An ideal weekend

Paula's Retirement
One reason I quit teaching was that I wanted to enjoy my weekends. I wanted to be free from grading and lesson plans - free to enjoy time with my family, and free to just rest. That has worked out just as I hoped it would. Take this weekend for example. Friday night was our usual date night - eating out and drinking coffee afterwards at Barnes and Noble while looking at books. Saturday morning we kept to our usual routine - having breakfast with our friends. There are nine of us that go to breakfast together every Saturday, usually at Cracker Barrel, but it varies where we meet. Yesterday we were especially talkative and sat in Chik-fil-A for over an hour. It's a great way for us to stay in touch with our friends. (That same group also has a game night once a month, and we rotate between homes.) After returning from breakfast, my husband and I worked in the yard the rest of the morning. He edged and I put out mulch. It was cool and breezy so the work was easy. Hey, that rhymed! When we finished our work, we sat and admired the results while having a coke. Then we cleaned up and went down the road to a Greek festival where we ate delicious gyro sandwiches and baklava while watching the Greek dancers. It was quite entertaining, especially the old man who danced while holding a table with his teeth! We left from there to do a little shopping before returning home to take nice, long naps. For most of my life, I was unable to sleep during the day, but sometime in the last few years, that changed. I slept for a good hour before getting up to clean house. We took a break to go to the Dairy Queen for an ice cream supper and then stopped by the grocery store. I came home, finished my housework, and got on the computer to play Mah Jong until I was ready to go to bed. We got up this morning, drank coffee and read the paper, and then got ready for church where we heard a great sermon on the Davinci code. After church my sisters and their families came over to eat dinner. Everyone brought food. They all looked at our son's wedding pictures, and then we went through a box of really old pictures I had brought home from Mama's. After they left, I fixed food to take to the cookout our small group had this evening. We sat around eating hamburgers and having a great time just talking. Now I'm home and on the computer again until I'm ready to go to bed. This weekend has been perfect!