I'm Having a Bit of Writer's Block....

but I really want to blog so I'm going to do something hopefully short and sweet to explain my weekend and at least put something down on the page for today!

Friday, I left work around 3 pm which was nice. I actually had a ton of errands to do because of course nothing I needed could possibly be in one central location! At least all the stores were relatively close by each other and luckily I made it home with all my purchases by about 6:30 since I had gotten the head start! Thank goodness for that! :) Got home, had some dinner, hung out with the puppy, and watched the end of the Apprentice finale (I couldn't take all 3 hours the first night) and ER from a week ago which I had TiVo so I could watch The O.C. that we had taped during the other shows! Fell asleep watching tv!

Saturday, got up around 9 because I couldn't sleep and was grumpy all morning for some reason. It just seemed like everything was going wrong, and I was still tired for some reason, and I didn't want to do anything except lay around and relax because my head and ears and eyes hurt (love this time of year with my allergies & sinus!). FINALLY, after nearly having a nervous breakdown around 11 or so, I got motivated, got a ton of laundry done, cleaned up the place, put a bunch of stuff away, did some dishes, and became sane again so luckily by the time Austin got home from his hunting expedition that afternoon, everything looked much better! I also watched the movie, Saved!, with Mandy Moore & Macauley Culkin. It was good but not as good as I had heard. But it needed to be watched so I could send it back in and get good movies this week for our trip to Florida (which worked out nicely because we are getting King Arthur & the Manchurian Candidate for sure and hopefully Napoleon Dynamite whenever the last movie gets in). Showered, went to the grocery store, and headed up to Grapevine Mills to finish up some last minute shopping and grab some dinner. Turned out to be a sort of shopping spree for my hubby because he really needed new running shoes and jeans so we found those for him for good prices and I also found my last minute gifts that I was needing so it worked out well!

Sunday, got up around 8 (ugh, why can't Austin or I EVER sleep in any more?!) and baked corn bake for the family lunch later that day. Cleaned all that up, wrapped up the gifts, took our dog to PetsMart to get her picture taken with Santa (yes we are dorks!), dropped her back off at home, and headed to his parents house for Christmas with his extended family. That was fun - got to see everyone, some of whom we hadn't seen since the wedding. I got a gift certificate to Express, one to Barnes & Noble (love to read!), and a cute purse. Good stuff! Dropped off a gift to Austin's friend, Brad, whose birthday is today (happy birthday Brad!), and headed home. Did some more baking (I love to cook/bake especially when I have time - my mom has already asked me to help her when I get home to make desserts and things!). Watched Desperate Housewives (such a great show) and had an awesome talk with my husband about our goals in life and how it's frustrating how other people treat you sometimes (not us but friends or family members or whatever) and how difficult the work environment can be at times. Stayed up too late watching North Shore from two weeks ago that Austin still had on video - need to watch last week's episode tonight I guess. Good thing it's mostly repeats this week - I'm hoping to keep plugging through Da Vinci Code because it's really interesting so far and I'm ready to get into the meat of it.

Other than that, it was a relatively calm and non-exciting weekend. Today has been SO SLOW & QUIET because both Sara and my other office mate aren't here today, and neither is my boss (not complaining about that one). At least Sara will be here on Tuesday and Wednesday so I only have to brave the next 30 minutes today and 6 hours on Thursday alone. And I must say that traffic was very minimal this morning - guess lots of people have the week off - I'm just hoping it stays that way for this afternoon's rush hour because that's been the killer lately. And thank goodness that Thursday afternoon we are out of here to have a nice 10 day vacation! I can't wait - just need to squeeze in some time for packing on Wednesday night while watching the snow flurries come down! :)