One Day Vacation

I didn't forget to post yesterday.

I promise, that isn't what happened:

I woke myself early,

downed some black coffee, 

and sleepily

walked out to the car

where the family was waiting

with cookies, and Snapple, and 

"let's get there as fast as we can"s 

We drove down through Maryland

and West VA too

until 11:40 something, when we saw

EMU

Then the rest of the day was warm breeze

and kissed cheeks,

playing games with the Eshlemans,

eating a feast,

and then eating again,

climbing bunk beds,

dying eggs,

watching Friends,

and goodbyes

at the end of the day.

I promised myself that my eyes wouldn't close

as we set out to drive through the darkness

toward home,

but just three songs in to our stormy night travels

my eyes changed their mind

and somehow,

here I am

at 10 in the morning 

with no post yesterday,

and my hair in a ball

and too much work for one day.

You could say that I lost,

and I guess that that's true,

but I think that days off 

are important too.