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it's never easy to bid adieu to a weekend good and full.
indeed, the past couple days were full of goodness.
the kids were out and about on friday.
that gave coach and i the green light for an end of week walk on the beautiful fall eve.
the best part was coming home and curling up with a few books, a couple cats and a glass of wine.
the rain arrived overnight as promised, which normally makes me girlishly giddy.
it was gray, gloomy and getting wetter by the minute.
that didn't stop miss bit and i from joining aunt jess and friends for an early morning 5k.
we put on our fashionable
my girl...she only complained a little about our pace and also the rain.
oh the rain!
yet i'm pretty certain our stop for bagels on the way home made up for any and all sogginess.
little did we know we would spend the better part of the day wet and water logged.
not even gale force winds or torrential rains could have kept us from cheering on our resident quarterback.
the knights kicked some you know what and t. bone, coaches and teammates were all happy with his first game as the qb.
of course they were, it was their first win in 2 years.
bit and i baked a cake in honor of the occasion and also in honor of the rainy day.
the flavor was pumpkin chip in honor of october...the best month.
a rich chocolate ganache didn't find its way on top until after the cake was half gone.
we had to ready to leave for reserves and a night on the town with my brother and sil.
the occasion was a belated birthday celebration.
dinner was at a local gastropub.
the fare was small plates of clams and calamari, pork belly, duck crepes and an assortment of charcuterie.
dessert was jerry seinfeld before a sold out show.
he was still funny after all these years.
nothing was off limits from our daily coffee habits to our sedentary lifestyles or our marriages.
coach found the women are from mars men are from venus moments awfully funny and i still have no idea why.
hmmm.
after the show we enjoyed a little night life from the 23rd floor of a downtown hotel.
we sipped martinis with names like the good life and savior faire and listened to live music from a duo that took on everyone from fleetwood mac to madonna.
sunday we were back downtown for sunday school and church in that order much to t. bone's dismay.
after a night out there was no way we were making it to early church.
i'm so glad we didn't just submit to the desire to sleep in or sweat hence skipping church altogether.
i needed to be there.
i can already feel that i'm starting this week from a position of more strength and clarity.
that is a definite blessing.
the rest of our day was busy.
t. bone went to a friend's and miss bit had friends over.
coach and i were all work and that was all good.
then we finished and uncle m. joined us for a delicious fajita dinner with all the fixings.
the boys are all 3 still downstairs watching football.
miss bit is in bed with a cool washcloth over her brow desperately trying to fall asleep.
i'm fighting to stay awake so i can finish writing here and then read the last 3 pages of my book.
i hope for a good and long night's sleep for one and all.
until next week.
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