Weekend Update

I had a whirlwind weekend in Florence. I had a late start leaving Nashville and didn't get home until 9 o'clock. I spent a little time with Mother and Daddy before bed, but the week caught up with me and I crashed by eleven. 

Saturday, I was up early. I wanted to spend some time with Daddy before he went out of town for the weekend. I was sad to not spend Father's Day with him, but I'm so glad we got to spend a little time together Saturday morning. 

After I said goodbye to Daddy, I rushed to get to my hair appointment on time.  It makes me feel so good to have my hair done!

The majority of the remainder of the day was spent with Grandaddy. It was important to spend as much time as possible with him since Sunday was Father's Day and Monday is his 94th birthday. He doesn't talk much anymore, but we still hold hands as we always have. We made an unexpected trip to the ER Saturday night, but it was a good excuse to hold his hand for most of our time we had to wait. Any chance to hold his hand is one to jump upon. 

Church on Sunday was absolutely wonderful. We were welcoming our new minister today as well as reuniting with friends that have been away for a while. There were lots of hugs and smiles going around!  I almost cried as we practiced the anthem and smiled like an idiot as we sang in the sanctuary.  I couldn't have been any happier to sing with such dear friends. 

Now, I'm back in Nashville only 48 hours after I left. I love any chance I get to go home to see friends and family. All in all, this was a great weekend with the people that I love. 

Where did the weekend go?

This weekend was my first two day weekend in awhile. I haven't worked a five day week since two weeks before Memorial Day week. Geez...that makes me sound quite spoiled, doesn't it?  I think I'm just making up for three and a half months without a day off! :)

This weekend was pretty uneventful. To quote a friend, I was "laid up sorry" for most of the weekend!  I did attempt to dig up the roots of half of an overgrown shrub by my front walk. I wasn't very successful.  I organized part of my garage, but stopped when the boxes were too heavy to life overhead. I did scrub my awful porcelain since that I hope to replace VERY soon. That has to count for something, right?

I wrote earlier about all the fun I had playing hooky from work on Monday. Well, work made me pay for enjoying a Monday entirely too much. I had to work for several hours today to get a few things done and try to get ahead on next week. I'm attending the memorial service for a coworker's husband that was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday and will be out a good part of the day, so I need to get ahead wherever possible.

Staying focused during the work day is my goal for the week. It's far too easy to get distracted chatting about weekends and office gossip or letting other people's actions frustrate me. This week, I'm going to buckle down, put in my headphones and stay in my little "corner by the elevator". You'd think being by the elevator would be a bad thing, but strangely enough, the door doesn't open on my side. 

My half of a Melatonin is kicking in and it's about to storm. It's definitely time to sleep before Emma wakes up terrified by thunder.  Until next time...