A few highlights from the weekend!

Friday

• Two people telling me they heard my “I am the Drive” spot.
• Hanging out with Gina, Steve, Luca, and their dog Ginger at their place in Guttenberg, Iowa.
• Going on a beautiful sunset walk in nice cool weather.
• Getting another rock commission.
• The adorable pictures the cat sitter, Jessie, gets of our cats. How does she do it?!

Saturday

• Having time in the morning to work on that rock commission  – it was for a birthday tomorrow!
• Going to the Guttenberg Farmers Market. It was hopping! We got lots of goodies to try. And I saw a guy wearing a cat shirt that said “Pew Pew Pew” on it, and that made me laugh since we call Starbuck “Pew Pew” (and yes… I told him that).
• Hiding one of the painted rocks my friend from Germany sent. Someone found it right away and re-hid it, then Gina found it later! Funny!
• A golf cart ride on Christina and Will’s new golf cart.
• My nephew William giving me a big hug each time he saw me.
• Giving my snis a rock I painted her, and Snis giving me some cute little chairs she picked up for me, and some candy, and a porcelain cat.
• Grilling lunch and eating outside in the warm sun. We had perfect weather the entire time we were in Guttenberg.
• Taking a much needed nap. Lowlight – waking up feeling drunk because I was so exhausted (I hadn’t drank anything!).
• Hiding rocks that I brought with Steven, Christina, Luca, and William.
• My friend Dave2 posting about the cat rocks I painted him on Facebook and getting interest for another commission.
• A yummy enchilada dinner.

Sunday

• A walk with Dad.
• Going on a golf cart ride and seeing a plane land on Abel Island (perfect timing!), then playing at the park.
• Getting to see my maternal grandmother.
• Having one-on-one time to chat with Gina while the boys were at the golf range.
• Dinner at my snister’s with her family and Mom and Dad. We had lots of guac and drinks, ate walking tacos, then went on a golf cart ride, and came back and watched a bit of a movie (Steven loved the kids sitting with him to watch). There were lots of jokes, fun conversation, signing up for RAGBRAI (whuuuuuuuuuuut?!?!?!?!), and a beautiful sunset.
• Giving my mom her early birthday present.

Monday

• Ugh, Monday was a lost cause because I woke up with a major headache and didn’t feel good until we left to go home. I wasted our last day. I think I will take a break from drinking for a while (I had three drinks Sunday and tired to stay hydrated but my body just doesn’t like alcohol).
• Steven driving the entire way home.
• Getting home and having a new toy in the mail for the cats from TacoCat Creations.

• Seeing a deer by the new trees in the yard.
• Doing laundry and putting away my stuff. I love unpacking.

Lowlights

• The way Wisconsin does their construction – setting up cones for miles and miles of construction even though they’re only working on a small section at a time. Gah, this makes me bonkers.
• My knee starting to hurt Saturday am. Womp.
• Spending most of Monday am in bed and not being able to enjoy our grilled burger lunch because I felt like I was going to throw up.