You know what is a SERIOUS pleasure? A friend who reads this tweet:
There are so many things I’m supposed to be doing now that I’m just paralyzed. Can’t pick a place to begin!
and decides that the perfect solution is to blow off responsibilities and head to the zoo. And then pops over while you’re still in your jammies and talks you into it.
Even though we went when Atti was supposed to be napping, and just after getting a shot at the doctors, he came through like a trooper. He loved every minute, and I got a ton of snuggles. He finally conked out at the very end as we walked through the butterfly jungle, so I carried him, asleep and sweaty, through this magical garden packed with butterflies floating right next to you and landing on your shoulder.
Cynthia was dead right. The answer to too much to do? Escape to the zoo.