More Fun: The Play by Play

Our 24 hours together was wonderful.  As expected, when I got home from dropping off Vera, Chris was home from work.  We both changed into our running gear and took off for our runs around the neighborhood.  (We run separately at this point since I am so slow.  And by slow, I mean that it's like I wave cars to go ahead when they are stopped at a stop sign for me because it would take much longer for me to cross in front of them instead of them just going.)  We made a huge salad for lunch and ate out in our patio.  What a beautiful day it was again.  One thing I have realized is that I rarely sit down for a meal, minus dinner.  I typically am a grazer and eat throughout the day.  I will snack on whatever Vera is snacking on and eat when she eats, but it is rare to sit down with a plate and take time to eat.  I miss that.  Eating yesterday made me slow down and enjoy meal times again.  There was no reason for snacking when I was able to eat balanced meals.  It felt good to be hungry and look forward to dinner.

After lunch, we put our swimsuits on and headed over to the pool.  We stayed a couple of hours, laying out, getting in the water, and reading our books.  For some reason, just laying still and being quiet really forces you to slow down and relax.  It was a perfect way to begin our time together.  After pool time, we went home to get Marlow, then headed to the Greenbelt for what is our all-time favorite past time.  We love to hike, but we especially love hiking with our dog.  Unfortunately there is no water in the Greenbelt right now, but it was still so fun hiking in the ravines and up and out of the cliffs.  After we were good and sweaty and when we knew Marlow needed some water, we came home, cleaned up and headed out for dinner at a local sports bar to watch Purdue in the tournament.  We shared a meal and got to cheer on our Boilermakers.  After dinner, we treated ourselves to a movie (second movie at a theater within a month--a record for us!), then headed home for an early bedtime.  Isn't that funny?  We both thought we'd want to be out on the town late, but with the crowds in town for SXSW, we didn't want to venture downtown and have to pay for parking, etc., so we just went home and got to catch a few hours of extra sleep.

Today we woke up, had breakfast, then went to Town Lake for our runs.  We brought Marlow, too, and he enjoyed getting his swim on.  We stopped by the Farmer's Market on the way home and just walked around.  I don't go as often as I used to, and especially now that we are strict with our budget, but it's still fun to see what is in season and who the new vendors are.  Afterward, we headed home to wait for the girls.  Our friends dropped off Vera and their daughter, whom we are babysitting for the day.  They are perfect playmates and now the parents get a date, too.