24 hr vacation...
Josh was gone this weekend, away at a men's retreat in New Mexico. I’ve had the house to myself for 24 hours. I miss Josh, but I’ve absolutely enjoyed the space and the quiet...all to myself!
Josh, in case you’re wondering...here’s what I’ve been up to
1) I watched Romy and Michele’s Highschool Reunion…because I missed seeing it in highschool/college. The only characters I really liked were Heather and Cowboy/Casey. I’m glad it’s finally off my watch list and I really suspect I could have gone my entire life without seeing it.
2) I made an entire chicken dinner with stuffing, potatoes and green beans just for myself. I couldn’t eat a lot of it, but it was darn yummy. Half way through the afternoon it occurred to me that just because you weren’t here didn’t mean I shouldn’t have a nice dinner.
3) CoH – lots of it. Enough that my shoulders hurt so bad I had to biofreeze them before I went to sleep last night.
4) Slept in the spare room. I don’t know, I just like that room. It’s relaxing. And I rarely get to sleep in there. Also our big bed is a bit too big when it’s just me in it by my lonesome.
5) I invented garlic bagel crisp bruschetta…and ate about 15 of them for lunch.
6) I ate lunch watching Eddie Izzard’s Unspeakable. It was unspeakably funny...I almost spit out my bruschetta probably about 16 times.
7) I went to Bath and Body Works and finally spent the gift card your sister bought me but I’ve never been able to spend because I didn’t have enough time in the store to figure out what I want. Today it took me 45 minutes ...long enough to decide. I now smell fabulous.
8) I walked around the mall. No reason. I still detest the mall...but it occurred to me that I just never ever go there when you’re home. You’re not home, so I went. Also I got lost trying to find the bath and body works store...but still, let’s pretend that was an intentional trip shall we?
9) I took a completely unnecessary bath so that I could try out the stuff I bought at the store.
10) I made everything soup for dinner. When it’s just me that has to eat something, I get a lot more creative in the kitchen. Start with a can of chicken noodle soup. Add everything. Frozen veggies, chopped up potatoes, pastrami, leftover chicken from last night, more noodles. Spices and a bay leaf. I don’t even know why a person is supposed to add that last one…but they always say “and one bay leaf” in recipes. (Remove before serving.) It’s been simmering on the stove for 20 minutes now so we’re about to see how that turned out.
Basically, it’s quiet and the house smells awesome. I also smell awesome thanks to bath and body works. This...has been a completely lovely 24 hours. Yay for vacation time.
In other news...it’ll be nice to have my husband back here soon.
Love,
Me
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