That left a mark

We went out tonight. Not a big night out. Just away. We went to Penney's. Elaina is having a birthday party tomorrow - her first. Betsy bought her a cute outfit and so did we. We went to Kroger's because their Vitamin Water was only half off. I think I have around 40 bottles now. I feel quenched all ready. We were driving down Wisner when I noticed what time it was. A little after eight. It hit me. We don't have to worry about being home by 8:30 to get dad ready for bed.
It made my heart hurt. I miss him so much. Going throughout my day I feel okay. It's still hard to believe he's gone and not coming back. As we came down the hill tonight I had to force myself to look at his place and see that there were no lights on. Sometimes when we were going to be late we would call him and ring once. He would head into his room and get things going. Teeth out, bed lowered, shirt unbuttoned. We were going to bring a pizza from Andy's but I just couldn't do it without dad. That was his favorite. Tomorrow morning is Saturday. Get him up, dressed and ask him if he would like something from McDonald's. Always a sausage biscuit, small coffee with one cream. He smiled. It always made him happy and he would thank us for having breakfast with him. Those are the things I miss the most. The simple every day things.