A Friday In October

Beautiful day filled with moments of love, family, and connection and understanding the simple yet profound moments that make life meaningful.

Wednesday we had a hurricane hit us here in Central Florida. My family is fine and there is no damage to our home. Thursday was another dark and rainy day and everything was closed and gas stations had no gas. Friday everything is back open and it is a cool sunny day with blue skies.

Friday Begins

I start my Friday off with my wife waking me and my daughter up telling us we have a doctor’s appointment to go to and we have an hour to get ready and arrive.

I start packing up the diaper bag, get everyone’s shoes, and water bottles, while my wife feeds my one year old breakfast. They both get dressed quickly and we head out.

The doctor’s visit is a regular check up on my 6 month pregnant wife. My daughter is an angel as we wait in the lobby and sit quietly and patiently. I hold her on my lap and tickle her and say funny jokes to her and my wife does too.

My wife’s name is called and we all head back to room number three and we wait. We waited about 30 min before the doctor came and in that time I put on my daughters favorite movie “Ponyo”.

Once the doctor came in my daughter stopped watching and looked right at the doctor and got down from the chair and walked towards her. The doctor was surprised and thought she was so cute.

The doctor asked if she can help her hear the baby’s heartbeat. We of course said yes and our daughter held my wife’s hand in one hand and held the box that heard the baby’s heartbeat in the other and listened to her future baby brother’s heartbeat.

It was a magical moment to say the least. It was a moment that I captured in my mind and will never let go.

Once the appointment is over I call my dad and he tells me to meet him at work (I work for my dad’s painting business) at an apartment complex about 45 min away. I said alright.

We drive away and I know that my wife is hungry and my daughter is in the back eating the lunch my wife packed for her. So I thought to myself why not treat my wife and daughter and we stopped at Chick fil a.

We usually eat all our meals at home and eat out occasionally during the week. We tend to spend our money on pastries, tea, and coffee when we go out but every now and then it is fun to eat out.

I drop them off at home, get dressed, tell my mom what happened at the appointment, say goodbye to everyone and head out.

As I make my drive I put on a playlist with all my favorite songs, and I think to myself “I have so many memories here, so many unforgettable moments”. This thought brings waves of emotions.

I arrive at the apartment complex and we finish the job in about 2 hours and head home.

Driving back my brother comes with me (he also works with us) and we play the music he likes to listen to and discuss what it means to him.

Home Time

We arrive home and my daughter wakes up from her nap and wants to play with Sophie (our female french bulldog).

After she is done playing she wants to go outside on the back patio. My parents back patio is paved and has a large Tiki Bar in the back and my daughter has two slides, water toys, and other kids toys so she loves going outside.

My brother turns on music and plays songs she likes and she starts dancing. She grabs each one of our hands (me, my wife, brother, mom, and dad) and pulls us to make a circle and she goes in the middle. She then begins to tell us all to clap while she is dancing.

Her music taste is a strange one and she picks these songs herself from hearing all the different kinds of music that is played throughout the house all day.

Some of the songs are “Thriller by Michael Jackson”, “Bunny Suit by Sematary & Ghost Mountain”, “This is Halloween from Nightmare Before Christmas”, and “Danza Kuduro by Don Omar”.

She is singing the words the best she can and running in circles and stopping to dance. She stops and looks at me and gives me a smile and I give her a funny face and roar and say I am a monster and she cracks up.

After that me and her went down the slide over and over for about 20 minutes and she would say “Dada come upstairs and slide”.

After that my wife cooked up her dinner and me and my daughter watched “Out of the box” , an old disney learning show I used to watch when I was little and she loved it.

After she ate her food I asked my wife if she wanted to go to our favorite icecream shop. She said yes.

I told my parents, and my brother and everyone said they are coming.

I called up a family friend who lives down the street and asked him if he would like to get some with us and he said he is working right now and doesnt think he will get off in time.

I texted him later and said we are leaving now if you think you can make it, and in that instance he called me and said I can leave straight from work and meet you guys. I said are you sure you aren’t tired? He said don’t worry I have to go because who knows when we all can get another chance to be together.

We Meet at the Ice Cream Shop

He meets us at the ice cream shop and it is full of people. The moon is out and everyone is having a great time. We gave my daughter her own small ice cream cone and she loved it.

The ice cream shop is right next to a trail and there are a few lights out so you can walk on it. Me and my wife take my daughter up the small hill and we see a cat come out of the trees.

My daughter is amazed (she loves cats) and starts yelling out Kitty Kat come! She makes her way after it and I pick her up and tell her it’s okay the cat is going home.

She then starts telling other kids and adults that she doesn’t know that the kitty kat went home. The kids looked worried and the adults were laughing.

My daughter then grabs our family friend’s hand (he is 6 ‘4) and pulls him up the small hill to tell him that the kitty kat went home. She was worried about this kitty kat.

Then I look over and at the restaurant next to us there is outdoor seating and the cat is on top of the tables eating the leftovers. I showed my daughter and said the cat is eating a hamburger and my daughter gave a big smile and started cracking up!

We talked with our family friend for a while and then headed home.

We finish the night with some burgers and fries. All of us talking, laughing, and enjoying each other’s company.

Reflection

Days like this remind me that life is all about relationships.

No matter what you are going through, or what you do, what makes life bearable and memorable is the people who you surround yourself with. The people that love you.

Social Links:

Website: Whenstarsmisguideus.com

Email: Whenstarsmisguideus@yahoo.com

Stars Misguide Music: Spotify | Youtube

Instagram: @WhenStarsMisguideUs

When Stars Misguide Us

recent posts

about