A few highlights from the weekend! My parents got here late Thursday night to celebrate my birthday on Friday, and we had a great time together! I’m extremely grateful for one-on-one time I get with them. There’s nothing like the undivided attention and interest from a parent.

Friday

  • Sleeping in. (Ha, after going to bed at 12:30 and being up from 4:30-6:30. I’ll be glad to get back on a normal schedule this week.)
  • Going on a walk with Dad.
  • Redeeming my birthday Starbucks drink.
  • El Famous for lunch.
  • Opening presents.
  • Bobbi stopping by to wish me a happy birthday.
  • Grilled burgers and potatoes for dinner, followed by strawberry pie Steven made.
  • Learning and playing the card game “Garbage” with Mom and Dad.

Saturday

  • Sleeping in again! Steven and I are super exhausted from the river trip. It’ll probably take us all week to recover.
  • It being our ten-year “in person” anniversary with Gina and Steve. Gina and I were blogger friends since 2006, and they were visiting Chicago on August 1, 2010. We went to the city to meet them and the rest is history!
  • Picking out a new black blazer with Mom for my interview.
  • Finally finding the Ben and Jerry’s Netflix & Chill’d Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert.
  • Lunch with everyone (Steven and Dad worked on Dragonstone while Mom and I were out all day).
  • Finding an antique shop and some garage sales for Mom. Not my thing but she loved it and I was just happy to spend time together!
  • Pasta Alfredo for dinner.
  • Garbage with Steven, Mom, and Dad. There were lots of laughs and accusations of cheating.

Sunday

  • A bike ride with Dad.
  • A yummy homemade breakfast.
  • Hanging out and lunch on River Time.
  • Taking way too long of a nap after Mom and Dad left. 4:40-6:45! The cats woke me up to feed them – otherwise I probably would have slept through the night!

Lowlights

  • All the bug bites. Something happened in Illinois when we were gone that caused the mosquitoes to come out in full force and I’m a swollen mess from so many bites!