Seriously, it’s been a busy few days. Today was super-intense for me at work, with deadlines and micromanaging and furious typing and all that. Not much fun. But over, for now.
We spent Saturday in Maryland with Jess and Chuck (and her parents and Jack, Rachel, and Alex). We met them at the Harris Crab House (on the other side of Annapolis) as a surprise for Chuck. We were celebrating his recent promotion to Master Chief (Way to go, Chuck! I mean, Master Chief! 🙂 ), and after a very messy (but delicious) lunch of crabs and crab legs, corn on the cob, and mussels and things, we went back to their house to hang out for a while. We had a very low-key afternoon (John and Cody spent some time playing guitars and stuff upstairs, and the rest of us watched Alex (who’s almost two) run around the house – very entertaining), and John and I headed back home around seven or so. It was about 9:30 when we got home. It really only takes two hours to get home from there, but we just had to stop for ice cream. Maggie Moo’s was mobbed, which really shouldn’t have been a surprise after dinner on the Saturday night of Memorial Weekend. The ice cream was worth it, though. I love Better Batter. We got to bed late because we finally watched the last two hours of Lost. I think we wanted to get up early Sunday morning, but I can’t remember why now. And I don’t think we really did…maybe by nine. Nine something. Whatever, not important. The important thing is that I spent FOUR HOURS weeding my flower bed Sunday afternoon. Got it completely clear, and I really wish I had taken before and after pictures. What a difference. Sunday night we watched Atonement (also finally – we’ve had it since February). I read the book a long time ago (shortly after it was published, I think – it was one of those books Mom sent me when we lived in San Diego). It was good, but I don’t think I could say I liked it. The movie brought it all back (which was to be expected, of course). John…didn’t like it, I think. I can’t decide. I think the movie was really good, really well done, etc, but did I like it? Maybe not. Of course, I can’t stop thinking about it.
Anyway, Monday morning we did get up early. Joe called us Sunday night to invite us to run a 5K with him Monday morning in Falls Church and then hang out, but while it sounded like fun, it was too last minute and I had big plans for Monday. 🙂 I got up, went to Panera to pick up breakfast, and then went to the nursery to buy my flower bed plants! After how many weeks of planning and procrastinating? Let’s not talk about that. Instead, let’s talk about how it’s done! All done! (Except for the mulching. Soon.) I spent an hour or so at the nursery, bought some soil and 28 plants, and then spent another four hours (maybe a little more) digging up the whole bed, and then planting my flowers and ground cover and stuff. A couple hours later, it started to rain, and it hasn’t stopped raining since. More than 24 hours of almost constant rain. I’m really hoping my plants aren’t drowning. Especially since it’s supposed to rain tomorrow, too. These plants need sunlight!
Anyway, I feel like I really accomplished something this weekend. We didn’t make it to the basement (to start sorting and throwing things out), but maybe we can do that this coming weekend.