On My Mind

Last week was tough. As much as I enjoyed being home again and back to a schedule, I missed vacation. I get depressed once a vacation comes to an end. I always get like this. Nostalgic and then I torture myself with the thoughts like "last Wednesday at this time we were doing this."

It doesn't help that I came back to a bunch of emails and voice mails. I guess that was good though because it made work go very fast.

I had trouble getting back to the grind though. I don't know what it was but I was just so forgetful. I left my keys in the back door and was late to work because I could not find them for the life of me. On the days I wasn't late looking for keys I was late because I forgot my phone at home. I did this three times. Sheesh! I don't know what was wrong with me. And then I fell asleep while the third load of laundry was in the dryer, which was, of course, my clothes. I shrunk my favorite pair of jeans, my favorite white pants, a sweatshirt and a couple more pairs of jeans. Awesome. If that isn't bad enough, I made Mexican Casserole which is something I make at least once a week. I know the recipe by heart. I use one jar of medium salsa and one jar of mild salsa as a sort of compromise for Garth and I. He likes spicy and I don't. Anyways, I used mild regular salsa and medium peach salsa. The recipe came out spicy and tomatoey and yet sweet with chunks of peach. It was so gross. I threw the whole thing away. All that to say, I was ready for a three day weekend!

And the weekend was amazing. We had no plans and I just cannot remember the last time we didn't have any plans. We were lazy, watched movies, had a bonfire with the neighbors, worked on the yard, sat on the deck, went to the lake, and just enjoyed spending time at home with each other. It was perfection.

I made my new drink for the summer. It is one part ice, one part tonic water, and one part white wine. So refreshing and delicious with a hint of bubble. So good! It was the perfect compliment to sitting on the deck watching the sunset on a fabulous weekend.

I don't know why I get so anxious about our landscaping, but I do. I hate weeding and fertilizing, but the end result is so rewarding. I was literally losing sleep over this weed that grew as tall as my mail box. I couldn't believe I let it get that bad and was so embarrassed about it. I know people probably don't care or even notice it, but I did. And I'm glad I tackled it and weeded. I still don't know what to do about all my flowers. They were beautiful for about a week, but are all dead and just look overgrown now. I just want to rip it all out and start new with  more manageable flowers. I think it's time to call the parents in to help because Garth and I have no idea what to plant that would be easier to manage.