On Being Spontaneous

Some years ago, I heard someone say, “I can be spontaneous.  Just give me a week or two’s notice.”  I totally identified with that sentiment.
But, in the past 24 hours, I’ve been quite spontaneous (for me) – and had fun doing it.
Last night, Ronnie and I had an impromptu at-home movie night after the kids were asleep.  I figured I was going to be up coughing anyway (like I have been all week), so I might as well ask him to join me and watch a movie while we cuddled on the couch.  I didn’t have to twist his arm to get him to agree. :-)  And, amazingly, when we did go to bed, I went to sleep pretty quickly and got more sleep than I have all week.
Then today, after Travis remarked that our recycling containers were getting very full, we decided on the spur of the moment to go for a drive to the recycling center to drop the stuff off.  Then we drove on to a park that Ronnie had taken the kids to earlier in the week.  It was too cold and rainy to play there, but I got to see the neat place in Katy that he found (Mary Jo Peckham Park).  Ducks, a pond with goldfish, and a place where people were allowed to let their dogs run off leash.  Even from a distance, I enjoyed watching the dogs run and run and run for all they were worth, never seeming to tire.  It looked like they were having a blast!
We headed home, stopping for a leisurely lunch at Golden Corral (spent almost 2 hours there!)  The kids were fascinated by the chocolate waterfall/fountain.  After we got home, we enjoyed watching a “family picture movie” – a video I put together with all the pictures and videos from the  month of April.  Now I have to get the other months of the year done, since they were begging for more …
All in all, it was an enjoyable, spontaneous Christmas Eve!  I’m grateful that God allowed me to set aside me usual concern for plans, schedule, what-time-is-it. and just enjoy the day as events unfolded.  And even though I'm still coughing, it was really nice to get out of the house after being stuck home all month with being sick and having sick kids.