April 1, 2011- April Fool's Day?

   It's now 12:35 am on April 2nd, and I just realized that today was April Fool's Day, and I didn't even know it.  For me, it was Saturday, April 2nd all day as I e-mailed people back at work where it is April 2nd, and the time that my body is apparently still on because otherwise, I wouldn't be so wide awake right now. So, what did I do today besides sleep in until 10:30 am after going to bed around 11 pm and operating all day on the 31st (stateside time) on about 4 and 1/2 hours of sleep from the 30th?  I caught up with my parents, chatting like there was no tomorrow about anything and everything...they are probably exhausted from my ramblings, but would deny that if I asked them right now because they are my parents and love me.  I guess I'll never know for sure how they feel about that one until my boys are 36 and rambling to catch up with me years from now, and I feel the same thing my parents felt today while listening to me and trying to get a word in edgewise. And I went shopping with them...to the Sam's Club store, to the Apple store, and to one of my favorite places, Barnes and Noble book store.  I can spend literally hours in there or any bookstore for that matter, and thank goodness, so can my parents and even my kids when they are with me.  I just don't see myself ever getting tired of going to bookstores, even when I come back to living within a convenient distance to them again.  I simple get lost in books like nothing else. It was a good day, but I couldn't help thinking about my fiance and children and what they would say, think, do, like, or dislike about anything and everything we were doing and the places we were going. They are an intrinsic part of me now, just as much as my parents were when I was a child or writing has been to me ever since that 6th grade teacher turned me on to journaling.  I miss them terribly when they are not with me, and life is simply not as exciting, funny, or joyful without them.  No offense to my parents. I did have a wonderful time with them, but they have their own separate lives far, far away from mine as my own boys will have from me someday, but for now, the lives of my children, my fiance, and me are all still very intertwined, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Miss you guys and can't wait until we are all together again in a few weeks! :)