Short Week

Hm..so i guess it's time to quit ranting and get back to my ponderings on life...or at least, bet back to the daily grind and leave the editorials to the professionals. :)

So this weekend was a great one! It was truly the first weekend in FOREVER that I've had the time to just take the weekend as it comes, just pick & choose what I'm in the mood to do and just do that--nothing really scheduled, just takin it easy. I had Friday off from work, and instead of sleeping in and taking it easy (i am my mother's daughter, after all) :) I planned a bagillion things to do...what started out as being a great trail run with my friend Jason ended up being a short sprint and then a walk through the woods as he pointed out the different trees & how to identify them. Pretty interesting stuff! I really enjoyed that, actually...unfortunately i'm not the quickest learner and only remembered 2 trees--a locust tree--those things have HUGE thorns on them! ouch!--and a shag bark hickory...(did i get that right J? probly not...sorry...)
After that the rest of the day actually continued on at a nice leisurely pace. I met Beau & Leslie back at my place for lunch (mmm...thai...) and then after my dr appt i met up with work friends for happy hour. woohoo! Happy hour actually lasted 7 hours...some of us ended up going out afterwards although we were wise enough to head home before the bars closed.

Saturday I headed down to Leslie's mom's house to help her & leslie out with some yard work. It has been so long since I had a yard to work in, i actually miss out on all that stuff! We raked leaves, cleaned out & repaired some of the gutters, and washed windows. After that, we ordered bbq & had apple pie & chocolate ice cream for dessert, and lounged around working on our knitting, sewing and watching law and order. Is that a great day or what?! Sunday morning we got up and had breakfast, watched the chiefs gameday show, and then i headed home. It was such a pretty day--the forecast was for 'abundand sunshine'--i spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning my car inside & out. I figured, there wont be many of these days left, better take advantage! All in all, a pretty good weekend i think!

I'm off work for the next couple of days and sooo looking forward to it! As part of my benefits I get 2 days off a year with pay to volunteer, and cant think of a better way to spend the middle of my week...i'm working tomorrow with the american cancer society, and then wednesday with the american stroke association. Both causes are very near & dear to my heart...I wish I was able to spend all my time devoted to volunteering! I'll take pictures from both days & post them on the blog later this week. Something to look forward to! :)