weekending

 

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's post. Did you do anything fun this weekend? Mine was pretty low key, with the exception of Friday, the day I had been dreading because of the fact that it was my 28th wedding anniversary and I'm in the process of getting a divorce. Now you know why I was dreading that day, but thanks to flexible plans and good friends, the whole day was beautiful, and enough about that D word.

I got the day started by working for about a half hour. I had to go in that morning to get the weekly deposit ready, and then I did a few things in the bookstore before leaving again. I had some banking things to do for my personal life and did that while I sat in the parking lot of my next stop. From the church, I'd driven to a local antique store here in my town that has a tea room in the back. It was my first time there, and the owner is from England, so this was a proper tea! My friend Marcia met me there, but look how pretty it is! Marcia showed up with these beautiful flowers for me, is that not the sweetest? 

We ordered chicken salad sandwiches, black tea, and scones. I love this tea pot! 

It was the sweetest lunch. I came home for a little while after lunch, then left again around 4 to work for about another hour to get the store ready for Sunday morning. They laid new carpet in there this week, so things were all over the place; dealing with that on Friday afternoon was preferable to dealing with all of that at 7:30 Sunday morning. I went to Marilyn's house after work, then we had dinner at Chick Fil A and went to a music fest here in Memphis called Mempho. 

I had an outfit change first.

(Please note the fan that we kept sharing!🤣) The weather felt great! Even if music fests aren't my thing, I'm glad we did t his together and that I can say that I went and did something new and out of my ordinary. We left before the main attraction came on stage, but we didn't mind, since we had a hike back to Marilyn's car. 🤣 We ended the night with a Crumbl cookie stop for me and Chick Fil A drinks for us both. 

I spent Saturday morning cleaning and washing my bedding and changing sides of the bed. Exciting stuff, right? I did get dressed and left the house to go to John Mark's Christmas open house, and look who I got to meet for the first time:

John Mark, the unicorn himself! I love him and may have fan-girled a tiny bit. We gushed about favorite authors and Instagram accounts for a few minutes, then I unashamedly asked him for a picture. I could be his mom, but he's a doll. His southern accent is so charming! The store looked beautiful, but I was just there to look this time. 

I was home that night, and at church bright and early Sunday morning. I stayed home all of Sunday after church and took a nap. In between these things, I also watched tv, and talked on the phone a whole lot. What did you do that you loved this weekend? I'd love to hear from you! I have some significant things coming up this week, possibly, so if you'd like to pray for me in these things, they wouldn't be wasted on me. Thanks in advance, and also, thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all!

Jenn 🖤