Nice Saturday

Yesterday was an unplanned and fun day. The kids let me sleep until 9 - that has never happened before with the new kid. It was probably because I took them for a good romp in the desert late Friday afternoon and then I stayed up late working on Friday night and they sort of stayed up with me. Kim and Cheryl were near the house at an estate sale and stopped by for a short visit on Saturday morning and we planned to get together on Sunday. Then I took a shower (notable because have not had many of these since returning from Chicago) and took Bodhi to the downtown mall for the weekly farmers market and craft fair. We bought pretzel bread and blueberry muffins. We also visited with Kevin and practiced behaving nicely and then stopped by the dog park for a quick run around on the way home. I also talked to Ed on the way home and we planned to meet for lunch after I dropped Bodhi off at home and dropped off the recycling. After lunch we stopped by the stadium to watch part of the last NMSU home game. I stopped by the grocery store on the way home and then cooked dinner for the second straight night (italian sausage, polenta, wilted spinach on Friday; roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, wilted spinach on Saturday) and the third time in four months. The kids and I played for a bit and then we were all in bed by 10 and slept until 8 this morning. Today I worked on academic stuff and cleaning and organizing the kitchen cabinets and we visited Kim and Cheryl and Dakota and Jake for a play date. The kids are now sleeping and it is almost 9 and so I will be sleeping soon too. Nice to get to bed early these days with the colder temps and earlier nights. Tomorrow I want to go to the gym and pick out guest room carpet and order kitchen bar stools and get some good academic work done and do laundry and maybe buy a mattress and a simple temporary bed frame.