Well, I finally had a good night sleep last night since the weekend. Sure, I was awake some telling Matt to roll over when he was snoring or could have sworn I heard Maddy... but for the most part I slept really well! So when I woke up at 5:58 this morning I got out of bed and worked out. I was thrilled to get a 45 minute work out in. Although, honestly, I wasn't all that into it today. I just wasn't really enjoying it today. But it got done and that's what matters most.
After my workout and shower I gathered my stuff up from the spare room. That's where we dropped it last night and I ran upstairs to see Maddy who started to fuss as soon as I walked in the door. I guess Matt had just been up moments before that, but I think she wanted to see her mommy. It was great getting out last night. My main mission was to finish buying a couple things for the care package for my friend. Most of the stuff I put in there I already had around the house, but there were a few odds and ends I wanted to put in as well. The pictures turned out great considering they were done on a color copier, but wow, .89 a piece is expensive for one copy! I did pick up a couple other things that weren't on the list.. a $10 iPod player, two foamy kitchen mats for $10 each and a magnetic chalk board/white board for $7 for Maddy. But yes, I didn't get the chance to look through any of it, so I was able to get it all up the stairs this morning and look through it all.
It was so nice to have worked out, showered and be dressed by 7:30! I was looking forward to getting out of the house with Maddy however, she was quite snuggly and a bit runny this morning. So I wasn't sure we were going to get to go to ballet or not. Well, she pepped up by 8:30 so out the door we went at 9. I decided to go around back and check to make sure the back door was locked (Matt was last one out it and well, as much as I love you, you aren't good at locking the doors all the time). I found my grade school pictures in the grass! They must have dropped out in our haste to get back into the house last night. Fortunately, they were not the worse for wear. Maddy had a nice time at ballet. There weren't many people there since it was rainy and overcast but she liked it. Other than that, the morning involved a lot of snuggling.
Oh! I've had some near run-ins (walk-ins, fly-ins) with our local wild life lately. A couple days ago, Maddy and I were on the deck and I was blowing bubbles while she played with her pool and pouring water. I saw a fleck of movement and when I looked to my right I saw a very large falcon/hawk swooping our deck! I yelled, "HEY, PSSSST!" and it flew up very quickly and was gone as fast as it swooped in. But it was about 20 feet from us and no more by the time it started to swoop back up. It was deadly silent. Other than just barely noticing it with my vision I would have never heard it. I'm pretty sure it was after the bubbles. Because, even before I yelled at it, I think it realized it was on a poor mission and off it went.
Then last night Matt and I were walking into the backyard and he told me not to step foot between our crape myrtle and our Cyprus tree. I know spiders like to make webs between them at night but when we made it down the hill and looking into the light we could see the shadows of two VERY LARGE spiders. I mean, they're bodies were at least an inch wide and with the legs they could have been three inches each, easily. However, because we were rushing in the house, we had no idea what kind they were and let's face it, we weren't about to try to get close enough to check last night. We may go out with a flashlight tonight to check them out.
Maddy has been loving looking for our lizards lately. They are pretty cute and she'll look for them in place we've found them before.
Well, other than that, not much new! Have a great rest of the week!
Tea of the day: 3 cups stash green chai (so far, I'll probably have one more)
WO of the day: 45 min. elliptical.