living the dream with J is so much more delightful than without him. so many stories in the past four months i've already forgotten... but this morning, snagged him at 9 to go to breakfast and play around. when i got there they were all just getting up since it'd been a late one the night before with the fireworks and all that jazz. so he was sleepy! he sat on my lap awhile and then when and got dressed all by himself, said goodbye to mama bear and papa bear and we were off. well... almost ;) right before i pulled away he remembered he hadn't given mama a goodbye hug so we get unbuckled and back out and he hugged his mama and we left for real.
but breakfast? no. he changed his mind and wanted a cheeseburger and fries so it was over to burgerville to fulfill that desire since they have organic beef and sweet potato fries and organic strawberry milkshakes. mmm. i even ate the bun which is the first gluten i've had in months - ever since i found out how sick i was and did all the allergy tests. i'm sorta itchy as a result, and won't indulge again anytime soon, but the time had come to have a little reward.
we left burgerville with three balloons and headed to music millennium where i bought the new t.p. cd mojo (which is sorta disappointing but i knew that from the gate) and i gave young J a tour of my old stompin ground. he liked it because there were so many rooms and stairs to explore. after mm we went to the skateboard park at glenhaven park where J was enormously impressed by the skaters (even tho they weren't all that good compared to a certain longboarder who shall not be named). J, who's mister urban extrovert now, introduced himself to another youngster, probably age 7 or so, and asked him if he wanted to play some baseball with the gear he'd brought along. the youngster said sure! after one more loop and by golly after that loop he came over and said "okay let's play!" then he said to me: but it will only be for a little while, which it was.
J took it all in stride though when the fellow went back to skating and when it started to rain a bit and i said we'd have to go, J remembered the kid's name, and hollered out a goodbye.
good days, summertime in the city.
see you next time,
love.