My favorite time of day
I kept humming this silly kids show song all day. It is from the show ?Bear in a Big Blue House? or something like that. The funny thing is I don?t even know the words. I keep going ?da da da da da da da da big blue house?. The show is about this bear, a person in a large bear outfit, who lives in a house with other animals and lives in a town with all animals. What would be fun is if they added a little Animal Farm element to the show. Maybe have the house and community as an undercurrent of reality in a real farm and have the animals revolt, while singing fun songs and dancing, against the farmer and his workers.
Anyway, I watch this show sometimes in the morning because my daughter wakes up, rungs down the hall, and gets into bed. I turn on the TV and the show is what is usually playing early in the morning before I have to get up and get ready. I was explaining to a colleague, who heard me humming the tune, that this particular part of my morning when Emily comes into bed is one of my favorite times of day. She lies in bed next to me, or at my feet, and watches the TV while talking to me about her dress, what she wants to eat, and sometimes we just lay there. Whether she is sweet or in a sour mood, it is great to spend that time with her. It?s strange that that part of the day is my favorite since most people hate the phase of waking up and starting their process to go to work. So that got me thinking about what other part of the day I really like. I think it?s the time of day after the kids go to sleep and before we have dinner. Usually my wife and I sit in the living room or kitchen and talk, have a glass of wine, read the paper or plan something on the computer. It?s a nice break in the day.
So then I got to thinking about what other parts of the day someone would say is their favorite. Not many. If you live a life like mine, in an office, there really are not a lot of choices. The commute to work sucks. The morning kind of stinks. Lunch is eaten while sitting in front of my laptop or in a meeting. The afternoon is like the morning except the day is warmer. The commute home sucks because it?s like running underwater, I sit in traffic and cannot wait the get home. I guess for some people the moment you get into bed is nice because people read or watch TV and fall asleep, but not for me. I like it enough, but it usually means it?s the end of the day and another day looms ahead. Unless it?s Friday, another day of work. So that brings me to my favorite time of week. Because a work day and a weekend day are completely different. Weekends are not as routine as weekdays. It?s hard to say what my favorite time of ?weekend? day would be is tough because it all depends on what is planned. So I think my favorite time of the week is Saturday late afternoon. By then we are usually home and done with errand or activities. I usually have most things on my to-do list checked off. And I have another day off coming up, so I can relax and enjoy the night. The best is in the summer when it?s really hot out, we are in the backyard, there are cold beers in a cooler and the BBQ is going. The sun sets late, we are wearing shorts and T-shirts, the grass is freshly cut, and baseball is on the radio. Good times.