Weekend Wrap-Up

I realized I never did a wrap-up of our date night from last Friday, so I will now! We had a BLAST. After work (I get off at 11 a.m. on Fridays), I drove Carter and Bentley up to my parent's and Michelle and Jason's, respectively. After getting everything all set up for Mr. Carter and dropping Bentley off at Michelle's, we had some lunch and I headed home. It was about 1:30 when I left. I thought to myself that I could swing into the roadside stand on the way home and get some mums and whatnot to decorate some more outside (and eventually plant). But then it hit me that I am downright crazy.

If I hurry home, I can nap for an hour IN PEACE before Seth gets home from work and we need to get ready to go out. Trust me, I blew off that road side stand in a split second. Who needs pretty mums anyway??

I got home at precisely 2:20 and was in my warm, cozy bed by precisely 2:23. Have mercy. I set my alarm for 3:23 and drifted off. I heard Seth come home around that time, but he was on the phone. I reasoned that I could get ready really quickly and reset my alarm to 4:00. It was heaven.on.earth.

We then headed to dinner. I ordered fancy meatloaf. I almost couldn't believe it myself because I am picky about my meatloaf. And with good reason. This meatloaf wasn't so good--it was weird. But everything else was yummy. Then we headed over to the Giant Center for Jeff Dunham where I saw the stereotypical people you would see at Jeff Dunham....central PA rednecks. :)
I was almost giddy to be out on a date with Seth - so much fun to just hold hands and talk (and do some SERIOUS people-watching) for hours! The show was hysterical and we had such a blast. It started late at almost 8:30 so needless to say it went much later than we're used to these days. But since Carter was with my mom, we got to sleep several glorious uninterrupted hours Friday night. Then I headed to get Squirt on Saturday morning while Seth was at work.

We had so much fun but I really did miss the little guy after only one night. I couldn't wait to kiss those chubby little cheeks and tickle those chunky baby thighs. And to see Bentley, of course.

I love my boys.

On Sunday, we met a bunch of friends from Messiah for lunch and then they came back to our house. Cheryl is in massage therapy school right now and I made a remark about how she can "practice on me if she wants." And do you know what she said?!?!?! "Oh definitely. Lay down, and I'll give you a massage." She proceeded to give me a full body massage, complete with the head and feet. Again I say heaven.on.earth.

We had lots of fun with everyone and it was great to see everybody, too!

The Power of Suggestion

Last night, I thought it would be fun to do a little bit of Christmas shopping. Seth thought that sounded about as fun as having bamboo shoots shoved under his fingernails, but I begged and pleaded and he finally gave in. His only requisite was that I had to drive at least one way.

As I backed out of the garage (through the OPEN door, not the closed one), I casually mentioned to him that my car was being finnicky the past week or so and had sputtered when I turned the car on 2 whole times out of 9 days. He said that we'd have to get a battery soon and that was that.

While I ran into the store, Seth sat in the car with Bentley. He turned the car off but left the radio on and the windows down. I came out a mere fifteen minutes later and jumped in the driver's seat.

I think you know where this is going...

I turned the key and nothing. And I mean nothing. Oh I lie, the dash light might have flashed for .2 seconds, but then nothing. We sat and waited for a few minutes and I tried again. Even more of nothingness. Excellent.

Good news for us: we had jumper cables and a lovely couple asked if we needed help, so we were jumped in no time. Plus, Seth was with me. I probably would have freaked out if I was alone and had to jump a car with someone's help because for the life of me, I can NEVER remember that the colors are to MATCH UP on the cables, not be a 1 to 1 kind of thing of black to red. Chances are good that I will ruin more than just a battery some day with that lack of knowledge.

The other good news is that there is a car place just across the lot, so after we were jumped we headed over there, and the nice people installed a new battery for us. Nearly $100 later, we called it a night and headed home!

The point is this: if your battery is being finnicky, don't say it out loud.