Why did I wait so long?

Truth be told, I looked and never even tried, the Dreamweaver "chairs" at Summerfest. They were incredibly interesting to me and very tempting, but I was afraid to even sit in one. And for some reason I decided this was the year. I was not only going to try it, I was going to buy one!

And four times on Friday I went to their booth to buy one. And four times they weren't there.

I had decided the fates were just against me and it wasn't my year after all when I suddenly had time on my hands when they scheduled my Saturday afternoon shift due to heavy rain. And I went to Summerfest in the pouring rain with no umbrella just for my chair. And they were almost completely packed down, but happily unpacked enough that I could get what it was I wanted.

I had studied the website in preparing for Summerfest (http://www.dreamweavershammocks.com/) and had considered colors. I was psyched to buy and did so without ever trying the product. I also put off putting it up - since the hooks were already installed, a five minute project - until Sunday. Perhaps I still felt slight trepidation at sitting in a woven chair.

This is the best thing I have done for myself in ages! My boys are fighting me for time in the chair. After sitting for hours in a broken bus seat last night, which caused me extreme pain from my waist to my ankles, I came home and sat in the chair in the dark with the cool breezes blowing on me, and I relaxed.

And I slept better than I have in ages without the leg cramps and problems I usually have at night. Interesting!

That's the best Father's day present I ever gave myself, even if I am the Mom!