A few highlights from the weekend!

Thursday

• Getting a massage. Wow, I really needed it. I scheduled my next one for June!
• Walking after my massage and running into a friend at the preserve I haven’t seen in a few years. We had a nice time catching up. And I caught nostalgic feels for when I use to live over there and run in that places with that crew. What is with me lately?
• Trying a new restaurant (City Works) with Steven for dinner.  The food was really good and they had quite a few vegetarian and vegan options, yay!

Friday

• Seeing an amazing sunrise.
• Lying in bed watching Reels.
• Breakfast sandwiches.
• A hot run followed by a cold chai.
• Finding a rock on my run. That was 7 days in a row of finding one during my workout! (And I found one Saturday and Sunday too, so I am up to 9 days!)
• Putting ribbon in the wreath Mom made and hanging it up. Ha, my handiwork doesn’t look that great, but whatever.
• Everything about going to Sip & Purr Cat Café with Rachel. First, the owner and employees were so excited about my rock donation and fawned over all of them and made me feel so good! I was on such a high! Then the time in the cat lounge was amazing. Petting and playing with chill cats (+ 3 kittens?!) for an hour?! Amazing. I felt a bit overstimulated by how fabulous it was. Oh, and I had a latte and I don’t drink coffee so there’s that (but it tasted good!).
• Buying a bunch of fun Sip & Purr merchandise.
• Trying Dead Bird Brewery (a strange name for a vegan brewery!) with Rachel. We ordered drinks and apps and sat on the patio and had such a fulfilling conversation. I really enjoyed our time together and felt so happy during our date and on my way home. And until I went to bed and the alcohol hit my stomach. Ha.
• Talking to Mom on the drive home.
• Playing with the cats with the new toys I got them at Sip & Purr.
• Getting a rock order/commission from my second cousin.

Saturday

• My new Shitterfly notebook arriving. And $1 Shitterfly magnets! I had my order ready to go!
• A walk with Bobbi.
• Working on painting some oars for Gina.
• A lazy afternoon with Steven (watching a bad movie – Friends with Kids, womp).
• A nap with the cats.
• A yummy dinner – herby pasta, broccoli, and vegan “steak.” And we watched another bad movie – Those Who Wish Me Dead.

Sunday

• Getting a longer run in.
• Mom calling me to tell me my favorite candle scent (Warm Apple Pie, aka WAP) is in stock at Bath & Body Works! I thought they only sold it in the fall but they branded it for summer. Yay!
• Getting a lot of weeding done. I actually enjoy weeding… even though the weeds grow back in the next week.
• An Instagram friend receiving the rock I painted of her cats and really loving it.
• Successfully painting the rock commission – it was for dogs, which I don’t paint often!

Lowlights

• Horrible idiotic traffic Thursday night. I went with Steven to pick his car back up from servicing during rush hour, and cones were being put up forcing five lines right before a highway split into two lanes. Just… what the heck.
• My Stich Fix being a bust.
• Getting paint on my new Sip & Purr shirt the first day I wore it. I’ve never gotten paint on my clothes before! Oops!
• Receiving another Shitterfly package, but having it be empty. Oops! They will resend the item.
• Accidentally seeing a horrific animal abuse story Sunday night right before bed that made me feel extremely upset.