Weekend Wrap-Up

This past weekend was one of my favorite weekends this year.  I realize that we haven’t had too many weekends in 2016, but nevertheless it was amazing. 

Saturday morning began with a hike.  This wasn’t just any hike though; it was my first moderate hike and the 4 miles on the map looked super easy.  The real thing wasn’t so easy for me, but when we got to the top of the mountain I was pretty proud of myself.  Right before we reached the top I had to stop for a few minutes to catch my breath.  I was feeling like we’d never reach the top and was not in the best of moods.  I turned around, looked down the trail, and saw a woman doubled over right before she threw up.  In that moment I remembered that someone always has it worse.  Although I felt bad for that poor woman, I felt accomplished to not be puking and continued on my way.  Although I complained a bit (or a lot), at the end of any hike I always feel refreshed and accomplished.  I’m horrible at shutting down my mind, leaving technology behind, and not trying to do way too many things at once, but hiking is a way for me to step aside, take a breath, and just enjoy being and spending some quality time with Mr. C.

I was feeling adventurous after a successful hike and suggested a new Thai place for lunch.  My mom thinks things with onions are spicy, but she ordered her food medium spicy even after I raised my eyebrows.  We all ended up with medium, but my mom and Mr . C’s food was much spicier than mine.  As great as my food was, the best part was listening to the conversation between Mr. C and my mom regarding how spicy their food was.  At one point I asked Mr. C how his was and he responded that he his vision was so blurred because his eyes were watering so badly.   Hilarious stuff.

We had some friends over Saturday night.  These are the kind of friends that make anything fun.  We could have been cleaning the tiles with a toothbrush and I probably would have still enjoyed it.  At one point during a game I looked around, heard the laughter filling our living room, and was so happy.  I love the home we’ve made, and I really love having people we love in it.

Sunday morning we headed to church for a musical service.  Since I couldn’t be bothered to read the email Friday I had no idea that the service would be all musical, so it was a great surprise!   I left feeling refreshed and I didn’t even have to hike a mountain this time.

We spent some more time with some friends and then I decided to do some adulting.  Not only did I file our taxes in JANUARY, but I also cleaned out the fridge.  Pretty exciting stuff right there.  Being productive is a requirement for me to feel good about the day, so that really topped off the weekend. 

Mr. C worked while my mom and I made this dinner together.  This is one of my all time favorite dinners and I could totally eat it everyday.  Just as I started putting on my Jamberry after months of having nails too short,  it began raining with the lightning and thunder starting shortly after.  It was a perfect ending to my version of a perfect weekend.

Did you do anything fun this weekend?