The second weekend in 2010 found me…
… spending Friday night with my brother, clinging to last minute shreds of brother/sister bonding before he left for a new semester at college.
… devouring a chicken quesadilla at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants while debating with my brother where I see myself in one, five and ten years. (Answer: It’s all fuzzy, but all hopeful.)
… running through the Steak n’ Shake drive through to grab a few milkshakes to take home to the parents and laughing at the fact that it was about -2 F outside while we were ordering ice cream.
… playing Apples to Apples next to the fire with the whole family.
… de-Christmasing the house with Darling, an event that took much longer than expected.
… deciding to run a 10 mile race over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago thanks to some encouragement from one of my favorite bloggers friends.
… hauling my butt to the gym to start getting my base miles up and feeling incredibly glad that I could run two miles with minmal effort considering that I’ve not been treadmill running in awhile.
… laughing, hard, at and with Eddie Izzard on Saturday night. Live comedy makes me happy and I have an even bigger celebrity crush on him, cross-dresser or not.
… finishing my first book of 2010 and starting another one. Neither is very deep but I have a few “tough” ones up next.
… rising early on Sunday morning to say bye to my brother and disguising the tears that started to fall when he left by looking busy moving Christmas boxes to the basement.
… enjoying an impromptu nap on the couch with Jack at my feet, “Something’s Gotta Give,” on tv and quiet in the rest of the house.
… loving “Sherlock Holmes,” at the movies and subsequent Sunday night dinner.
… cracking up at Jack as he fell in love with his new toy that my parents got him: a stuffed duck that honks. He slept with it right next to his mouth all night.
… resolving to conquer the busy work week ahead of me no matter what.
… jealous of all those people on House Hunters International on HGTV but it’s pushed me to decide that I will be going to France & Italy in 2011.
… ignoring my google reader and gmail account for just another day.
… smiling. A lot. Things are good.
Walking with Nora 