The Perfection of Yesterday

Yesterday couldn't have been better.

I went to church.

I went out to Naperville and surprised my parents with a visit.

All four of us went to my grandma's and brought her a pie.

We watched the Cubs game and teased my dad for being so petulant. He would leave the room every time things got intense, and even when they won, he still wasn't happy. His comment was that they should have done better. Grandma then told us stories about our grandpa and great-grandpa's love for the Cubs. Apparently my great-grandpa, who was a pastor, used to sneak out of church functions to listen to games.

I attempted to climb the tree in my grandma's front yard and discovered that I have no upper body strength.

I played the piano. I sucked because I haven't played in a really long time, but it felt so good.

My mom gave me a bouquet of lilacs from the yard, and now my apartment smells heavenly.

My dad gave me one of many boxes of my old books for me to sort out.

I got dinner from Noodles.

What could be better? It was so nice to spend the day with my family yesterday.

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