After four years of nonstop work and study, I almost forgot what it’s like to just relax. But today, I’m getting plenty of practice.
Despite my best efforts to help out around the house, everyone has been insistent that taking care of Asher should be my only concern and focus this week. When I volunteered to help Lolli and Tess prep sloppy joes for lunch, they shooed me out of the kitchen, insisting that I should go check on Asher’s leg again, or see how his head is feeling. It’s like they don’t want me to leave his side.
And for the most part, I haven’t. Asher and I have passed the morning and the better part of the afternoon lounging in the backyard, only getting out of our lawn chairs to move them when we’re no longer in the shade. We’ve done so much sitting around today, that my chai
