So I didn’t write anything on Monday because I figured it was Columbus Day and I wanted to properly honor Christopher Columbus and his discovery of America. Also, I was tired.
Then not writing anything on Monday felt so good that I decided to extend my holiday to one more day and took Tuesday off as well. Truth be told, I came just short of putting up a post where I basically just decide to shut down the blog for an indeterminate amount of time.
But let’s take a quick moment to watch my favorite Les Miles’ moment of all time in honor of Christopher Columbus.
Les, I adore you 364 days of the year and only take off the day the Aggies play LSU.
I got a good night’s sleep on Monday night and woke up Tuesday morning finally feeling some semblance of semi-normal. The last few weeks have taken their toll on me and I got home from Atlanta on Saturday morning and felt so exhausted that I could have just laid on my couch and cried. However, there was college football to watch so I watched football as opposed to crying and that was probably the better choice.
My emotional state is returning to normal (or at least my version of normal) because I don’t have any plans that require me to get on a plane or not sleep in my own bed anytime soon. And I’m good with that. It is so fun to travel around and meet so many of you who read the blog and I’m so grateful that I get to do that, but I’m also so thankful that I have about a month of down time stretching in front of me. I even cooked a roast last night complete with homemade mashed potatoes and was so proud of myself that I could have made an entire Pinterest board filled with motivational quotes about the experience.
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to cook a roast is strong enough to succeed.”
“What you cook today can improve all your tomorrows.”
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, maybe you’ll still have a roast in the oven.”
“Your roast is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God.”
And lest you think this was some extra-special roast, let me assure you it was a standard shoulder roast from HEB that I cooked in the oven covered in beef stock mixed with powdered ranch dressing, Italian dressing mix and brown gravy mix, otherwise known as the MSG and preservative special.
Other than that, there’s just not much going on around here. It’s still hot in case you were wondering and it’s not bringing out my best side. I am tired of wearing summer clothes but when I attempt to wear fall clothes it just makes me angry because I’m so hot. I have ordered three new sweaters and a jacket because I am choosing to believe winter is like Field of Dreams and if you shop it, it will come.
Anyway, I had a great time in Atlanta last Friday night although the Atlanta traffic was enough to make me want to move to Mars with Matt Damon. I don’t even know if Matt Damon lives on Mars or how long he was actually there, but based on the movie previews it appears he stayed on Mars for a decent amount of time and was all alone which means he never had to deal with traffic and feeling like he might throw up from motion sickness in the backseat of a car driven by people he’d just met.
The good news is my flight out on Saturday morning was super early and I can report there is virtually no traffic in Atlanta at 6:15 a.m. on a Saturday. P and Caroline picked me up from the airport and I was on the couch in my pajamas watching the Texas/OU game by halftime and was surprised as anyone that the Longhorns pulled out the victory. I don’t want to say it was probably because I featured that burnt orange dress on Fashion Friday, but coincidence? I think not. So you’re welcome for that, Longhorn sisters.
Sunday morning we had church and then Caroline had a soccer game. We spent the rest of the day just hanging out around the house. Then we had a school holiday on Monday which makes this a nice short week and I’m ecstatic that it’s already Wednesday. Or at least it will be by the time you read this.
Hope you all had a good weekend and a very merry Columbus Day.