time well spent

if you were to walk in my bedroom right now and read the calendar on the wall you would say that today, on the 24th of august, i attended a job fair. my track record for sticking to things that i write on my calendar is pretty darn good...but today, i did not attend that job fair. i didn't make small talk for hours in hopes of landing a part-time job as a ticket-scanner or perhaps a concession stand worker for the upcoming hurricanes hockey season. nope. completely blew it off. let me tell you what i did instead.
8:30... i awake, well-rested but still a bit groggy, and start chatting with my sister beside me. we analyze some late-night text messages that i received and watch some dumb cat videos on youtube.
8:45...my grandma peeks her adorable self into the room and plops onto the bed with us.
8:48...my mom follows suit. it's a grown-up slumber party.
8:55...we've decided that we are all going to get ready quickly and go somewhere for breakfast.
9:50...dad returns home from coaching. the gang heads out in separate cars.
10:00-11:30...coffee, scones, muffins, and the morning paper at one of our favorite spots.
11:30...i leave with my sister for home, then we go for a run at a nearby trail.
2:30...head out in the car again for my brother's place.
3:00-7:30...kick-it with the family poolside...dad's barbecued chicken and salad for dinner. dad gets in the pool and decides to re-enact the fireworks show that is put on nightly at the epcot center at disney world. we are embarrassed but can't help but laugh hysterically.
8:00...drive my grandma home and talk to her about things that i'm guessing few 22 year-old's get the chance to talk about with their 83 year-old, newly-widowed grandmothers.
8:35 (right now)...unemployment has its perks.