Weekend Roundup

Well, that was a rather rambunctious post, wasn't it? I wouldn't be surprised if there were more...after all, today John McCain is saying there's nothing wrong with the economy....I think we should all be able to agree after today's Wall Street ending that there's something wrong with the economy. We might disagree about how to fix it, but that's another story.
I don't intend for any readers to feel berated for coming here, but I feel very strongly about this election.

Moving on...

So, this weekend certainly had its fun moments, but I spent most of it feeling a little under the weather. Friday I was super stoked because William and I had planned a date night. While we really enjoy spending time together, we have been taking it easy with the dates, because we have spent so much money this year on the wedding and my not having a job. Even though I'm definitely still feeling the pinch, we decided to go out anyway.

I got home and we got ready right away to go to our favorite Thai restaurant. I was honestly a little giddy that we were going out. I maybe don't always express to William or to the world how much I love when we go out or how cute I think he is, or how I still giggle and turn red when he flirts with me. We ate a TON of food—we were both starving—and then it set in. The stomachache. I have a lot of stomach problems. Heartburn, cramps, sickness...it's a regular occurrence. I don't really need to get into details on the internet, but I'm sure you can draw your own conclusions.

But I was DETERMINED! We were going to eat good food and then go see the new Coen brothers movie, which I (unfortunately still am) psyched to see. I felt like I might explode, but I wanted to power through and see the movie with my honey. We went to the movie theater and discovered the time we wanted to see the movie was sold out, and the next one was like two hours away. Um, no. In a regular case I wouldn't want to wait that long, and especially since I was not feeling good I wasn't going to wait. So we reluctantly left, and rented a couple movies at McDonald's: Definitely Maybe and The Air I Breathe.
The Air I Breathe was terrible. We watched the whole thing but the plot really made no sense. It was quite B-movie despite all the good actors in it.
Definitely Maybe though? Was GREAT! I was so pleasantly surprised. It's a great little movie, cute rom-com. I go back and forth on how I feel about Ryan Reynolds, but I actually thought he was super hot in this, and he was really, really good in it, too. And to me, Abigail Breslin is always cute, and never crosses that saccharine line. Still, I felt bad that our date night fizzled a bit.

We each had our own things to do during the day, and then I had a fun bachelorette party at night. Lovely, lovely food—great job, ladies—and lots of laughs, including some jokes with Found Out About Me.

Sunday I had breakfast with another lovely non-blogging friend who moved out of town a couple years ago. I really miss her. We have a lot in common and we always have tons to talk about from books and movies and tv to jobs and relationships and big life decisions. Sometimes there are just people you click with and it's so easy to be friends with them, even if distance separates you.

Then there's the headache that developed on Sunday afternoon. it began as a little niggling ache, and I should know better and take something right away. But I didn't, and I neglected to really take time to care about myself on Sunday by running from place to place. Well, around 6 pm my brain had had enough. I was down for the count. I couldn't look at light, the TV, the Sunday newspaper...sounds made it worse, and even the pillow felt like it hurt. I could feel it radiating down my jaw, through my teeth. I was miserable.

William and I were hungry, but we hadn't grocery shopped, so there wasn't much to make a meal from. Luckily we had hit up the farmers' market, so we had some snacks to munch on...William chopped up some veggies and fruit and we snacked on the couch while I basically hid my eyes from any light stimulation. After the food kicked in and the Advil worked its magic, I was at least able to come out of my hidey-hole and watch Wedding Crashers and Old School (Vince Vaughn!) with William. I still wasn't feeling super great, so William rubbed my shoulders and arms and head while I laid on the couch. It felt amazing and was one of those acts of kindness that I truly appreciated. I had pretty much been a downer all weekend around William with my various aches and pains, but he was so understanding and loving about them. Thanks, love. I promise a more fun weekend next time.

So that was the weekend. And now we're back to our regularly scheduled blog programming.

Did you do anything fun?