A few highlights from the weekend of July 29-31 and notes (below) on August 6-8!

July 29-31 was my RAGBRAI/birthday weekend!

Thursday 

  • Getting off work and knowing I had the next day and whole week off. Woo hoo!

Friday

  • Remembering to pack my bike. I’m always convinced I’m going to forget to bring my bike for RAGBRAI weekend (thankfully I never have).
  • Randomly buying a lottery ticket when we stopped to use the bathroom at a gas station. Ha. We had never filled out one before so that took a minute to figure out.
  • A decent enough drive. With some minor stupid construction in detours.
  • Being with family.
  • Going to Paper Moon (a gift ship) with my snis and Ella. I wanted to get birthday presents for a few Leos and found quite a few things!
  • Taco bar for dinner. My snis planned out all the meals and got all the groceries for the entire weekend. She is amazing!
  • Nailing down our RAGBRAI transportation plan.

Saturday

  • Riding RAGBRAI with Dad.
  • Taking a shower and chilling at our rental after.
  • Burgers for dinner at Christina’s.
  • Hanging a bit then calling it a night. I had four hours of sleep the night before and was so tired!

Sunday

  • A beautiful sunrise.
  • French toast for breakfast.
  • Our nephews helping me open my birthday presents.
  • Being at the beach for several hours. It’s where I always want to be for my birthday! Ha, I tried to paint on the beach and my pens did NOT like the heat from the sun!
  • Pasta for dinner and fruit pizza and cake for dessert.
  • A golf cart ride around the community.

Monday

  • Hiding rocks on a golf cart ride with the family.
  • Getting home at a decent hour and arriving to so many packages – some for my birthday, but most for Sip & Purr donations.

Lowlights

  • Not winning the Mega Millions. Ha.
  • Being sick Tuesday-Sunday following this weekend. Kind of ruined the week I took off work. I mostly slept. I didn’t read or scroll much. Oh! I did finish the new Blake Crouch book, Upgrade, which was disappointing.
  • The only highlights from this past weekend were my friend’s kid bringing us El Famous (none of the food delivery services deliver from there) and Shitterfly having the $1 magnet deal. And I got a few rocks painted. This week will be better.