Back to Reality

So my four day weekend was wonderful! Wednesday (as you know from being an avid reader of my blogging) Sherlock and I went home to see the parents. Thursday I got up way too early to go and hang out at Mom's school for part of the day. It was nice to see a different perspective on how a school can be, and I definitely know I want to be in a small-town school versus the city-district-school I am in now... but there are always positives and negatives to each situation. Still an interesting day though. Sherlock spent the day playing stick with his Frost (aka my dad) and napping in the sun. After school I came home with Mums and then took a very nice long nap. It was nice to just hang out with the parents for the evening (and do free laundry!)

Friday I got up late, ate Mommy-breakfast, and then meandered my way home. It was another beautiful day, so the pooper and I stopped off to dip our toes/paws in the creek and look at the pretty leaves falling on the water. When I got home I fed the Fat Kitty (as he was adamant that he was starving, even though he had plenty of food while I was gone) and then took another nap. I love naps :) Friday evening I hung out in my pjs, cleaned up paperwork stuff, and was in general... lazy.

Saturday I stayed in bed (other than getting up to let Sherlock out and feed the kitty) until 11. Sherlock and Fat Kitty both got to snuggle on the bed, so they were pretty happy with that situation. Then after a nice chat with the brother, I got up and went for a long hike with the pups. The weather couldn't decide if it wanted to rain or not, but we didn't mind... and the occasional rain made the fall leaves smell nice and fally :) I got back just in time to jump in the shower and then headed over to Marci's for dinner. We had lots of fun! I got to play with her two-year old and she got some adult-time so everyone was thrilled :) After the toddler went to sleep we tried out their new backyard-fire-pit and chatted until we got sleepy.

Sunday, I figured I should get up early to make getting up early on Monday easier.... but then I rolled over and went back to sleep :) I was up by nine and got everything else around the house cleaned up and organized. Then Marci called me and we decided to go see "The Lucky Ones." It would make a much better book than a movie, but it wasn't awful (you just don't need to go see it)... but the funnest part was just hanging out with my friend who makes me laugh :) For example - styling her hair by sticking her head out the window while we were driving down the interstate. Oh boy :) Then the pooperdog and I went for another nice hike (a bit shorter as I was sore from Saturday) and he swam lots. We met a family of dogs that included two newfoundlands, one st. bernard, a german shepard, and a black lab. They were hilarious -- it was like a herd of dogs!!

So overall, the weekend was fun and very relaxing. But of course getting up at 5:30 this morning sucked. It was fun to go see the kiddos, but being in class for 3 hours this afternoon sucked too... and of course the four chapters of homework tonight is also on the list of "not so much fun." Oh well. Such is the first day back after vacation :)