I did something totally out of character for me this weekend…I lived in the moment.
On Wednesday, I turned in the finished manuscript for Easy Bake Lovin’ (Play Dates #2), and then from Wednesday night ’til this minute, I haven’t even powered up my computer. Oh, it traveled to Illinois with us and back, but I didn’t do any work.
Here’s what I did instead:
Walked out of the Isle of Capri casino in Cape Girardeau, Missouri with $50 more than I had when I walked in. Wooot! Thanks, Ghostbusters!
Took the bypass around Bloomington-Normal, Illinois (my hometown) without stopping for the first time in my life. It was a little freaky.
Laughed my butt off with some of my oldest friends – seriously, these broads are getting up there.
Trained from Level 1 Ninja to Level 5 Ninja thanks to my Karate Kid crane kick and guidance from my nephew, Liam. Sadly, that still wasn’t enough for me to be able to wield the plastic nunchucks. I’m told you have to be Level 10 Ninja for that.
Learned how to vanquish the undead (neon green plastic skeletons) with a sword. Special thanks to nephew, Connor, for letting me use one of his foam swords. Fodder refuses to buy me one of my own. The big chicken.
Rebuilt a bulldozer. (I wasn’t sure I could do it, but great-nephew, Bo, had faith in his Aunt Moogie.)
Laughed my butt off some more, but don’t worry, I ate enough to ensure continuous padding. Plus, we made the resident teenagers whine and beg us to go to bed, so we win!
Swept into Bloomington on our way south again to share a little lunch with my biggest brother, nieces & nephews, and great-niece and nephews.
Rolled into the St. Louis area and scammed a bed for the night from second biggest brother and his ever-patient wife. Devoured my first steakburger from Freddy’s Custard – yum! Can’t wait until our Freddy’s opens!
Up early to drive another six hours through sporadic rain, but it was all worth it to come home to this smiley beast:
I realized when I started this post that I forgot to take pictures of all of the above, but I decided I’m okay with that. I was living in the moment, and enjoying every one of them. <3
How was your weekend?
Aww, Mags, this post makes me so happy! Sounds like the perfect long weekend! I think more people need to unplug and just live in the moment. I had a really nice weekend with my family. We took Li’l C to Jungle Cat World, spent a fun afternoon with Grams and my uncle Larry and David, then Dad and I had extra bonding time when I forgot my jacket at Grams’ house and we had to drive all the way there and back to retrieve it since my car keys and house keys were in the pocket. Whilst making the 1.5 hour round trip, we went through an entire bag of chips, and we had lots of laughs too. 😀
Sounds like a wonderful trip. We all need to take time to unplug and live in the moment. Well done!