me to a T - Tracey Odachowski

Do you ever have one of those weekends that are just awesome?

Friday was Gabe’s last day of school, (he got the Friendliest Student Award!!), and we were brave enough to have some of his friends over. Garrett and Ben came, and we also had Ben’s sister, Rebecca (who is close to Em’s age). Then Garrett’s mom came. Then Ben and Rebecca left. Then Reagan came (more on her in a sec). All told, my kids were in the pool for nearly 7 hours. Yeah, they slept HARD.

The highlight of Friday night was seeing my friend, Dinah, who I’ve known since 4th grade. We were VERY close in middle school, then drifted apart in high school. However, we reconnected through reunion.com a little over a month ago. Turns out that her husband, who is in the reserves, had to spend 2 weeks at Langley (about 15 minutes from here), and she was coming for a visit for the weekend! So, we had them and their daughter over. It was SOOOOOOOO wonderful reconnecting w/ her. So many great memories, it was as if the last 15 years melted away. Love that.

Saturday was Gabe’s last soccer game and awards ceremony. He is so proud of his little trophy. Yet again, during the ceremony, his coach introduced him as the friendliest, sweetest child she’d ever known. Now doesn’t that just make a mama proud? Having been told that twice in one week feels pretty darn awesome. We took a nap in the afternoon, then headed to Blockbuster to rent a kid movie and have family movie night. Alas, the pre-viewed movies were on sale, so we ended up buying 3 movies instead. Before heading home we went to Cold Stone to get some ice cream, then vegged in front of the TV for the rest of the evening.

Now it is the week. No doctor appointments this week, which is rare for me. Gabe is home all day, and I’m soooooo loving that. And the best part??? My girl Alexis and her daughter are flying in on Friday!! WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I cannot wait to spend time with her where we are NOT at a trade show working our buttocks off. (if only the buttocks actually diminished during the process, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad). So, I’m prepping to get her here!

Back to work!!!