Everything leading up to this weekend was in glorious
preparation for Ben’s side of the family to stay with us during our DC Rock ‘n’ Roll half
marathon. Acknowledging that there are some things I can control and some
things I cannot has been difficult albeit immensely freeing. I cannot control that our electrician is on
medical leave and did not wire the electric in our kitchen. This also means I
cannot help that we do not have counter tops, a dishwasher, or an oven for
entertaining the 8 of us this weekend.
Then there are things that I can control, like cleaning,
moving boxes to the side, and buying paper plates and no cook groceries. So that’s what we did. And as it turned out, no one cared about all
of the other stuff except us. Not even Benjamin & Taylor...
This dream of hosting family has been a long time in coming,
and this weekend was one of my favorites. The race is over and I’d be lying if
I said I wasn’t relieved to have 5 days/week back, but I’m so proud of what we
accomplished together.
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