A Dining Table Means Everything
So, I just moved to a new apartment with my wife and daughter. One of the new acquisitions within the move was a dining table my wife bought off of Facebook marketplace. She wanted one so bad and asked me if we could get one. I didn't care personally, I didn't think a dining table made much of a difference when we had a whole couch for sitting area.
It got there on our move in day, and on that first morning in our new apartment, I made breakfast for my family, a simple dish my daughter excitedly calls "cheesy eggies", and my wife made coffee for her and I. I sat down with my wife and my daughter climbed up onto her seat, and that's when it hit me.
I pretty much grew up most of my life never seeing a dining table being used to eat at. My family and I growing up had basically always eaten on the couch in front of the TV, watching a show and yapping. Sometimes there was a little tray we'd have, but not much else. Dining tables were always reserved for big family gatherings or to play board games on.
But now I'm sitting here in the morning with my family eating breakfast and we're just there with each other, no screens, no other distraction. That's something I didn't think I was missing. It's such a small thing, but basically just being able to sit with my family and enjoy a simple moment of peace on a Sunday morning just means everything.
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as of writing this...
I moved to my new apartment on Saturday, I basically was on my feet moving and then unpacking for 13 hours straight. I'm still tired, but we are almost fully moved in. I think my cats are happier. We basically had to segregate them to the downstairs living area because my MIL upstairs didn't like having cats around. So this move allowed us all to be around each other again. It's just nice because now I can set my own rules in the house again. I'm heading to the liquor store to buy the first bottle of wine I've bought in over 2 years (my MIL has a huge problem with alcohol because of her dad) to celebrate us moving in.