Here we are, Monday again! The weekends go by so fast, and I say that as someone who doesn't go to work everyday. We had a nice, relaxing weekend at home. We were supposed to fly to Virginia Beach to celebrate my grandmother's 100th birthday, but since she passed away, we opted to stay in Atlanta. My parents held a small memorial service for her at Galilee Episcopal church in Virginia Beach (she not only attended worship services there but worked as the church secretary for many, many years). She was cremated but will be laid to rest next to my grandfather, Col. John R. Riley Sr. in Arlington National Cemetary. It's not a quick process so we're not sure when that will occur, but I'm hoping to make it home to Virginia for that.
Friday night we played outside with the kids (LOVE summer!) and I cooked dinner. Hope no one died after reading that, but yes, I did cook and it was pretty good. One of my favorite parts of summer are all of the fresh vegetables available. I roasted vegetables, sauteed up some chicken and tossed it over pasta. On Friday our DirecTV receiver and DVR croaked. Not a huge deal except for all the shows we lost which is frustrating beyond anything. To their credit, they overnighted us a new receiver and we're good to go. I think I can catch up on my shows online, maybe I'll do that during chemo this week. Thank god for iPads!!
Simon had his first official illness diagnosed on Saturday. Poor little guy has an ear infection and was miserable (read: all of us were miserable from the screaming...) all day Saturday. Luckily we have a wonderful after hours peds place really close to our house, so we walked right in and left in less than 15 minutes. The anitbiotics kicked in Sunday and he's back to his "happy" demeanor. This is funny only if you've spent any time with Simon :)
I attended a birthday gathering on Saturday night at Wild Wing, a favorite haunt for us and our group of friends. It's where we celebrate most of our birthdays. You can't go wrong with beer and wings. Plus, on Saturday nights the people watching is second to none. They usually have great cover bands and we always have a good time. This particular Saturday was interesting because it was also Cinco de Mayo so we figured The Wing would be crazy. It was dead which was strange. The band was pretty terrible but they did cover some great songs from the '90's. We had fun and the waitstaff was bored enough that they were dancing along to the music. Oh, and the random single guy at the bar dancing his brains out to every song like he owned it was also highly entertaining. It's the little things...
Sunday included more projects around the house and trying to stay cool. We finally had some rain last night and thunderstorms. I love stormy weather and last night did not disappoint! Of course we had planned on grilling out but the turkey burgers turned out okay in the inside grill. And yes, we did have sauteed spinach, funny you should ask :)
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