Just another week in the Goers' house...we saw a new movie, had four teeth removed, and I was on a Zoom with a former First Lady. No big deal, just another ordinary week. Ha!
G and I are ticking through our summer movie list. Toy Story 5 was next on our list. The plot was incredibly good at tugging at your heartstrings...all about children growing up and moving on in their lives. I loved it for that reason. G loved it because it inspired him to come home and play with toys in his room. He's at that age where kids start to phase out of playing with toys, but he's just not quite there yet. And I am a-ok with that! Being an adult isn't always fun, so I want him to stay a bit child-like for as long as he wants to.
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On Friday morning, Arya had her wisdom teeth removed. Everything went incredibly well, surgery-wise. She currently has some swelling (to be expected), but her pain isn't too bad. Hooray! She was tough to manage during recovery, though. While the teenage boy in the next recovery room was talking about seeing the Michael Jackson movie, and how awful it was not to be able to eat popcorn for a month, my adult daughter was crying because she wanted to play Roblox. I was extra mean because I wouldn't give her the phone (the nurse advised me to wait until she was further out of recovery because the screen could make her feel nauseated.) This went on for at least 30 minutes...big tears, poking her tongue with her fingers, a sad, pouty face, telling me she wanted Dots in her belly, and then getting so excited when she learned she could have ice cream. Like, this is a life-changing level of excitement. It had its funny moments, but the most important thing was to try to keep her calm. And yes, she was eventually able to play Roblox when we headed home. Glad that's done and out of the way!
G is up north this weekend, living his best life, at a cabin weekend for a friend's birthday. Lucky guy! They've been playing online games, swimming in the lake, and exploring parts of MN and WI that he's never been to before. He's having a blast!
I also took him to our neighborhood pool earlier this week... he loves diving for the toys at the bottom. And apparently shooting water blasters at me.
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As for me...well, I was on a call this week with Jill Biden, and it was amazing. What a fantastic woman, with so much care and compassion in her heart. It gives me great hope that there are good people out there, and maybe we'll be okay in the end.
I took my dad out for a Father's Day dinner last Saturday night. I am so incredibly grateful that we have the opportunity to spend time together. There are life-changing moments, beyond ice cream, that shape the way one looks at things. I will never, ever take for granted that my parents are both still alive, and live close enough that we can see them on a regular basis.
We also celebrated Scott last weekend, with a great steak dinner (he grilled it) and time spent together as a family. This is such a good time of year to slow down, appreciate the warmer weather, and take a beat to spend time with friends and family. Soak it all in!
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