Back home and busy

Part of the problem of starting something like is is that if you get away from it for a few days (such as an out-of-town trip), you tend to overlook it upon your return. A prime example is right here.

We got back from our trip to the inlaws on Tuesday--more about that later. Since then, my non-work life has been mostly devoted to catching up on things. Tuesday night was spent on catching up on e-mail and news while we were gone. Wednesday night was earmarked for updating the website. Thursday was our anniversary (32 years), so we went out of town and did a couple things. Let's see how well I can remember.

She had to work on Thursday until about 3 p.m., so there went any plans for an extensive trip I wanted to make. During the day I got some flowers for her (not really thinking about it until I was in the car) and put them on the kitchen island so she would see them as she returned home. But when she walked through the door, her eyes first met her kitty, so the flowers went unnoticed for a while.

We went for a drive, mainly heading towards Bartoletti's in Aurora, where we and my mom had a delicious steak a few months ago. We went there, were showed to a booth in the back near the windows and were ignored for the next 20 minutes. It took one of the other diners to point us out to the waitress, because I was on the verge of getting up and finding somewhere else to eat. But to make a long story short, they finally found us, we both ordered tenderloins, and they were as delicious as the last time.

After that we took the long way home, going south to 8, then went to 101, back to Florence and up to Crystal Falls, where we stopped at a drive-in for ice cream (except I got a root beer). Then home again. No fun after she went to bed--she was too tired. It had been a busy day for both of us. (This morning, she seemed sad that she got tired, but I understand ... because I was feeling tired, too.)

Tonight, we'll both be home and I'll pick a movie for us to watch. Then we'll what happens.

To sum it all up, the nights have been real busy since I got home from our trip. More about the trip next time.