The Weekend

Weekends have taken on a whole new meaning for me since I stopped "working".  Now that I stay home with Afton, I look forward to the weekend but with a new twist.  It isn't just a break from work anymore-it means family time.  I look forward to Matt being home for a whole day, not just a few hours in the evening.

Since the kitchen project started, weekends have seemed busy and they fly by even faster than normal.   I don't really do anything different, but Matt is tied up with a different kind of work.  Even though he is in the house, we still don't get to see him much.

So we were really looking forward to today... more family time and a trip to ABQ.  He worked all day yesterday on the kitchen and almost completed the wiring.  Of course some of the items we picked up on our last trip to ABQ had missing parts or were dented so we needed to get new lighting fixtures to replace those.  I also made an appointment to get family pictures done this morning thinking no one wants their pics made on a Sunday morning, so no waiting.  (yes, we missed church.  Unfortunately, something had to be sacrificed today)  After working until after 10 pm last night and a midnight call from work last night that accidentally went unanswered, we got up this morning early to get ready to go.  No it can never be that easy...  We thought Matt would have to go into work and miss our first family pictures.  After multiple calls, getting ready even though we didn't know if we were going or not, we headed out later than I thought we should.  I wanted to feed Afton before the pictures so she would be in a good mood.  She was cranky anyway from being woken up this morning.  We get to ABQ and she refused to eat.  No biggy.  We go into the portrait studio and had to wait for almost 45 minutes to get our pictures done.  Once they start we were only in there for 30 minutes tops and only got a few good pics.  To me a very disappointing portrait experience.  Then we rushed around ABQ at Lowes AND Home Depot to get home in case Matt had to go to work.  Thankfully he didn't, but I hate rushed trips to ABQ. Our trip really wasn't that relaxing today.

The good part is, even though we were rushed around, we did get to spend all day together, just the three of us.  We had good hamburgers for lunch, Afton had a good time watching everyone from her stroller, and we got Starbucks on the way home.  We even got a short family nap in this evening.  All in all, what more could I ask for?