Dave and I went down to my parents' house this weekend to celebrate her birthday, and it was a good time had by all.
Saturday morning I got my tetanus-diptheria booster shot, which nearly caused me to faint in the doctor's office. This happened once earlier when I was a kid, with my mom getting a vaccination. It appears I don't take needles well.
Saturday night, it was girls' night out! (And Rob and Dave came out, too.)
Woo, martinis! Who knew New Lenox had a bar?
We celebrated my mom's birthday today by giving her presents and cards, and then going out to L.A. Cafe in New Lenox.
As an aside, I do hope L.A. stays in business; it seems a lot of New Lenox-area restaurants are fading out, to be replaced by big-name chains. I've always said my home town could use a few more restaurant choices, but I didn't mean it should be at the expense of the local icons.
Speaking of which, Dave and I stopped by another local favorite on our way home: Ranch Frostie! Oh to remember the days of post-softball-game visits to this eatery, and delicious chocolate-covered ice cream.So, that was the weekend. I've been unwinding since leaving work on Friday, and it hasn't quite sunk in yet that I won't be returning to full-time work for quite some time.
What am I going to do next week?! Well, I could think of a few things for a To-Do List:
1. Go downtown to create DePaul student I.D. and pick up student public transportation pass
2. Clean up pile of Halloween foam crafting items
3. Finish honeymoon & Fibre-Craft scrapbooks and put away scrapbook crafting products
4. Paint bathroom & hang Edward Hopper painting
5. Figure out Metra train schedule for first week back to school
6. Find someone to take the bunnies while we go to the beach
5 comments:
Oh how fun! It's good that you get some time to relax before starting school.
And, I faint from shots too! Not all the time, but once when I was getting a vaccine for Mexico, and once when I was giving blood.
Nice picture of you girls, too bad Jackie had her eyes shut. With Rob and Dave over Sat. night and Dad there, I was actually outnumbered by males in the house! Now I know how Dad felt all these years with you 2 girls and your friends outnumbering him all the time! What's with your picture at Ranch Frostie, how about "Valerie, turn and smile, I'm taking a picture!" I didn't know you had that Edward Hopper picture. I remember it from a gamewe played as kids "Masterpiece". I'll have to ask Aunt Jan if she still has it. It's a riot to play. Did you get someone for the bunnies?
Sorry about the run-on paragraph. I'm sure you'll have a field day with that one - you editor you! Mom
There was another picture of me turning and smiling at Ranch Frostie, but this one was a better shot of the sign. Plus, this captured the moment better - me fumbling with the quickly melting ice cream cone.
We have a print of the Edward Hopper painting from one of our visits to the Art Institute, but we haven't been able to hang it yet because I wanted to wait until the bathroom was painted.
Now you've got to come see the condo, all nice and shiny...
Oh, and no, I haven't found someone for the bunnies yet.
Update, we're leaving the bunnies with a local bunny boarder, if you can believe that someone does such a thing for a living.
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