Loving the Weekend, Missing Vacation

At some point during a trip to town yesterday to pick up dinner for me and J, my car's odometer flipped over to 100,000 miles. That is somehow both exciting and scary. I need to drive this car for at least two more years (maybe more like three). It's still in good shape, so I'm hoping to watch that number climb even higher without too many trips to the mechanic before I can trade it in for something new(er).

So, I forgot to update on Friday and Saturday, so you know what? I failed pretty miserably at the whole updating every day in July thing, didn't I? Oh well. I still posted entries way more often than I would have, so I count it as a semi-success.

J and I had a great weekend. He was at work on Saturday, so I spent the day doing errands - running recycling to the dump, getting gas in my car and for the lawn mower, mowing the lawn, doing laundry. But I also got some time to watch a movie online (I love Netflix's online movie feature) and I got to play my Sims, so it was a good day. J went to see Dark Knight with one of his friends after work, and then he came home and we just relaxed for the evening.

Sunday we got up and went to Denny's for breakfast. I had two scrambled eggs, which is fine and good, but I also got fried potatoes, and that is just too much! Next time I need to remember to stick to just the eggs and toast, so I won't feel so full all day.

After breakfast we went to Walmart and got groceries, and then we went home. We spent the afternoon doing a mix of individual things (him: rearranging his rooms upstairs, me: playing the Sims and doing some laundry and vacuuming some) and some together things (helping him move the big furniture upstairs, watching TV, that kind of stuff). By the end of the day, it just felt like we had just achieved the perfect balance of time together and time on our own (while the other one was just a room or so away), and it was a fantastic Sunday. I loved it.

But now it's Monday, and I'm back at work, and I have an ad to make up and send out before the end of the day, and another project that I need to keep working on. And all I want to do is go home and spend the day with J, who is off until about 8:00 tonight. I miss vacation.