Todd made it home safe and and sound on Friday night... it was great having him back home!
Over the weekend, I uploaded some of the pictures he took during his trip... he provided the color commentary. So take a look at them over on my Flickr gallery (or go straight to the new "Europe" photo set, some wishful thinking on my part for future additions... hopefully with pix that I will personally take!).
Todd was quite the trooper all weekend long... no long sleep-ins or naps. I don't know how he managed that, but I guess that is the best thing to do to get back on schedule. Granted the alarm clock going off at 5:30 a.m. was not greeted with great joy by either of us this morning, but he was out the door and back to regular workplace by 6 a.m.
It was a tad earlier than I got up while Todd was away, but I didn't really sleep-in all too much while he was away. Between it being pretty bright in the morning and having pets, I managed to get to 7 a.m. only once... most days, even without an alarm, I was up by 6:30 a.m.
Heck, today I even got Toby out for his walk waaay early. Back in the spring (when I first started walking him), I would try to get out the door before it hit 80 degrees... but with our lows not even getting down to 80, that is pretty an impossibility these days. So we were out the door, around the neighborhood, and back by 8 a.m. -- according to our indoor/outdoor thermometer it was already a toasty 87 degrees! Yikes!
Also, I was a bit more motivated to get up today since it's the first day of Wimbledon! So the big store today? Federer? Hingis? Nope. Rain! Of course! So we are already beeing "treated" to an encore of last year's Federer-Roddick final on the telly. But my London sources tell me the weather should be good for the rest of the first week.
On Saturday, we hit the bookstore. Todd plowed through two books while he was in France, so he needed something new. After just two "sittings," I am already more than halfway through my latest book (and I still have to write my blog review of the last one)... so I was on the prowl for a new book as well. Being the chronic book buyer, I planned on taking advantage of Borders "3 books for the price of 2" regular "sale"... but goshdarnit, while they still have the 3 for 2... the books that caught my eye were part of a new (?) 4 for 3 "deal." So after a lot of back-and-forth, I picked out 4 books... to speed along my lack of decision-making process Todd reminded me that it's not like I have to actually have to read them. He knows my book-buying addiction habits all too well. But having been on a good reading tear of late, my intention is that all the new purchases will be read... and hopefully by the end of the summer.
Oh... rumor has it... that I will be getting something back this week... I don't want to jinx it, but if you have been reading W&C at any point during the past 6 months, you likely know what it is! Keep your fingers crossed!
Fingers and toes crossed.
Posted by: Scott-O-Rama | Monday, June 26, 2006 at 10:18 PM