Yet Another Manic Monday

Jeez louise, was it ever difficult to get up this morning...I think I was just in denial over the fact that the weekend is over! I know I say it all the time, but I really have no idea where the time has gone!

The weekend started a little bit early on Friday afternoon when my office had a Cinco de Mayo party.  It was a great way to unwind at the end of a long week, and everyone brought in delicious Mexican-inspired food and drinks for the occasion.  My dad even stopped by- he had a meeting on campus, so dropped by afterward- and I know that he enjoyed meeting my coworkers, and vice-versa.  As is the case with him, he makes friends wherever he goes!

Obviously, since I had gorged myself on Mexican goodness at our little fiesta, dinner was not happening for me, so I accompanied Dan to get a pizza, and then we snuggled up on the couch and watched The Shawshank Redemption.  It was a fantastic movie (it was my very first time seeing it, and it happens to be Dan's favorite movie), although definitely a tearjerker at times.  We split some cupcakes that I had bought at Baked &Wired for the occasion of Dan's new job (yayyyyyy!)- if you'll notice, I couldn't bring myself to eat dinner, but I obviously made room for dessert ;)

On Saturday, I headed over to my parents' house after a great run and spent the afternoon with them.  I always enjoy going over to Old Town for the change of scenery, and I hadn't seen my parents in a few weeks, so a visit was definitely in order! We just hung around and watched some sports (duh), since both the Caps and Nats were in town (it was a busy sports day in DC!).  Afterward, I met up with Dan and his friends at his friend's apartment after they went to the Nats game.  It was a really nice night; we hung out in the apartment for a while, and then headed outside to the apartment complex's courtyard, where we grilled and chatted.  I really love hanging out with his group of friends, and they have made me feel so welcome since the first time I hung out with them last April.  I feel more like another of their friends than I do an outsider who happens to be dating their friend, so I'm very grateful to them for making me feel so included.  Afterward, we went to RFD (I felt so awful, I think I nearly crushed Dan, whose lap I had to sit on during the cab ride there) and then called it a night relatively early.

Yesterday, I was able to meet up with Lauren for a bit and chat and eat cookies, which is always welcome in my book.  Then, Dan and I went to Founding Farmers, where we had decided to go for a celebratory dinner on the occasion of his new job.  The food was DELICIOUS (we got a delicious appetizer of cornbread from a skillet), so I was glad that we had made the trek downtown on a Sunday night and braved the crowds.  By the time we got home, it was almost time to go to sleep, so we just lounged around like lazy bums haha.  And this week begins his week of what I call "funemployment", because he decided to give himself a week off before starting the new job a week from today.  He'll be playing a LOT of golf this week to take advantage of courses that are more expensive on the weekends, and part of me wishes I could take a weeklong vacation and just hang out with him (read: ride around in the golf cart with him haha).  I AM, however, going to take Friday off, and we're really hoping the weather will hold off so we can ride bikes to Mt. Vernon and have ourselves a little picnic.  I'm really looking forward to that, as well as the short week ahead!

I hope you all had wonderful weekends!