Who would have thought that so much could be accomplished and it could still be relaxing? The one added day I tacked on to the Memorial Day weekend made it even that much more awesome! Bear with me, because this post is probably more for me than anyone else, as it's pretty mundane what I did. However, as this is the journal of my time in the midwest with my love, then I'm adding it! Plus, it's my first vacation day! So, here it is, my staycation:
Thursday night- I left a bit early from work (5:15 instead of 6:00) because my last client didn't show. Met up with Arlo at Bootleggers for Thursday night trivia. There we had awesome half-price appetizers and cheap beer and tried to answer the questions correctly. I also tried to not go and tell on a table that was, I thought, blatantly cheating with their cellphones. Arlo tried to be the voice of reason, but I had a difficult time hearing it. Finally, I settled with just using a technique I've watched my mom hone to perfection- the stare of hatred, of saying, "I see you doing that, Asshole." I'm not proud, but at least I was able to shake it off (mostly) and enjoy the rest of the night.
Friday- Slept in, had pancakes with Arlo, and went to the doctor (I know, not fun, but it was the only appointment time I could get), mailed a present to my brother, and came home. Arlo and I packed an awesome picnic lunch and ate at the lakefront. It was a beautiful sunny day. After lunch, we flew a kite. Arlo bought a kite after the weekend at the cabin, where he tried unsuccessfully to help the kids fly one. Kevin (and others, of course), I have to say, flying a kite is a lot more fun than I thought it would be. We even flew it out of the car window for approximately 30 seconds before almost hitting the electrical wires and Arlo had to let it go. For a brief, shining moment though, awesome! After our picnic, we went to a coffee house and wrote a song together, and designed the new cat feeder coverall. As Arlo worked Friday night, I chilled, watched The Nanny Diaries (I'm not proud) and was as slug-like as possible.
Saturday- Went to work at the farm for our CSA, picking thistles for about 2 1/2 hours before the rain started. How awesome is this....on the route to our CSA is a cheese shop that puts out about 20 different cheese samples and also makes home-made icecream. We had all of the samples and split a cone. Sluggish with dairy products, Arlo chilled while I drove home. We were home for about 20 minutes and then off again! This time to the movies. We saw "I Love You, Man," which, while it dragged occasionally and was pretty predictable, made us crack up. Then, we went to Big Lots, came back home and had dinner. More TV and then sleep.
Sunday- Met Arlo's dad at Milager's, an awesome gardening store, to pick out stuff to put in his garden. Then, we went to visit Arlo's grandfather's gravesite and plant some flowers. After that, we picked up fried tacos from La Tapatia, a mainstay of Arlo's experience in Racine, and a delicacy that we will be sure to share with our next visitors, whoever they may be. After stuffing ourselves with deliciousness, it was time to garden! We planted all of the tomato plants, carrots, onions, and seeds of many varieties, and Arlo hit lumps of dirt with a plastic baseball bat. Successfully having started the garden, we headed home, or at least I did, because Arlo had to work again. That night was a relaxing night of more planting, plus laundry. Hey, I said it was productive, not exciting! :) Oh, but I did stay up until after 12 and Arlo was very proud of me when he got home from work and I was still up. Of course, I did crash about 10 minutes after he got home.
Monday- The final day of our vacation :( We started with a workout at the gym, followed by Arlo cutting his hair, bathing Marley, and cutting the lawn. I worked on a necklace for his mother's birthday, and sorted all of my spring/summer clothes. We drove down to Racine, visited Arlo's grandmother, went to Barnes and Nobles and Target, and then met his mom and Mary for dinner at The Chancery, where we had shoestring onion rings, awesome dinners, and scintillating conversation. Got home around 10:00, fell into bed and slept like crazy until the alarm went off at at 6:15.
Wow, that actually made me tired even writing all of that. It was an awesome stay-cation, and I'm looking forward to my next vacation, which is only about a week away (crazy!) to Baltimore!!!
So, tell me about your Memorial Day weekends. Anything fun?
See you soon!
P.S. I was going to add the movie of my cats eating out of their new, modified feeder, but Arlo's camera died in the middle of shooting and it seems that it didn't save any of the footage. You will have to wait just a little bit more (Andrej).
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I wish I could actually do a "staycation," as I have a habit of just packing my weekends with work...and talking to jen. I'm sure the rest of you have the same problem, right Andrei!? Can't wait to see the video. Post to Facebook, stat!
Oh, Jen..you left out the best part of the weekend, which was kibbitzing with me. You should blog next about how the car call is the copiest cop out of all time and how we ALL DO IT. All of us, that is, except Andreij, who shuns modern communication, including the commenting on of blogs.
Back on top! And it seems as though you actually read it too, I'm impressed. It's almost as though you had a sixth sense for me writing, after you and I spoke so much on Sunday. Ah, you gotta love the drive-n-talk! :)
Hilarious, we were just posting at the very SAME second! Oh Bill, I've never felt so close to you.
Oh, darling. Don't kid the audience now....I always feel as close as we were at woodstock 99
Jen, I am jealous of your weekend. And, the fact that you seem to eat out a lot but remain a solid 98 lbs.
talk to you soon!
I ate way too much at Kevin's birthday grill-off on Saturday, went to a play written by Clive Barker and then played games with G on Sunday, and went to lunch with my mom and played with the dogs I'm dogsitting on Monday. Quite a busy weekend for me, when all I really wanted to do was sleep, but it was fun.
There ya go, there's my weekend for you, as you requested. I'm the kind of blog commenter who responds to the author's questions, unlike some I could name but am far too polite to single out.
let's see, friday, i went into work @ 10am and we wrapped round midnight-ish or so....saturday, went in @ 1pm and wrapped @ 4am...sunday, i had my massage guy do a house call because his salon was closed sunday and monday for the holiday and those were my only days off (i get a massage every week that i work)...i then rode my bike around my neighborhood with a friend and stayed up to the wee hours of the morning...monday, i slept in, rode home from my friends' house, and spent the rest of the day reading...a fun weekend but too short since i had to work saturday
Glad to hear about everyone's weekend, and by "everyone," I mean Andrej and Phay. I know that Bill painted and did work, and Amanda went to church, but other than that, I'm not sure what else. Perhaps snowballs? I don't even know what others have done....
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