Weekend Withdrawals

Hey you.

I'm so sorry that this winter has already taken all the fun out of snow for you.  I'm sure it's annoying as hell by now. Hopefully it'll take a turn for the better soon....although all I see in the forecast is bad news.

I'm beat from a terrific weekend - far too much alcohol, not enough sleep, too much food, just the right amount of laughter.  We really did have fun, doing nothing in particular.  Friday night the kids stayed in and we barbecued steaks, followed by card games and .... ummm... yeah, I drank that much I can't remember what else. M and I dinked around Saturday at Marshalls and Target while the boys went to Jack's baseball camp and toured the fire district.  Saturday night we had a great dinner at Toscanos, but we were a little wiped out from the night before and didn't make it much past ten.  They took off early yesterday as D had to work, but we promised to not let so much time go by between visits.  I think we have a ballgame planned in March already and we're putting together a trip to Pullman to visit B&J later in the spring.  Good times.

Today was Monday.  Glad it's over.

I have a bunch of ironing to catch up on and spent too much time this afternoon trying to balance my bank book, since I'm so mathematically challenged.   I wanted to check in and say hello, though, and to say I'm sorry about the birthday weekend.  Was it horrible for J, too, or did the tension convention go over his head and he was allowed to celebrate well? Sucks for you.

This week there's not much on the books. This weekend is the dreaded Annual Fire Dept. Awards Banquet, which will be one of the Top Three Things I Don't Miss About Being Married to a Firefighter when J retires. God I hate it.  Alas, the good wife will be gracious, and at least I get to sit with E and L (our friends who were over for dinner a couple of weeks ago) since this will be their first year.  I've already coached L on how painful it is, so at least we'll get a good laugh or two, I'm hoping.  Mostly, the outfits that the young wives/girlfriends come up with are entertainment alone.

I hope your weekend to Boston goes off without a hitch...maybe the best you could hope for is that you get snowed in THERE and can't get home :)

Have a great week and stay warm,
Love you,
A