What Was I Thinking? Was I Thinking?

Friday is my one and only day to myself. After all the years of not even getting to use the bathroom alone I feel I have earned it. Mommies, you know. The kids freak out if you actually go in there and close the door. Friday after I fed and did a bit of cleaning for the old Auntie I had dreamed of me in the library or me at Hastings drinking a latte and browsing though the books. Everything involved myself alone with lots of books.Maybe coming home and roasting some of those chilis I am letting sit too long. But as fate would have it I ran into my son Joey(dad to Gage) and Gage begged to come with grandma deb. I was so close to the library I could smell the print on the pages. And then I told the little guy yes. It would have been easy to say "no Grandma is busy" or some such truth. It felt selfish and indulgent. Besides, those blue eyes looking into mine and waiting to hear me say yes left me no choice. Saturday would be my day. Joe didn't have to work and Cady was at her sisters house. We could sleep in. Phone rings at 8 and my son Billy reminded me that this morning was his son Jaylons soccer game that I wanted to attend. I don't see my grandson Jaylon as often as I do the other guys so Joe and I thought we would try to make an effort to get closer. Plus, those little guys play their hearts out and you gotta be there and support them. Even Grandpa Billy(ex) came with video camera in hand and I love that he finally got into computers and digital cameras so I am not the only one taking pictures all the time. Jaylon played hard and his team won. We went to breakfast with Billy and Robin(my daughter in law) and the kids. A friend of Robins was getting married last evening and Robin had asked me to make the card box for the gift cards.It came out nice. Then Robin asked me yesterday at breakfast if I would come over to the hall and help decorate the head table. I got a crash course in decorating from some old pros who helped me decorate the church for Joey and Jessies wedding last Feb.We spent 2 days and worked till we dropped on that. gee being asked made me feel special so naturally I said yes. It's just one table. Robin bought the last 2 spools of red tule,(yes, I think I spelled it wrong)in town. When we got to the hall it looked lovely. We had been at a wedding the week before and it was near 100 degrees in that hall and it was so pitiful looking. They had put all their effort into the food and seemed to have forgotten about much else. Well, it was also a bit strange that the bride had chosen Dallas Cowboys colors and used it as her theme.But it was her day. I was happy to see that they had done a nice job making it look festive and clean. Worked for 2 hours decorating and then came home. Told Robin I would keep the baby so she could have fun. Baby woke up naturally and got scared and couldn't be calmed. Since the wedding was to start at 5 and it was 5:20 I thought they would be about finished. Called my son who was there and catering this thing for them for free.Wedding had not started and he grabbed Robin from her seat and she ran to my house(4 minutes away) to grab baby and run. Billy calls and says hurry, they are on hold till she returns. Shit!Baby screaming. I throw on a pretty top with my sandals and capris and jump into the drivers seat and she is in back calming baby. My son is on the phone with Robin as we drive giving her a play by play of whats going on and telling us to hurry.We run in back door and they start. As I ran out the door I grabbed my camera to take pics of my son and his friend in their chef coats as this is their first side job catering.Seems the bride and groom had not thought about pictures and people are taking their wedding photos with cell phones.Oh, there was 1 disposable camera. Well, I ended up taking what pics I could. Oh, did I mention I don't know the bride and groom. Bride works with Cady at vets office and is friend of Robin as Robin also worked for vet until the whole Linda Blair thing. Food was great I was proud. Billys friend got call from wife, kid emergency . People were finished eating and it was clean up time. I told him to go and Joe ran me over an old shirt and I helped my son clean and wash dishes. My son does not approve of drinking so I sneaked some boones farm into a glass of punch and washed and worked and it wasn't too bad. Woke up at 5 am today with back ache from so much time on cement floors. All in all it wasn't the week-end I planned for myself but it was different and I did love helping Billy. He is very busy and I don't get to see him as much as I would like. Going to church now. Hope nothing crazy happens today. I sure wish there was an extra day on the week-end. Tomorrow it starts all over and gee whizz, oh, i forgot to mention that it was a cowboy wedding. Jaylon was ring boy.