This has been quite the weekend.
Side note: I have "Good Will Hunting" going in the background because I haven't actually watched it in I don't know how long. I just looked up and saw Ben Affleck...who looks like he's roughly 12. Weird. I wonder if he kisses his mother with that mouth. Man, he does the Boston accent well. And if he looks 12, Matt Damon looks about 10. Wow. Anyway. Moving on.
Friday, my garage door came off the track while my car was in the garage. That would be problematic anytime, but it happened when I was getting ready to leave to go get N from detention. So, in a bit of a panic, I picked up the phone to call my knight in shining aluminum foil, but then I remembered that he wasn't around. I called my dad, but he sent me to voicemail (Thanks, Dad). I called my big sister to see if I could borrow her husband, and when she asked what I needed him for and heard my explanation, she said, "You don't need Sean. You need Emily. Emily fixes the things." So, I did the whole manual thing and got my car out, then went to pick up the kid. When I returned, Ems was sitting in my living room, and she walked me through how to fix it. Then it started to storm, so she stuck around for a while and we set up an NES...only to discover (much later...like Saturday night) that Duck Hunt doesn't work on HD tvs. Bummer.
Saturday, N had practice, and I had stuff to clean up around the house, but my mom called late that afternoon to see if I wanted to go to At Home (Garden Ridge) and Olive Garden. Um. Duh. So, we went and found so many things that were fun and interesting and totally practical. Then we went to Olive Garden and ate all the food and made our waiter's day by using his name and acknowledging that he was, in fact, a person. And then, with 20 minutes until Bed, Bath & Beyond closed, we made a beeline for the front doors to cross a couple more things off of her list. We walked out right at 9:00.
Sunday, I woke up to find I had a bit of a flat, thanks to a screw. I was able to get it patched well enough to make it to my best girl's baptism this morning. It was so precious to see her surrounded by her family and friend, all celebrating her decision to walk with Jesus. She is so loved. I'd be lying if I said I didn't burst into tears at least 3 or 4 times during her testimony, the prayer her father prayed over her, the image of her mom and dad praying over her before they baptized her, and seeing her emerge from the pool, washed clean. Of course, I almost burst into tears when she and her little brother saw me across the playscape, too. They're little sister was too busy being loved on by other family members, but I FINALLY got to meet Cookie, their sweet grandmother. We're Facebook friends, but we always just miss each other when she and Dandy come to town to visit!
Afterward, I went over to my mom's to help her finish the last trip from her house to her apartment. She cleaned out the fridge while I packed up the remaining things in the garage. Then I came home and ate the rest of my Olive Garden and watched the Stars and the Rangers disappoint...one right after the other. I might've drifted off to sleep briefly, too, but was awakened by my phone buzzing ON. MY. FACE. How did it get there?! I have no idea.
So, while the weekend wasn't crazy busy, it was still pretty busy. And it is nothing compared to next weekend because our tournament season starts on the 7th...you know, Mother's Day weekend. I'm one of those moms who will be thrilled to spend Mother's Day at the ball fields, but I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea. I just wish my cup of tea wasn't in dang Grand Prairie! Still, I'm excited to see all of these tournament weekends popping up...this is what I live for!
We're down to one calendar page of school days, and I have less than 2 weeks until I'm officially finished with my undergrad. My calendar is so full of scribbles, and I'm determined that my next set of pages will be written neatly and carefully.
I'm also full of it. Because messy is just par for the course around here.
Aubs
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