A pretty relaxed weekend.

We’ll let’s just say after all the festivities from last week, it was nice to have a pretty laid back week/weekend. Not a whole lot took place on Friday evening which was nice. I’m actually house and pet sitting for the regular couple I normally house sit. Actually, the old dog Dylan was put down in January because he had cancer so they got a new dog which is pretty much the same breed but this pup is three months old and just a blast. He’s rambunctious and most definitely a go getter with tons of energy. What’s really neat is that whenever I throw the ball, he’ll pick it up but is still learning how to drop the ball after fetching it. My lunch breaks are spent in the house when I let him out of the house to roam around in the yard and there’s so much he’s discovering. Talk about a cute dog.

Oh, I forgot to mention that on Thursday, I went up to Ames for Chicago, the musical which was a really good performance. The cast did a wonderful job. While in Ames, I met up with Colleen and Nora – both current students at Iowa State and my former RE students. It’s great to catch up with them. Nora as usual will be doing quite a lot of traveling over the summer. She’ll be spending a good part of it in DC interning for a non-profit agency. She’s definitely looking forward to it. Colleen will be working at the Ann Taylor store since it was a requirement as part of the textile/merchandise major. Matt,, Colleen’s brother will be getting married this weekend and I’m part of the wedding party. Matt asked me to be one of his groomsmen and I was honored when he asked. It was a fun and relaxing weekend. Colleen just got done with finals that day and I offered to bring some boxes back home since Kevin and Martha would be helping her move back to DM the next day.

After work on Saturday, I went to the performance of Stomp at the Civic Center. The last time I saw Stomp was many years ago when they came to the Civic Center and I sat way at the back. This time, I got a middle seat on the second row which gave me an amazing view. I’ve always loved rhythms and Stomp is pretty much all about rhythms and it was a grand evening. All of us in the audience had a wonderful time and it was definitely one of the most memorable performances in a very long time. After Stomp, I made it to Ann’s place just to catch up and chat because the last time I was there was close to two months ago. We both needed our conversation fix! Harley prepared an amazing apple pie which was delectable to say the least and they waited for me before having dessert which they really should not have done. I truly appreciated it.

Sunday was not too eventful. I did however work at the other house instead of my regularly scheduled house because one of the residents was having issues with the staff that was working and they needed someone with cooler heads to handle the situation. It’s funny because I’ve never worked at this house on a Sunday and things are definitely different because they for the most part laze around and not do anything. A couple of them took walks as the weather was really nice. They were more than excited about dinner because they knew I would be cooking it. We did not have any gravy for the beef steak so I ended up making gravy with beef broth with assistance from one of the residents who used to be a cook. It was neat to see him work in the kitchen and we talked before about how he misses cooking in a restaurant.

That’s pretty much how the weekend went. I have Friday and Saturday off this weekend because the rehearsal dinner is on Friday and I have to get ready by 11:30AM for the wedding at 3PM since there will be picture taking etc. I’m actually excited about the wedding because this will be the first time I’m part of the wedding party. John, Carola and I will be going to a final classical concert at the Art Center this Saturday. Should be pretty exciting.

That’s all for now.