Good times.. .. ..

Ah, this weekend was a good weekend. Actually, Friday was good and it's just carried over .. .. ..

Work was great Friday. It was payday Friday, which has it's own traditions at work. I always pick up cinnamon rolls from an awesome local bakery and we typically bbq. Friday held true to form with scrumptious burgers for lunch. The day was very low-key. I finished up copies of reports for end-of-year for the most part. We did get a new (to us) little meter-maid car to get around the site. So, of course, we all had to try it out. OMS, those things can go 80mph. NO we didn't prove that true, but they can. They have some major power. If we got a few more we could totally do lap races around the site! haha. We also have had some equipment down and a new building put up, so I went around and checked it all out. It was definitely a good Friday at work.. .. ..

After work I had quite the hustle-and-bustle.. .. ..I had my counseling appointment, which went fantastic. Then I was off to get my kids AND my friends kids. We were all meeting up later, but they had a dinner to go to, so I was on kiddo duty. SO I ran all over, got the kids, got them all fed, and headed off to a friends for her son's going away party. As always, we had a good time, but it was bittersweet. Her son is going off to the Army, and of course we're all nervous and excited for him. He and I have become good friends, as his daughter is one of Logan's "girlfriends". So it was tough telling him goodbye.. .. ..

Saturday was a very good day. I got motivated and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. It felt good to take care of the little things that needed to be done. The only thing left now is the bathrooms. I HATE cleaning bathrooms. Ew. But they'll be done tomorrow and the house will be all spic-and-span again. Love that.

Saturday afternoon and evening were awesome. Today is my friends birthday, so us girls went out to celebrate last night. We went up to Black Oak casino for a little gambling and girl time. Though we only ended up gambling 30 minutes of a six-hour stay. Go figure. We had the BEST time eating and talking and drinking. And bowling! That was a hoot. I am really lucky to have a group of amazing, funny, happy friends to surround myself with. It's never a dull time with them.. .. .. We got home about 2 a.m. (left at 3 p.m.!!!) and I spent a little time with Mom (my ex-MIL) before heading off to bed. That was a really nice night-cap, as we haven't spent much time together lately. (we also talked some on Sunday ... it was really nice. I am hoping we can get together and just chat soon.. .. ..)

And then there was today. I was dog-butt tired when I woke up. I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. BUT I am glad that I did. I took the boys up to Sacramento for lunch with surrogate friends. It was so nice to see Cyn (hi!) and visit with her. It's amazing how fast pregnancy seems to go when it's not yours!! She looked fantastic and ALMOST made me want a preggo belly again....Almost. LOL. I hadn't seen Melissa in a looong time, so it was fun to chat (and share ice cream and cookies... yum). I met some new faces to me, though I've seen them in the surro world for awhile. It's ALWAYS nice to put faces with names.. .. ..
The boys were awesome. I was so proud of them. They sat for two hours, playing their DS's, and behaving like good little men. I am so lucky.. .. ..

After lunch we headed home and crashed out. We watched the rest of the Super Bowl, then just a few minutes of TV before they went off to bed. I had all intentions of going to bed, but got sidetracked. Good sidetracked. So, I thought I'd update the blog, share the goodness (?) of the weekend, and settle in for another GOOD week. Yes, I predict good and will make it happen. It's a busy week, so off to catch my beauty sleep (need all I can get, lol).. .. ..