Weekending

Had more rain this weekend- it rained quite a bit on Saturday, stormed overnight and there was a chance of rain on Sunday but it didn't rain. It seems like we live simultaneously and quite inexplicably in Ohio... and the tropics.  

It was the last weekend with Alyssa home with us for the summer. She'll be back, of course, and when she's in college she isn't too far away. Still, it's the  beginning of the end of a nice little time with her at home. She's been home with us since May 2nd- you get used to someone being around when they're around for 3 1/2 months. It will take some adjusting to her being gone... while this weekend she was not gone- her departure is coming up imminently. 

As soon as I got home from work on Friday in the early afternoon, Alyssa and I went to Home Goods. She'll be living in an apartment this school year as opposed to living in one room, a la her dorm room freshman year and the sorority house last year. She'll have her own bedroom this year and a larger bed than a twin so we needed to get bedding and all that jazz as well as decor. Had a successful trip there and then we decided to stop by Donnie's office to say hi. It's at the same general location- Austin Landing- as Home Goods. I'd never surprised him before at the office (and knew there was a possibility he'd be in a meeting and we wouldn't be able to see him). He was in his office working when we arrived and was indeed surprised to see us when we arrived. 

Casual Friday- he wears jeans on most Fridays. Fifteen years ago, he wore a suit and tie to work every day. But when one of the guardians of formal business attire left the firm, the owners relaxed the dress code and Friday became casual Friday for those who didn't need to be in court. Donnie does transactional work not litigation so he's very rarely in court. 

Ahhh, TJ Maxx/Homegoods- where dreams to spend money wisely go to die 😆. I mean, she really did need bedding. The rest was harder to make a case for needing but ya know, you gotta make your new place look nice :).

When Donnie got home from work, we decided to get carry out from Hummus. It's local- about a mile and half from our house and I don't know why we'd never tried it before. 

It was so good! There were many options for meats, sides, grains, etc. I got lamb pita with just lettuce, feta, cucumbers and meat. 

....and chocolate baklava for dessert. YUM!

After dinner, Alyssa and I worked on a photo project for her new apartment. Then she and Donnie watched a movie while I read.

Saturday morning, I got up and ran. Alyssa had a hair appointment which I took her to- her hair place is in Austin Landing where we had just been the day before. One thing I had to do was buy something from Home Goods that we had inadvertently not paid for when we were at Home Goods on Friday. Oops! After checking out Friday and loading up our car, we found something that we hadn't paid for. It was on the bottom portion of our cart and we didn't see it when we loaded items on the counter to pay for them. The line had taken us about twenty minutes to get through and I didn't feel like standing back in line to pay for the item we'd accidentally not paid for. I knew we'd back the next morning and so I went to Home Goods shortly after they open on Saturday to pay for the item. I had a little time left so I went to Kohl's. I rarely shop there- the last time I was there, they didn't have self check outs but they did this time. I bought another wireless bra and a cute pair of reduced price sandals for Alyssa.

After lunch, we went to Sam's Club where we got a bunch of items for Donnie's work and snack items that Alyssa will take to school with her.

After that, we drove to Liberty Center where we met Jacob at an arcade place called  In The Game. It's a great place to play fun games- they have classics like skee ball, wac a mole, basketball shooting games, etc.

VR headsets 

Alyssa and I played a game where we got the maximum amount of tickets. So fun!

Then we drove a few minutes down the road to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. 

My din-din was good if a bit monochromatic!

Good thing I'd had a salad before my main course...

After dinner, we drove back to Liberty Center and did some shopping. Once home before bed, we relaxed and did some research for places to stay for an upcoming long weekend away.

Sunday morning was church followed by doing a bit of outside work in the garden. Then Alyssa and I went to a few stores to get more items for her apartment- from cleaning supplies to decor to the myriad of things one needs in an apartment. We came home, talked to Abby on the phone and decided to eat out for dinner. I'd purchased chicken for Donnie to grill but it was so hot and humid that we got Penn Station again. It was delicious and then we relaxed- played games, watched some TV and I ran in the evening.

Linking up with Holly and Sarah for Hello Monday: