A few highlights from the weekend!
My parents and one of my nephews visited this weekend and we had a super fun time that left me EXHAUSTED. Ha. I am not used to late nights! And it didn’t help that I had a dr appointment on Monday and a crazy work schedule Tuesday. Just a few more days until the long weekend…
Friday
- My family arriving.
- El Famous for dinner.
- Starting a huge puzzle we had no hopes of finishing while they were here. Ha ha ha. Thomas loves puzzles and he picked out a 2,000 piece one I have on loan from Bobbi. It was fun to see everyone working on the puzzle together (I painted at the kitchen peninsula while they did).
Saturday
- A bike ride with Dad and Thomas.
- Seeing my friend Adam on my ride.
- Going to Lake Michigan with Mom and Thomas. It was a hot day but felt cool by the lake. It was fun to just sit there and listen to the waves while Thomas played in the freezing cold water.
- My new Kawaii Kitties drawing book coming and doing some of drawings with Thomas. The book has the cutest designs in it! I can’t wait to paint them all on rocks.
- More puzzle and rock painting time after dinner.
Sunday
- Another bike ride with Dad and Thomas.
- Seeing more friends on the bike ride (Pablo and Lupe).
- Fruit smoothies when we got home.
- Showing my family Steven’s new warehouse.
- Going to see F9 with my family and friends (this was the reason my parents came – to see the movie). I did a private watch party and it was really cool to have the whole theater to ourselves! Unfortunately the movie is not good, but it was entertaining, and that’s all I can ask for. And it was so fun to see all our friends and chat a bit after the movie.
- Late night burgers and more puzzle time. They were determined to get as much done as possible on it!
Monday
- An indulgent breakfast before everyone left.
Lowlights
- Going to the outlet mall midday on Saturday. What was I thinking?! I just don’t have the patience for all those people.
- An extremely loud party on another street Saturday night. I should not be able to hear your party (until almost midnight) if you live a mile away. Or at all. Ever.
- Being so damn tired from staying up so late. It didn’t help that I was in training the entire week before they came and just felt exhausted in general.
- Rain on Monday morning thwarting our plans for one last bike ride together.
Oof, sorry that F9 wasn’t good but glad it was an enjoyable experience anyway! Having an entire movie theater to your group must have been so awesome!
I haven’t been to a mall since 2019 at this point and I don’t know when I’ll have the energy to do it again! I need to make some Old Navy returns (that I ordered online) and I think I’m going to drive out of my way to go to the one that’s a standalone rather than go to the mall to return them, haha.
Having the theater to ourselves was so cool. I’d definitely like to do that again!
That’s a good plan – it will probably be less painful! I wish all stores made online ordering easy to return via mail.