Days 16 and 17: Be Still, My Kick Drum Heart

Counting minnows and wading in the river with my daughter. Now that's real "bucket list" kind of stuff, my friends.

First, yesterday I got home too late to bother writing a blog. Was in surgery from about 7:15 am until 8:30 pm. With an hour drive, shower and desperate need for food, I didn't get to bed until 10:30 and was pretty wiped out, but in a good way. The kind of tired where you feel like you earned your sleep at night.

Today was no exception, except that my third case of the day got cancelled and I got to come home an hour early after covering the OR First Line Sup for about an hour while she was in a meeting.

So today, Elizabeth went out with a friend for dinner, the boys went with a friend to concert in the park which left Maeve and I foot loose and fancy free. I've been promising her a date for a while but work has kept me from getting to take her out.

So I asked what she wanted to do. Her answer, "Taco Bell and go to the river."

I had just the spot. It's a gorgeous park that apparently no one knows about because no one is ever there. It was a warm night with a light up-river breeze. So we counted minnows, skipped rocks, walked barefoot through the aquatic fauna, followed deer tracks into the woods, collected feathers and except for snapping a completely adorable picture of my little adventurer, the phone was off for the duration of my evening.

We got in the car on the way home and she asked to listen to Avett Brothers song "Kick Drum Heart" because we both know all the words and like to sing it really loud in the car with the windows rolled down. So yeah, my night was perfect.

Fill your time with stuff that actually matters, live in the moment and consumerism somehow just loses it's grip on your life.