The Daily Hailey

We are back. The drive felt long, but we are officially settled back in our own home, anticipating a night in our own bed. Such. Comfort.

The best I can say for todays post is to encourage you to anticipate a photo post coming soon. Tomorrow maybe. Some might think a photo post would be easier than writing and therefore a more favorable option for an evening such as this one, but since my phone is new and my laptop is old, they cannot do the whole iCloud thing that makes it super easy to have my iPhone pictures go directly to my laptop. And I don’t have the energy to email them individually to myself. So another day it will be.

On our way home, we made a quick pit stop in Saskatoon to pick up milk, since ours would be all expired by the time we got home. Walmart was where I discovered just how tired I am. I happily volunteered to run in on my own and buy two jugs of milk. I barely made it from the cooler to the tills at the front of the store. The cashier was nice enough to double bag each milk jug so I could carry them more easily. From the till to the doors, I actually had to stop once and set everything down and stretch my arms. By the time I made it to the car, my arms were dead. I couldn’t lift them to open the door. THAT is how tired I am.

As hospitable as everyone was, and as fun as the days were, and as good as the food was, I felt sick almost all weekend and we had rough nights. Our poor bodies, haha!

After hours in the car, we were finally on the familiar trek towards home. As we were driving through the valley over the river, Dekker burst out laughing. Completely on his own. I thought he was possibly just so very finished that he lost it completely. He giggled for a while, then relaxed. When we pulled into our driveway, he was laughing again. Keep in mind, he did not nap on the trip today. So he wouldn’t normally be a very happy camper. But he was jabbering and laughing and exclaiming all over the place. He laughed hysterically the entire walk from the driveway to the house, was SUPER impatient when we struggled with the keys in the dark, and gasped and celebrated when we got inside. Someone clearly was very happy to be home 🙂 I wonder if he laughed in the valley when he saw the lights from the bridge and knew he was close to home…

After only one brief but wild exhaustion meltdown, the boy is in bed and a bubble bath awaits my aching body. Pictures and a few more details (I’m sure) to follow tomorrow. Good night everyone! Hears hoping I have one too!