Going Out To Eat

19 Jan 2010

So we had a pretty hard day today. Jared spent all day at his hearing listening to people talk about how they don't think that he's a good doctor. Then, on his way home, I had to call him and tell him that his dad had quietly passed away this morning before he'd even left for work.

He felt pretty beat up and so I suggested that we all go out to eat at his favorite restaurant and just take some time to eat and relax. It took us about 30 minutes to get there and then we sat down for another 30 minute wait for our table. It was nice to have time to talk about the day but Holly started getting kind of upset as it got closer to her bedtime and then Derek stepped in a fountain and got his pants all wet. After 40 minutes of waiting it didn't look like we were any closer to getting a table and the kids had pretty much completed their transformations into hungry, whiney time bombs. Jared suggested to me that we might do better to just leave and cut our losses. Tyler was listening in and respsonded with the following:

"You know, the Cooper house is empty right now so we don't have to wait for a table and I've heard that all the food there is free. Also, while you're waiting for your food you can watch TV or play a game. Maybe we should just go there for dinner. Plus, they have my favorite food, peanutbutter and honey sandwiches."

We might not have a job in a few months, but we will always have the cutest, best kids ever!!!

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P.S. We will probably get the outcome from the hearing sometime this week or next week. We hope its this week. Thank you for your prayers.