Weekend Wrap Up!

Happy Presidents Day! I hope you have off today. We have school today since we needed to make up a snow day. Oh well, I'd rather get the days in now than tack them on at the end of the school year when it is gorgeous outside! Here's what we were up to this weekend...

The "real feel" temperature was 7 degrees, but I braved the cold on my morning run! Most of my body was numb for the first mile, but then I started to warm up and it wasn't so bad. The real pain came when I had to get gas on the way to work. It was SO. FREAKING. COLD. All I could think about was those poor people on the Titanic...

Work was relatively painless as the students had an early release day so the teachers could do some professional development. There were several valentines dropped off in my room. I love that the students who make me valentines usually include a picture of a cat!

 

I want to show you the sweater I wore because I got so many compliments on it! This sweater is from Express- purchased in HIGH SCHOOL. You young folk may be surprised but this is the type of stuff Express USED to sell!

I used to wear this with my brown baggy cargo pants and combat boots.

After work, Paul and I had a big Friday date consisting of... grocery shopping! What a way to start off Valentine's weekend! When we got home, he made me a yummy dinner and we relaxed and watched TV. Bedtime was super early. 

The temperature was to be bitter cold, so as soon as I woke up, I started mentally preparing myself for a boring treadmill run.

Before I hit the gym, we quit our bank! It was a very exciting day for us because we were not happy with the changeover between Susquehanna and BB&T. We spent over a month getting everything in order and finally Saturday was the day. As we drove out of the BB&T parking lot for the last time, I beeped my horn with glee.

Somehow I managed to run 10 miles on the mill without killing anyone. Partway through my run, a woman and a man got on the treadmills right next to me (EFFF!) and the woman started talking really loud. It was so loud that I couldn't hear my podcast! I really wanted to smack her in the face even though I had already been running for an hour by that point and should have been feeling very relaxed and exercise-happy. 

Towards the end of my run, an older guy who liked to sniff his snot into the back of his throat got on the treadmill on the other side of me. I almost got out my teacher voice and insisted he go get a tissue. Actually, I think I will just start carrying tissues around with me and handing them out to people because clearly there are grown ass adults who don't know when to use them.

That afternoon we went to my brother and SIL's house to hang out with my parents who were watching my nieces. Boy did we have such a fun time playing and jumping around. I was exhausted! (Parents reading this right now are probably rolling their eyes.) 

We hung out with our family for quite awhile and got home just in time to move the litter box from the dining room to our bedroom so our house was ready for... GAME NIGHT!

Geoff and Bree came over and we laughed harder than we have in a long time. 

The highlight of the night was playing Bean Boozled. 

First of all, a shout out to Geoff and Bree to being the first people to be willing to play this game with us! Second of all, if you never tasted any gross jellybean flavors like moldy cheese, booger, and canned dog food, I can assure you that they really taste like the disgusting things promised! 

Can you imagine putting a candy in your mouth and not knowing whether it's going to taste like peach or barf!?

Luckily I only got one gross flavor- canned dog food. It was absolutely positively horrible and the flavor was stuck in my mouth for quite awhile. I tried to erase it with Twizzlers and expensive scotch, but I still had a bit of that puke-y feeling in the pit of my stomach!

We celebrated our love on Valentine's Day by having breakfast at a diner right down the street. I was so hungry and couldn't wait to dig into dippy eggs, home fries, bacon, and a pancake.

I was so excited I apparently couldn't even open my eyes!

Even though breakfast was yummy, my stomach felt a little... delicate, if you will. I think it boiled down to a couple reasons:

1. The night before, I had scotch for the first time in a long time.

2. I kept burping up the jelly bean that tasted like canned dog food.

3. I only slept for a little under 4 hours the night before and I had that "sick tired" feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Due to not feeling my greatest, I couldn't decide whether to run or not. Part of me wondered what the point was, but another part of me thought I would feel better after the run. I ultimately headed out and while my legs felt very heavy, my stomach held it together. I did 5 miles at a pretty consistent 8:00 pace, which is weird because I felt like I was running a 9:00 pace. It's so weird how sometimes I just can't tell.

The rest of the day was spent on the couch starting a new puzzle and getting my stuff together for the week!

And finally, Jelly has a Valentine's Day message for you!

What's your favorite thing to get when you go out for breakfast?
Have you ever eaten a gross Jelly Belly flavor?
Did you ever quit your bank?
Did you do anything special for V-day?