie are there. We play Apples to Apples and Catch Phrase and Mad Gab. We eat together. It doesn't matter what but I think maybe either some vermouth grilled chicken and ratatouille or possibly Thai carryout. And then Han goes upstairs to pass out because she's tired and this is the perfect day and we (ALL OF US), smoke a J.

Perfect. Day.

What's yours??

4 comments:

  1. This isn't really what you were asking, but a perfect day would include a day where I am totally carefree. Nature is a place I can go and feel free from everything that's on my mind. One in particular place that is somewhere between realistic and unrealistic would be Zion National Park in Utah. The beauty of this place blows my mind. From its orange colored rocks, the virgin rivers path it takes up the Narrows, and when the moon goes below the rocks at night, the stars light up like you wouldn't believe. Corny yes but I felt so small in comparison to what was around me. Mary Lou and I would hang out, play some Mario, and laugh till our stomach muscles hurt and sore the next day. I'd want to have a family dinner, where we talk about things that most families save for after they are eating....It needs more work but I'm getting close to what my perfect day would be.

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  2. Everyday is my perfect day. It's the smile on Mikey's face when he gets home from school to see I've made his favorite dinner. It's Brady's laughter when I tickle his feet. And the soft kiss on my cheek from Matt when he walks in the door after a long day at work. While we occasionally share extraordinary moments like a walk through Central Park in the Springtime or a visit to Weber's Farm in Autumn, I prefer moments such as tucking my boys into bed at night. And there are those times when Matt & I argue over who's going to watch what on TV, or Mikey & I are battling through homework, or Brady & I are butting heads as he continues to try to get into things he shouldn't, but there is nothing more perfect than watching my babies peacefully sleeping in their beds at night. It's the little things that make each day of my life perfect!

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