Back to Friday Feeling

Now that I worked this week, I am back to that feeling of elation that it is Friday.  I need to work on this and recreate it everyday.  Be more conscious of my gratitude for every day.  But, there is no denying that I miss my DH and I miss my dogs and I miss my garden and I especially miss my mattress.

I have slept on a sofa bed since Monday night!  But it is not too bad.  I did yoga again last night with my friend T at our old yoga studio.  The studio that we started going to back in 2012 and enjoyed a session with my old instructer, J.  So nice. 

Then I spent some time visiting with aunt and uncle and uncle has been very interested and entertained by my recounting of all the free food I got this week since I started back...free lunch my first day, free fruit and left overs Tuesday, free cookies from the parking garage Wed (actually $107/month cookies!), free leftovers Thursday and donuts today. 

My uncle has the cheerful happiness of a child, nowadays, more than ever.  What is a blessing.  He always has been really happy and positive, but lately even more.  He will be 85 this year.  He is so loved by everyone.  Just a basic reminder of how much happier we all are when we are around other happy people.

Anyway, he told me last night that his favorite is the apple fritter and I agreed wholeheartedly.  They were so large this morning, that I had to cut mine in half.  It was crunchy around the edge and soft in the middle and lots of frosting.  SOOOO good.  I had not had any treat in a week, so I relished my 1/2 apple fritter this morning.  And I am going directly home from here, so I sent aunt a text with a picture of the donuts so she could show my uncle.  He will get a kick out of it.

I hope you have the equivalent of a nice crunchy, frosted apple fritter today!

Glad this Week is Over

I hate hearing myself wish my time away.  I will have to work on that.  Anyway, got through the busy week.  Today is Friday.  Last night I did some freelance work and made $100 in an hour.  Had a GREAT time with friends having coffee last night.  Today I got paid and finally got my semi annual bonus about a month late.  But, that is about $300 extra I can throw toward paying off my NYC trip.  DH loaded the suburban up Wed night while I was walking (it was 91 degrees!).  I was glad, but sort of upset he did it all alone and after having hand surgery only 9 days ago.  I work till 11 most Fridays, and after work we will load up my little truck also and head to RH.  Last few loads, we are taking 2 vehicles just to be sure we can get it all.  After this last load we are pretty confident in our ability to get the remainder pretty easily.  Mostly just misc stuff for his shop, and a box for this room and that - so should not be too hard to put away tonight.  Tomorrow I am taking the morning off and having lunch/movie with my sister who lives an hour away - we meet in the middle.  Then tomorrow afternoon we are moving a large iron trellis my FIL made from a livestock panel.  They had ivy growing on it to block a hot western wall of their house, but they have since had trees grow up tall to take over the shade job and want to remove some of their more labor intensive garden features.  I want to use it to block a western side of our shop that gets constant sun with vining fruits and veggies, but DH thinks he wants a permanent feature like ivy.  I have never grown ivy, but we have such a mass of vines between our grapes and wisteria that I don't want another thing that I have to trim a lot.  I would rather grow food then just tear it all back in the winter and start over.  Guess we have all winter to decide what we will grow.  Have a great weekend!