Monday, June 11, 2007

Ouch

Here’s my dilemma.  Do I discuss the wonderful things that happened this weekend first, or do I move directly into the torturous part of the weekend?  Do I attempt to meld the good with the bad thereby making it all seem rather, well, crappy? 
Don’t get me wrong.  It was a great weekend.  The ending of it made me truly happy, because I knew it was over and I could come sit in my nice, climate controlled office with my comfy chair and hot delicious mocha.  Not just any mocha either, but a Ladro mocha made with so much love that the flavor is immediately enhanced to be richer, deeper and just plain wonderful. 
I guess I will take it day by day…

Saturday seems like so long ago.  Where did you go Saturday?  It was rainy and cold outside.  Hubby and I went out to breakfast at Café Moose, one of our favorite places to go for any meal.  The food was delicious and the coffee strong and hot.  Hm.  We trundled home to get some laundry done and I worked on my costume for this weekend.  It’s starting to pull together.  I know it could be better, but, well, it’s just for one day.  Once I get my vest done I will have to stop making up new things to add.  I’m just running out of time.
Saturday afternoon I headed off to a belly dance workshop titled: Snake, Rattle and Role.  This workshop concentrated on snake-like movements and shimmies.  I think we shimmied for an hour straight.  I loved it.  I’m signing up for classes from the teacher.  It was fantastic and I can’t wait to learn more.  The teacher has a definite ability to break down movements and teach them in a way I understand, even if I can’t quite keep up physically. 
Saturday night we went out to dinner with some friends.  We headed off to Madame K’s for pizza and general frivolity.  It was great and we had a ton of fun.  We finished off the night by playing the Wii.
Then came the aftermath of dinner.  Apparently dinner didn’t sit well with me.  I think it was the combination of really rich food, sangria with lots of fruit and being sick.  I was up all night with stomach issues.

As you can imagine I was in great shape for Sunday.  A Sunday filled with boxes and a moving van and a very emotional mother-in-law.  Thank goodness Hubby has wonderful friends who are more than willing to step in at the last minute and dedicate hours of their day to helping someone else’s mom move.  We spent about 7 hours moving Hubby’s mom out of her house.  She still isn’t done, there are a few rooms left with stuff in them.  But we did all we could and got most of it out.  What’s left she can probably take care of with some help from her new roommates. 
All I can really say is, “Whew, I’m glad that’s over with.”