Yesterday was a good day

So, thanks to the snowstorm in October, Page had to go to school yesterday, which, being Presidents' Day, is usually a holiday. Geoff, however, had the day off.

OMG. Do you know how long it's been since Geoff and I have been able to just spend time together without worrying about babysitter fees? Lord, that was nice!

So, we used part of his Christmas gift certificate to go see "The Descendents" which was a good movie, though perhaps not great. Clooney did an awesome job on establishing a understated character, and I did enjoy his and Alex's developing relationship, but... The younger daughter's problems were not really dealt with. Not to the degree that the "happy" ending warranted.

But whether the movie was good or not is actually irrelevant. We went to a movie! That wasn't about comic book characters! It's been so long, and it's something we both enjoy so much, so it was wonderful.

When we came back, we had lunch and then he gave me a marvelous, relaxing, glorious massage. Yep. *nods with wide-eyed innocence*

And after that, he spent the afternoon watching a Jeremy Brett Holmes video while I studied for today's test until it was time to pick up Page from after-school. (And Page was cheerful all day long, it seems! Yay!)

Overall, it was a truly satisfying, love- and life-affirming day.

And today is his birthday. :-)

I need to get off here and into the kitchen to see if I have time to make his cake before I have to leave for class. If not, I'll have time after class. I'll just start the next batch of yogurt instead.

So cheers! Happy Tuesday!

Aaaaaaaaand balance is restored.

Page got sent home for making kids cry by talking about bombs and shooting them and...

First kid's counselor who has an opening is getting our business, 'cause fuck waiting till April!

On the plus side, he was pretending he was a bomb defuser, so that's good, right? The shooting of classmates isn't good anyway we look at it, though...

The other, more selfish, plus side is that the call, picking up Geoff, meeting with the administration and dropping off of Geoff and Page at home only made me five minutes late to class. Where I think I did well on the test, though probably not 100% I think this teacher may have a thing against giving 100%s (just got back the homework assignments, where I got 96% and 95%, the latter being a somewhat unreasonable markdown, in my opinion.)

Ach well. Tea will be had. Birthday cake will be resisted. But at least Page is being uber sweet right now, as he always is after he's been told he's been very naughty.