What a couple of days!

Friday, July 25, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014


7/25

First of all, I must say a Happy Birthday to my daughter-in-law Chelle.
The day started out normally enough, but they were all leaving on vacation today, and wanted to have lunch with me to 'start' their vacation.  Ron left the truck home for me to drive to meet them (my FIRST time driving by myself!), and we met at Frisch's here in Bethel.  I had a Big Boy sandwich and a bowl of chili, and they all got the salad bar, Josh getting a Big Boy and fries to go with his.
After we were all done eating, we all went our separate ways after hugs all around, so I got to watch my car go on vacation without me.  BooHoo!  I ran another errand - Altar Society business - while uptown during business hours, then back home to rest up for my big adventure tonight.

Ah, tonight.  I've been so looking forward to tonight, and I know this isn't going to get cancelled!  It started out just as a Mexican night with my friend Jody, then my friend Bert was going to come, then someone else, too, then we opened it up to all our '76 girls (that's the year we graduated), so it was gonna be fun!
When Ron got home - just after 6 - he had forgotten, and I had to chivvy him into getting his shower and changing so I wouldn't be late.  I called Bert, but she had had a doctor's appointment (which I knew), but then went shopping at Kroger, taking her time and comparing and all that, and now her feet and ankles were swollen and she didn't feel like going.  Ha!  I see how she is!  Miss Bertie, who HATES shopping with a purple passion, would rather shop than go out with me.  Humph.  (Yes, she knows I am teasing her.)
Ron dropped me off (well, I drove, so I got out) at the Mexican restaurant in Mt. Orab, then he went to get himself some supper somewhere else -- he doesn't like Mexican -- and then came back to eat, play his DS, and rest and/or sleep in the truck until I was done.

He had a long wait!  We - me and 5 other '76 girls - closed the restaurant!  I had a margarita to start the night, then got an ice water, and poured the water into the margarita glass as the night went on, so ...
I had the chimichangas that I usually get, with a second chimichanga on my plate, and all the sides to go (I don't like them, so I bring them home to Ron).  As usual, I got a funny look when I ordered, but they did it for me!  I just love the funny looks I get (I know, I'm weird.)!!  That little Mexican restaurant is the most relaxed, most fun place.  I really like it.
I didn't get home until after midnight.  My back was really killing me, but it was oh, so worth it!  I had so much fun talking and laughing with these friends - who were, on the most part, NOT friends back in high school, but with the passing of time and the wonder of the internet and Facebook, are now.  It's a great thing, I think.  Certainly not expected, and all the more a blessing because of that.



7/26

Ron let me sleep this morning.  That, and the fact that I took a whole dose of Tylenol PM (my sleeping pills) last night (okay, after midnight) because of my back hurting so bad, had me sleeping until after noon.
He was not in the house, and I didn't get up right away, as usual, and just puttered the time away, again as usual.  Which, if you have a brain, as I didn't, makes you realize that I should have done a weigh-in and I didn't.  Ugh!  I totally forgot it was Saturday!  I didn't realize until around 5 or 5:30, and by then it was way too late.  I'd already been up for a while, I'd already eaten lunch (a pkg of sausage biscuits, although I only ate 1 biscuit with 2 meats), and we were getting ready to leave to do a bit, just a bit, of shopping and get some supper.  I will have to do my weigh-in in the morning before we go to church.

I did have to spend time on the pute this afternoon, helping Josh find a hotel for them.  They had told me that they were going to get one of the books at the Welcome Center and just get a hotel from there.  Now, here he is texting and calling me to get on the pute and find out rates!   Ha!  Good thing MOM come in handy every now and then, right?  Tickled me.  I am so glad there is a use for me...

When we left, we go on up to Georgetown, to SaveALot, where I do my little bit of shopping.  All I needed was low-sodium vegetables.  That was it.  I got 12 cans - a flat - and that was it.  I was good!
Then we went to Country Inn to have our supper.  I chose a double-decker BLT with steak fries, which is something I've gotten there many, many times.  Ron surprised me by getting the same things, with a different side item, instead of his chicken!  He always gets chicken!  Wow.  He said he knew that he probably shouldn't have bacon, but it sure sounded good, so he got it.  I told him that it was okay, he needs to treat himself every now and then.
So we enjoyed our BLTs and then headed home.  Coming into Hamersville, we decided to stop at our friends' house and visit with them, if they were home.  They were, and we sat out on their front porch, just talking and visiting, waving at people driving by, and it was a very nice way to end the evening.  A little after 9, we left and headed for home.  We certainly hadn't expected to be gone that long, but it really wasn't that big of a deal.  We can do what we want!

I put my food into MFP (which I didn't do for Friday night - boo), including the ice cream bar I had as I sat down at the pute, and I was 200+ calories short for the day.  Yay, me!

Chelle has been sending us pictures all day, too.  We send them on the pute, because our phones are too small for us to see them clearly on.  This last one was Corgan with a new shirt and hat.  When we got home, I checked it out on the pute - not surprisingly, they are a Baltimore Ravens shirt and hat!  Not that Corgan needs a new shirt, but still...
I am so glad they are having a good time.