Family Excitement for a Friday Night
November 30, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
There was a time in my life when Friday meant a few drinks with friends and an evening out on the town. It was fun while it lasted, lots of fun, but now that I have children the weekend means something different.
It is only noon here in Germany, but I am already excited about Friday night with my family. I’m not excited just because the Christmas Market in the town where we live starts tonight.
No, but Christmas Markets are fun too.
We have a new Friday night routine. After a quick dinner of fish sticks, mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli, we go swimming in nearby Dreieich.
I am not sure if I am more excited about swimming on “warm water day” or the fact that we’re now doing something the way my family did (although not every week) when I was a child.
I can already taste the delicious fish sticks!
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