mental health day

i took a mental health day yesterday. i called in sick and stayed home with daddy and baby. we took a nap in the family bed, ran errands, went for a walk and played in the park. it was nice to not be at work and try to collect myself as i was really shaken by Brently's death. we all knew it was going to happen, but it is still horrible when it does. now as for the park, Rigby is just not ready for that just yet. she was fine on the swing (one that had the footie holes in it so you are contained in the swing. she kind of liked that. but as for the slide, that was disastrous. the 1st one we went down, was Rigby on mom's lap, OK but obviously the slide was not made for mommy sided legs. so we thought maybe we could push/drop Rigby down the tube slide. that way she could not fall out she would just go 'down.' well that is not how it worked. her thighs were sticking to the plastic so she was not sliding. and by that point mommy was at the top of the slide pushing and daddy at the bottom ready to catch. well mommy tried to lay Rigby back and push her down the slide further so maybe she would not stick if she was more laying on her butt, well that did not really work. next thing i know i am hanging on to the top of the slide with my tippy-tippy toes and cracking up laughing holding Rigby and screaming for daddy to crawl up the slide and get her because she was not 'sliding' and i was going to fall and potentially push her out ahead of me, and i did not want her hurt. daddy was able to finally get up high enough in the tube to get her before i slid down and landed on my face. i was laughing so hard i almost wet myself. i guess we are not ready for the slide just yet...or next time we will have to wear pants and socks so we can "slide" better. ha ha