Appreciating the little things

Living on Two Dollars Per Day @ UMW

It is only the night before the project and it already has me appreciating quite a few things that I have taken for granted in my daily routine. All day long I have been thinking the last espresso based drink, the last bit of ice, the last use of the car (except for work), the last dinner not of beans, and the last Q-tip (Actually, I did not even get to enjoy that since Kyra – my wife - took last few on her trip to St. Louis this weekend.). Indeed, I have had Dillon all weekend long by myself (a first time flying solo with this parenthood stuff). And, all weekend long, Dillon has been getting up early – 6:30 am on Saturday and 6:15 this morning. It has been a long weekend. I have him all the way through noon tomorrow. Yet, all I can think about is please get up early again tomorrow so that we can get to Starbucks before 7 am (when the project begins). I hope he gets up early tomorrow.