Monday, October 16th
I could not have asked for a better weekend! I love when we go south for the weekend because we get to see our friends and family, but it is SO nice to just stay home every once and a while. On Saturday morning we woke up and Clint went to donate plasma for the first time. Despite my telling him it isn't that big of a deal, he wasn't looking forward to it. Turns out, everything that could go wrong, did go wrong with him and he was gone for 4 hours, when it only should've taken 2. Poor guy. I don't think he'll be wanting to donate again. Oh well, at least he gave it a shot.
After lunch, we all headed to the pumpkin patch. It was great! I don't remember the last time I went to a pumpkin patch, and it was so much fun to see the little kids enjoying themselves, smell the apple cider brewing, and feeling the fall air. Colby had a blast, which made it even more enjoyable. We ran into a guy from Clint's work and his family, as well as our doctor and his family. It kinda made me feel like we actually know people up here!
After the pumpkin patch, we went home and I made my extremely tasty chicken noodle soup. (The secret ingredient is ginger. Shhh!) Actually it isn't my recipe, since I found it online, but I'm taking credit for it anyway, so there. We capped off our wonderful day with hot soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. The perfect fall meal.
Clint and I finished The DaVinci Code on Saturday night, and we were pleased. It was really good, and it didn't leave us hanging at all! I went out and bought Angels and Demons on Sunday, and we read a little bit of that last night.
Yesterday was one of those good 'ol lazy Sundays. I made eggs, sausage, and hash browns for breakfast, and we spent most of the day doing laundry and dishes, and watching football (of course). The Seahawks game was the highlight of the day, although things started looking bleak in the 1st half. But, the Seahawks owe their turnaround to the fact that at halftime Clint put on his lucky brown sweatshirt. After that, they started doing awesome! I think they should make his sweatshirt an honerary lucky charm. :o)
Today is pretty laid back. I have a couple of errands to run, and I'm going to try to donate some plasma too. I don't remember if I wrote about this before, but I'm not going to be taking Colby to the daycare anymore, which means I have to wait until Clint gets home from work before I can go. I thought the lady watching Colby in the daycare was nice, but I don't think she can pay close enough attention because there can be up to 6 kids in the room at a time and she keeps the door open. So, to ease my worry, I just won't take Colby in with me.
Excuse me for a second while I get mushy.
My life is so wonderful right now. I know that there will be times in the future where things are rough or sad and I hope that during those times I can remember how happy I am right now. I hope I can always come back around to being this happy. I have a wonderful husband who is compassionate, loving, and unselfish. I have a beautiful son who is so happy, curious, and funny I often find myself just staring at him in awe that Clint and I created him (with a little help from The Man Upstairs, of course). How much better could it get?
I think the only part of my life that I'm not happy with right now is the whole friends situation. I have so many people down south that are my friends, who I love hanging out with and talking to. But because I'm not living near them, I can't be as good of friends as I'd like to be. I can't just call any of them up and say, "Hey, I'm bored, wanna take the kids and go for a walk?" or "Hey, I have some money burning a whole in my pocket, wanna go to the mall?" I have to schedule in advance what I want to do with them, because I'm only in town for a couple of days. Boo. At least I have friends that I can make plans with though, right?! That is definitely a good thing.
I think I would go crazy, and would drive Clint crazy if he was the only person I ever hung out with. A girl needs some other girls in her life. Sure, Clint will talk to me about girly things, but he doesn't quite grasp the concept of what I mean when I say, "Man, I have some killer cramps right now, and I think I gained 10 lbs overnight." Not that I expect him to, he's a guy after all.
Anyway, all that aside, I am very happy. It's fall, the leaves are changing, and the weather is getting cooler. I get to break out my cute warm clothes that I didn't get to wear last year because I was too fat after having Colby. I am going to get back on track exercising because I have really slacked off. I refuse to buy pants a size bigger than what I'm wearing now!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week.
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