Sunday, November 12, 2023

Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks + Long Weekend for the Kids!

Weekdays:

  • Monday - I worked from home along with Clint b/c he had a happy hour with former Cargill colleagues so it made it easier to be here already for the kiddos.  Late in the afternoon we had our annual financial planning meeting which is always good to do but for some reason makes me so anxious because so many decisions to make and things to consider.
  • Tuesday - Busy day at work but thankfully no activities in the evening which made things a bit easier.
Tough Day
  • Wednesday - The last day of school for the kids this week, no idea why they have Th/Fri off, so many random days off.  B/c it was their last day for the week, they had their Veterans Day program in the morning, so cute!  Later in the day, Clint ran Rosie to the groomer so she looks extra fluffy.  I had a work happy hour b/c Sarah from my team was in town from CT so a reason to get together and have some fun.  While I was there, Clint ran Maci to her pal Harper's 11th birthday at a hotel/indoor pool.  He then ran Connor to religion class.  Once I was done at Happy Hour, I went to pick up Maci from the party and Connor hitched a ride home with a neighbor from religion.  Woah busy day!
Veteran's Day Card Maci made Uncle Dustin
  • Thursday - Clint was the lone one home with the kids but they did pretty good.  We had a team performance rating calibration which took up most of the day.  Then I went to our office's Diwali celebration.  My colleague Nicole and I decided to stop at a bar on the way home and enjoy a beer, apps and catch up time.  Connor and Clint had basketball practice at 7p so I headed home around then to be with Maci girl.
Friday
  • Kids home again but I signed Maci up for an adhoc 90 min training at the new indoor soccer arena.  She did this from 100-230p but said it was so fun that it only felt like 30 mins.
  • I showered around 4p as I had to get ready for our big night out at Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel concert.
  • The sitter showed up at 5p and we were off to downtown!
  • We met up with my pal/coworker Nicole, her friend Kari (hubby had to stay home with a puking kid) and then Alyssa and her husband Brian (I used to work with her at Rally and Nicole is a good friend through hockey - small world).  We had dinner at JD Hoyts super club, yum!
  • We then took an Uber XL to the concert and only missed the first song or two of Stevie Nicks.  Ironically our seats were nearby, only 2 rows apart in the same section even though we bought these completely separately!  
  • Many drinks later (WOOF) we were buying matching t shirts, dancing to Uptown Girl and walking to a bar after the concert ended.
  • We didnt get home until 1a - Yowzers!  And we crashed hard but so fun!!
Matching Shirts at the Bar After
Oh and a Random New Friend
More Selfies
The guys are here somewhere HA

Saturday :
  • OUCH!  I started to open by eyes around 8a and then thought better of it and tried to go back to bed.
  • Clint ran Maci to Gymnastics at 10a while I slept.  He kindly brought home some McDonald's which helped but then I moved from bed to couch.
  • I tried to sleep it off but dang the headache was bad!  Clint ran Maci to soccer at 1p and I was still nursing the couch.  He brought home Chick Fil A - still helped but didnt end it.
  • I was the one to pick up Maci at 2p while he worked in the yard but once home, I was back on the couch.  Ugh I hate wasting a day but felt like a slug!
  • I watched a LOT of college football and finally by dinner was feeling myself from food, water and tylenol.
  • I did snooze again on the couch while Clint went over to the neighbors for a fire around 9p.  I woke up feeling amazing around 1030p, did a few emails, watched some Bravo TV and finally went to bed with Clint around 1130p.
Sunday :
  • Far more productive day!  I woke up feeling great and by 830a, Clint and I were outside with the dogs for a walk - pretty day too!
  • We had some breakfast, got groceries, launched into laundry etc.
  • Clint was outside working in the yard and taking down some trees while I got all the to dos in the house complete.
  • The kids watched the Bengals game with me which had a super disappointing outcome - Boo!
  • I ran Maci to her soccer practice at 4p and hung for a bit to complete her player evaluation with her coach, dang we are proud of her!
  • Completed some more laundry and then ran back to get her at 515p.
  • We had dinner, got everyone ready for a week of being back at school/work and now are finishing up a few to dos before bed time!
We hope you had a super fun weekend as well!
Lots of Love,
C, K, M & C

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