A Great Day

Wow! I had a wonderful day! I forgot how much I enjoyed being with Christopher. I woke up around 10 and tried to get him up and moving. I wasn't very successful, so I went back to sleep. When I woke up again, it was 1pm. I didn't want to waste all my time sleeping, so I made him get up and going. We went to Fazzolis for lunch, then headed out to Fort Christmas. It wasn't hard to find, and the drive was beautiful. I could easily live up here. There are still a lot of trees and country places. Fort Christmas was real neat. It was a fort that was started on Christmas day before the Seminole Indian war. It had a lot of old stuff from that time period through the early 1900s. They had some of the old Florida cracker style houses that we walked through. It was a beautiful day. Not too hot, with a little breeze. We walked all around and just talked. It was nice to just be able to relax. On the way back, I was talking about how nice it was around there with the trees and wildlife and Christopher didn't think there could be much wildlife left, with all the fences around. I told him that there were probably foxes, deer, boar and a lot of other animals. He didn't believe me. Just about that time, we passed the body of a deer that had been hit by a car! He should always trust his mother. Through all of our talking, I realized just how lonely my son was up here. He is happier in Orlando than he would be in Fort Myers, but he was very lonely. I hope that in time, that will change. Orlando is a much better environment for someone young than where he was, but it would have been easier on him if someone that he was close to had come up here with him. If things had been different, I would have come up here. I guess that's a regret I'll have to live with. The rest of our day flew by. We went to Target to get some supplies. Some sweats and a blanket were needed if I was going to get any sleep in the icebox that Christopher calls his room. We went back to his room, got showers, caught up on reading e-mail and blogs, then went out to Olive Garden for dinner. The dinner was okay, but the company was outstanding. When we got back, we did some things to our cars. Christopher took off his old steering wheel cover and put on his new one. I washed my windows and then Rain-Xed them. After all this, I still had homework to do. I might have put it off until Wednesday except for the fact that I have a test on that chapter on Monday. Oh well. It took a while, but I finally finished the three sections. I have to say, it came in handy at one point to have a math guru nearby. I need to get some sleep, since I plan on getting up at a decent time tomorrow. Christopher is too, whether he wants to or not! I have to leave town by 12:30 or 1, so if we're going out to restock supplies, we need to get moving at a reasonable hour. Maybe 9:30 or 10? Why do I have the feeling that I'm going to have a battle when I wake up? Guess that would be because I know my son. Have a great night everyone (I guess that means you, James and maybe Liz?).