Picnic

The nice weather was totally calling to me today. Fate stepped in and helped out a little. At around 1:00, Ryan texted me and told me that the power went out at his company. I crossed my fingers that it would stay out and that he'd get to leave early. It worked! He came home super early today and spent the afternoon with me. I was laying on the bed with Ryan when a thought popped into my head. He asked for popcorn chicken for dinner, so I thought maybe I'd get up and make dinner, then we could go on a picnic. I've really been wanting to have a picnic lately. So that's what we did! We were driving around randomly the other day and noticed that there are a lot of parks by our house. We picked one right across the way from a municipal airport, and enjoyed eating our popcorn chicken while we watched the tiny planes take off. The weather was SO amazing! It was 81 degrees, but it felt cool, a little bit of cloud coverage, and a slight breeze. Perfect! We parked ourselves under a big tree, in a nice patch of shade. I made the mistake of laying on my back, so when my sciatic freaked out and I couldn't get up, Ryan and I sat there and laughed hysterically while he made fun of me for being like a turtle on its back. We definitely need to make picnics a habit.

My first time making Jan's popcorn chicken. I thought they were delicious, especially with honey mustard.

He was in Heaven! Popcorn chicken, cookies, and a beautiful day.

(Day 354)