Lunch and walk with Rach (September 6)

Rach and I enjoyed a nice visit over lunch and a long walk together at the beginning of September. It was so nice to take some time away together to catch up. Even though we are only 90 miles apart, it seems like it's so hard to find time when we're both not busy to catch up on life. We email regularly, so we're not completely out of touch, but it's still not the same as face time with a good friend :)

A Lunch Date with Old Friends (April 5)

It's a sad thing, really, how little I see one of my dearest friends, Rachel. We live a mere 90 miles away, but with living so close to our families, it's never easy to find our weekends coincide very well. With Nancy, it's a little more frequently, as we live closer (30 miles), and our husbands have been friends for ages. I had a great time catching up with these two over lunch the first Saturday in April. I think we all thought it, but we need to do this more often! It was so nice to sit back and just enjoy visiting with them :)

Lunch was a yummy "half" sandwich (which was really small and on a tiny crescent roll) and small cup of tomato basil soup. Both were yummy, but hardly filled me up. I had my favorite: Vanilla Chai Latte on the side :)

Love this girl! :)

The lunch crew :)

Hopefully it's not another year before we catch up again! It was such a perfect afternoon :)

Pizza Ranch Date (October 5)

There isn't much to say about our little date beyond the fact that it was a childless date and we ate too much :)

But it was wonderful to spend time with this guy and be just adults for a bit and have a full conversation.

An Afternoon To Myself (May 16)

It has been a rough week so far with Mark being in the field every evening, not so much because I can't handle being on my own with Cashel in the evenings, but more because Cashel is so used to having Mark around that he goes ballistic by the end of the evenings when he doesn't see him. He has been super clingy and emotional, which has been tough for both of us. Add in having a new, super-eager-to-learn intern at work, and some days it feels like I don't have a minute to focus.

I took the afternoon off yesterday and spent a few glorious hours just doing my own thing. I met Mark for lunch in Worthington at Arby's, then treated myself to a mani/pedi and a little shopping. (Side note: I love getting a mani/pedi, but I don't do it often, and now I remember why: It takes FOREVER! lol)

It was so wonderful to just have some time to myself where I didn't have to answer to anyone and to breathe a little bit and re-group mentally.

Before I knew it, it was time to head home to pick up the little guy from daycare, and I was SO ready to see my little buddy :)

We had our supper and then decided to make a quick trip to Hillside Greenhouse to check it out and see what they had. Cashel had a blast there, between climbing on everything, rolling around in the gravel and going on a wagon ride with his buddy, Ayla. (Ayla's Mom and I were in childbirth classes together when these two were still in utero)

We stopped on the way home for a hot fudge sundae from McDonald's, then headed home for tubby tub time. Mark surprised us by coming home from the farm early (since it started raining), and we were so thrilled to be able to see him before bed :)

After Cashel went down for the night, I finally decided to tackle the scary storage closet downstairs in one of the bedrooms, which housed all the non-utilized baby clothes and gear. I'm pleased to report it now looks wonderful, and while I'm a little sore from being down on the floor sorting baby clothes last night, I feel a huge wave of relief just knowing what we have and what we will need for this little one. (You know, garage sale season is upon us!)

The day really was wonderful, and I am thrilled to have had this afternoon of restoration :)