Days at Home

Sometimes, trips afar to Key West and California and Bear Lake fill our breaks with adventure and sweet memories

But other times, my love

we stay here at home.

Days off filled with sleeping in

eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner together

for days on end 

without interruption.

Days where it's too cold to go for a walk, so we jive to "just-dance for kids" YouTube videos for exercise

Or that day after Christmas, when we felt a surge of crazy

and went to the rec center swimming pool with our little boy

and had the time of our lives floating round the lazy river

again and again and again

and thoroughly drying off before we braved the icy cold

to get home.
Days when we organize and clean, but aren't bothered by it

because we're together.

Days of popcorn and brownies and quiche and daily games of Ticket to Ride.
Days when we dance in the kitchen,

read stories at dusk,

snuggle our way through a movie

til bedtime.
Sometimes, days at home

are the best vacation.