Weekend Scenes
As much as I miss the days when my kids were little, I have to admit I love the freedom I have now on the weekends. For any of you juggling kids and a job (not to mention housework and all the other obligations we have) just know that IT’S ALL TEMPORARY. My weekends still include some obligations, but this past weekend was fairly typical for me in the stage of life I’m in. To begin with… I work on Saturday mornings. BLARG! But it’s only 9-1, and then the rest of the day is mine. On this Saturday, I came home from work, ate lunch, and then drove my daughter to the flute section “Friendsgiving.” This was the event she was dubious about but felt obligated to attend, and of course it turned out fine. She avoided the girls she doesn’t like and made the best of it. They made bracelets… …ate pizza, and then it turned out that almost everyone brought a dessert. She said they all ended up feeling ill, ha ha. While she was gone, I had a delightful afternoon watching football and reading blogs. I had a furry friend to keep me company. My husband was working all day and evening, and my daughter ate (ahem) at the Friendsgiving, so I was free to just throw together a quick tofu scramble for my dinner. My daughter spent most of the evening in her room, practicing and talking to friends. I puttered around, getting things ready for the next day and went to bed by 10:30 BECAUSE… Sunday morning I got up at 5:30 am for my long run. Sometimes I wonder what normal people do on their days off? I got out to the trail as soon as it was light, and had an incredible 18 mile run. So incredible I’m going to do a whole post on it soon. When I returned home, I found that my daughter was up (sometimes she sleeps REALLY late on the weekends) and my husband had put together her breakfast. Hooray! I heated up my own breakfast (leftover pumpkin pancakes from a few weeks ago) and I don’t know what came over me, but I drank my tea from this: Usually I’m a stickler for waiting until Black Friday to pull out the Christmas mugs, but well… rules are made to be broken, right? After I ate I did some errands- the library… …the grocery store, and I stopped at Starbucks to get my daughter an iced gingerbread latte. Then home for more football watching and blog reading! It was a sad weekend because the Dolphins didn’t play, so I watched the Tampa Bay game. I started to get really sleepy, so I put my head back and just let myself drift off to sleep. I LOVE spontaneous naps like that! Once again I had a furry companion. Funny how Sundays will turn on you. One moment you’re napping on the couch, and the next thing you know it’s time to start dinner, and throw in a load of laundry, and tomorrow is work and school… bleh. I made skillet enchiladas from Vegan Richa for dinner, and it was tasty! We have enough left over for tomorrow’s dinner too, which makes me very happy. Sunday night is all about prepping for the morning- lunch box, finishing laundry, cleaning the kitchen. SIGH! But the weekend was rejuvenating, so I feel ready to face the week again. How was your weekend? Were you able to relax? Header photo by Hansjörg Keller on Unsplash