wonderful weekend

that's what i had the past few days. it was the first time in over 6 months that andrew and i had a whole weekend together (weekend being two straight days off). i get days off, and he gets days off, but they're hardly ever at the same time. this week, andrew had thursday evening, friday evening, some of saturday, all of sunday, and all of monday off. it actually felt like back when he was in school full time and had weekends off - it was amazing. i miss my husband so much when he has to work all the time, and it's impossible to explain how wonderful it is when i get to actually spend time with him. maybe someday, he'll have a job that gives him regular nights and weekends off.

friday night, we went to dinner with monica and dave at on the border... mostly, as monica explained, for the "borderitas" hahaha. i indulged in one to celebrate my new position next year at work, and andrew and i shared an entree. then, we went to home depot and ordered our hardwoods... and unloaded a wad of cash. whoo, wood is expensive!

saturday, andrew had to go to work, so i went to caribou and spent the morning/early afternoon planning for next year. i figure that since i'll be busy working at oberlin and on the house during my "summer", i might as well get a jump on the planning i usually do during that time off. i created a syllabus and reviewed the north carolina standard course of study for english IV. it was pretty cool to dig into that. then saturday evening we went to jessi and norm's cookout at their/jim's house out in cary. and i vowed never to drive there again - ever. the place is nice but i can NOT get there without taking a wrong turn! every time i go, the streets are different (literally, the streets change direction and location), and their names are different!! but, we had a good time eating, telling stories, and playing with fire. (this was when we caught the grass on fire, and while i tried to pound it out with a stick, jessi poured her beer on it. we're smart.)

then, yesterday, andrew and i went to church, followed by a great 10-mile bike ride along the american tobacco trail. it runs from parts of chatham county, through durham, and to parts of wake county along the old railroad tracks. it's awesome for someone like me, who is a chicken and doesn't like scary (real) mountain biking. it's straight and flat, and easy riding. we had a blast! when we got back, we had people over for dinner. i made an indian inspired chicken and rice dinner, and good times were had by all :-)

then today, andrew and i got up and ate breakfast, followed by a day full of walking around southpoint mall shopping. we haven't been shopping in goodness knows how long, so that was a fun treat. we mostly window shopped though, cause we are de po. for those of you who don't speak emilese, that means "poor". we ogled some bedroom furniture at restoration hardware and pottery barn, ate lunch at california pizza kitchen, exchanged something at williams sonoma, and walked around a lot. then we made our seemingly daily hardware store trips. we purchased some primer - on sale - and some paint for the trim of the house - also on sale. we came home happy but exhausted and have spent the rest of the night eating, hanging out with the dogs, and watching tv.

after a weekend like this, it's hard to go back to work and to know that andrew'll be gone until 9:30 each night for the forseeable future, but i'm trying to stay positive and be grateful. only 5.5 days of school (with kids) left, and only 3 days until we close!!!