What a day!

We had a wonderful day. My husband's 20th reunion was last night and we went with our friends J and S. It was a lot of fun! I guess my friend S doesn't know I quit drinking because she was trying to give me a sangria last night (who the hell drinks sangria lol?). Her sister in law is one of my closest friends and she knows, but I gues she hasn't told anyone. I just said no thanks and had water and soda. It was fine! No-one even noticed really. One of my husband's friends did clink glasses with me and tried to see what it was (water) and looked at me like, "Why aren't you drinking?" I ignored it and quickly enough she was back to her beer. lol

Then, today, we got up late (my kids were at my mom's) and cleaned up the house, mowed the lawn, etc. My kids got home and we had our son clean the pool (this is GREAT - he is old enough to actually, truly, really help. All for $5 a week - it is like slave labor!).

My husband's friends from out of town came over and then we all went over to J and S's house for a party. We are friends with all of J and S's siblings and they were all there along with their 10 kids (kids ranging from 3 - 12). This is their annual birthday party - they have one big party in the summer for all the cousins (instead of having a million birthday parties through the year). So, we had a ball. My kids love playing with all of them, and they are now old enough to do their own thing a bit more. I don't have to follow them around. It is AWESOME. Hell, they even could swim without us in the pool (an adult was always in the pool area). It was great.

We had a wiffle ball game of kids vs. adults. It was so much fun. When I was drinking I wouldn't have played. Now, I don't mind making myself look silly - I know I am not drunk and won't do something stupid. Then, after most people left, and the thunderstorm started, I sat inside with my friends and they drank wine and I drank soda and we gossiped while the kids played in the basement.

Now we are home and kids are in bed and we ordered pizza and wings and are going to watch tv together.

It was a perfect day.