so i've been back from vacation a few days now and am getting settled back into work. vacation overall was pretty boring, but i still prefer it to work. yes, i know that if i was truly a housewife, i'd be bored out of my mind and need an escape. but the idea of just a part time job sounds magical to me. and i really think i have enough interests now i could fill my time pretty well. vacation was just tricky because i was trying to do things i normally wouldn't want to do. but whatever.
we kicked off the vacation with the trip to broken bow, oklahoma. anniversary trip with the in-laws? that's correct. actually i really like my in-laws and appreciate the fact that they want to drive us around and pay for a trip for us. i was pretty excited about getting to do some things i love in a new place away from work.
overall, good trip. i tend to plan things a litlte too much sometimes, so not having a plan makes me a little crazy. alex's parents don't plan. mine don't really either, i guess, but they tend to think about what they want to do and if there's a best way to go about that. alex's parents just do it.
we left early saturday morning and managed to check in a few hours early. we got settled in and had some lunch and then left again to scout out fishing spots and make a golf tee time. being the brilliant person i am, i remembered change out of my jeans and into some shorts before leaving. super smart. why? because they ended up fishing for like 3 hours while i sat there. i wasn't smart enough to bring a book (or camera) just in case, cause i thought it was going to be a quick trip. so sad. and kind of boring. but pretty. AND i got to see a little otter running around and swimming in the river. it made the entire trip worth it. looked just like uzi.
came home to make some dinner (my delicious beans and blueberry peach cobbler. can't beat em.) and watched "nothing but trouble." hung out in the hot tub and tried to save the lightning bugs from their suicide missions into the tub. the guys made their tee time for the next morning, so we knew that we'd need to get up, take them to the golf course, and then spend the next 3 or so hours doing something else. i tried to convince my m-i-l to go trail running with me. she wasn't very excited but agreed to try. lucky for her the trails are super rocky and slippery and not a good idea for novice trail runners. so we walked. then she tricked me into climbing this mountain for a view. the view never happened. but we didn't die or fall. success.
picked the guys up and came back for lunch. the us open was on and alex's dad LOVES to watch golf (and fox news). so i played along for a little bit and then snuck outside to read. i made it a whole chapter into "water for elephants" and fell asleep. i was concerned that my neck would break from the rolling of my head, so i moved inside and passed out in my bed for an hour or so. the good news? there was still like 3 hours of the golf tournament left! so that was awesome. i finished up some knitting and tried to right off a headache. we were going to go down the river again, but i realized that dinner was gonna take a couple hours to cook and it was already 6. my m-i-l and i stayed back while the guys fished. dinner was good (stuffed shells) and i was wiped out from my day of nothing, so i crashed.
the next morning we got up early for the guys to fish and the girls to eat pancakes and clean up. alex and i had our stuff packed up, so mostly there wasn't much to do. i got to sit outside and read with a cup of coffee for an hour or so while it wasn't 1000 degrees outside. it was perfect. exactly what i wanted to do. no, i didn't ever get to read by the river, but that's okay. the guys got back and the girls prepared for their spa experience. we were pumped.
turns out they set us up for a couple's massage because they thought we wanted that. no problem. what a treat, though. the bed was made by the owner's husband, a chiropractor. the sound of the music comes from within the bed, which is kind of strange, but cool. so they basically drizzle hot shea butter all over you (including your hair) and massage it into you. then they sprinkle sea salts on you and exfoliate. and then they wrap you on hot towels. it was fantastic. plus we got to eat some amazing cheesecake brownies afterward and drink cucumber water (and i don't even like cucumbers). great experience.
the fun thing is that you can't wash the shea butter out of your hair. so we drove home a little greasy and smelling like fish bait (that's what the guys told us). after about 3 stops on the way home for alex's dad to eat (he seriously had like 4 big meals that day before 5), we made it home. the puppies were thrilled, especially after the storms and tornadoes that came through while we were gone.
the rest of the week was kind of boring and a bit of a blur. tuesday we went to see x-men with our friend matt. my hair was still in a ponytail thanks to the shea butter (took 2 big pre-washes/ regular washes with dawn to get it all out). movie was great. magneto's just awesome. first place at trivia that night (whoo!). wednesday we had father's day lunch with dad at this itty bitty store a billion miles away. it was pretty good for forestburg. i ran that evening at the park while alex hit golf balls at the driving range with buck. came home to host poker night- black eyed pea dip and cranberry oatmeal cookies. buck brought a girl over to watch "the big lebowski" with me. it was her first time to see it, so i tried to keep my mouth shut and let her just enjoy it. i did okay.
i made a quick decision on thursday to cut my hair at a cheap place. boy was it not what i asked for. overall the cut's not too bad, it's just nothing like i asked. i said long bob, angled to the front, long enough for a ponytail, no stacking. i got chin-length bob, straight, too short for a ponytail, stacked. first time i almost cried after a haircut. at least i could get pig tails out of it and ended up being able to sort of finagle a ponytail. could be worse. much worse.
i spent thursday with mom picking out fabric for her bedroom and exploring homegoods. the guy filling in for alex took us out for dinner that night. i swear pasta is so overpriced in restaurants. it's crazy. 14 bucks for linguine in a (really bad, really thick) cream sauce with 7 shrimp. that was it. nuts. lost big time at trivia, but our waitress remembered us after just one trip, so that was awesome.
our 5th anniversary didn't start off too great. my fault. my favorite shirt (nobody puts baby in a corner, you know the one) somehow got bleach stains all over it. i went on this big rant about how all of my clothes are getting ruined, which is true. but that sort of lead to a meltdown. i felt super fat that day anyway (remember the linguine with cream sauce) and was frustrated about my hair still. just a bad morning. we had lunch at cheesecake factory so alex would shut up about it and stop trying to kill me through the 5 billion calories in each item on the menu. the food really is good, but man, it's so bad for you. i ordered the french salad, which was so so good. we came home and watched some tv and movies. took the dogs for a walk and got snow cones. kept things pretty chill.
saturday we remembered that alex's uncle was leaving town and asked if we could borrow his pool. we decided to take the dogs with us to see if they would have fun in the pool. the answer to that is no. poor gandalf can't keep his butt up. from the amount of arm splashing he does, i think he may just not use his back legs at all. he tried, though. and never would jump in to us, but can at least do a little.
uzi was the big shocker. she's not interested at all in going in the water, but once she does, man she's good. she looks just like a little alligator.
sunday we went to our church for the first time in weeks and spent the rest of the day trying to pretend we didn't have to work the next day and figuring out our plans for food and working out. big surprise, we're gonna try one more time to eat right and exercise. so far so good, though. i'm about 4 pounds less than my highest last week. we tend to do okay when we're really focused together. plus being broke keeps us from eating out or doing things other than than working out. so that's helpful.
but yeah, overall, an okay vacation. we could have done something else fun if we had the money, but whatever. it was nice to just hang out and be together. i'm already looking forward to the next bit of time off.
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