weekending

 

Happy Monday, friends! This post is better late than never, right? I totally forgot to write this yesterday, and then the day got away from me. I'm also blaming the whole one less hour of sleep thing, but I digress. I hope you had a good weekend! Mine was great; here's what I did:

I love my Friday mornings! I spent some time updating some information on a website that day regarding my future, and then I finally got around to laundry and getting dressed. I had a few errands to run, but nothing major, and I was going alone. I felt the need to get out of my house, so I was glad to do this. I'll stop right there for a minute with that phrase that I needed to get out of my house. Do you all remember when I used to love to stay at home? I was such a homebody, and now I'm rarely home. Even Jonah commented about this lately and told me that I'm gone now more than he is. I find this both funny and extremely strange. It's like I'm not even the same person anymore! 

Anyway, all I needed to do was to put gas in my vehicle and then I decided to do a little shopping at Costco. 

I stopped to wash my car first, which it needed from me traveling the weekend before.

And because this is birthday week, of course I bought a birthday cake! This is Jonah's favorite cake; would you believe that as I write this, it hasn't even been opened yet? It's true! 

I woke up missing my dad Friday morning; it may have been what prompted me to get my car washed. Dad loved to do that with me on our Fridays together! I thought it was odd that this popped up on my car screen that day; it just about took me out. So, because of that and the fact that it was Friday, I decided to go visit his grave. 

I've never been a grave visitor before, but it's so peaceful there that I keep finding myself going back. He loved visiting there, and I like to go and just walk around there. I always make sure his headstone is clean, and I have observed something really neat about the Veteran's cemetery; if there's anyone there doing work on graves or the land, when someone walks up to a grave, they stop their work and retreat until you leave again. This has happened twice so far, and I think it's very respectful. 

I came home for a little while that afternoon, and left again to pick up my friend Tiffany for a dinner out. We ate at one of my favorite restaurants and had an amazing meal! I brought half of mine home; I'll eat the rest of it tomorrow night. We had the best time together just catching up and laughing ourselves silly over lots of things. I love friendships that stand the test of weird phases of life! 

My ex and I were really good friends with Tiffany and her husband Jeremy; it's good to know that we can still maintain the friendship even if one half of that foursome is about to be divorced. He is still friends with her husband, and I am sure that will continue. Things have taken such a positive turn in my life regarding my future; we've had to communicate a lot lately and we've been very friendly toward each other. I'm grateful for this, as it makes the whole ending a marriage thing so much easier. That's still weird to say, but we've agreed to always be friends and we've acknowledged that we both want nothing but good things for the both of us moving forward. 

Moving on, now...

Friday night I hung out with Jonah in his room while he attached these cool lights to the back of his TV. They're amazing! I went to bed shortly after this. 

I think I'm about to need a new coffee pot; this was what I improvised with Saturday morning: French press coffee. It was delicious! I did a few things at home, then I left with Mom for a morning out. We ate lunch at my favorite salad spot, then went into a couple of stores. 

And later on, I met my friend Andrea for dinner at a local restaurant called Huey's that I love. We had apps for dinner! It's always good to see her and catch up; too much time passes between our times of catching up. 

Sunday dawned bright and early! My sweet friend (who acts very fatherly toward me) insisted on changing the time on this big clock that hangs in the bookstore for me, even though I insisted that I could do it Tuesday when I got to work. I love kind gestures!

Jonah carried my new mirror upstairs for me, and I promptly put it to good use. Chloe had fun staring at herself! 

And then I wrapped up the day with my Marilyn! We enjoyed a bonfire and proceeded to laugh our heads off at the silliest of things. I love her friendship and am so grateful for the moments that God gives us together! We now know a scary amount of information about each other and are friends for life, because we'll take some things with us to the grave. She's stuck with me forever! She's one who I don't hold back with at all, just because of our life similarities. 

Isn't God sweet to give us each other as friends? We're so much more than just that these days, honestly. She feels like a sister! 

What did you do this weekend? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog today, friends. Love to all!