Oh my gosh. We are EXHAUSTED. This past weekend was full of travel and constantly being on the go. Stewart's grandfather had his 100th birthday party on Saturday in Virginia. Unfortunately, because we live in a perpetual state of limbo, we couldn't buy tickets ahead of time. By the time we knew that we would be around for the party, the tickets were outrageous. There was no way that both of us could go. So it looked like I would be stuck at home twiddling my thumbs until Stewart returned. NOT. I began a search for social work CEUs (continuing education units) so that I could get some of my hours down. My license requires that I complete 30 hours of CEUs in order to renew my license with 10 of them being "in person" hours - workshops, seminars, conferences. This was one of the things that I was worried about moving to India - how to keep up with my license. So of course I was thrilled when I found a workshop on art therapy in Arlington, TX.
We left Thursday for Austin because the cheapest ticket Stewart could find was out of there. We dropped off my wedding ring with the jeweler to be soldered together and spent the night with Stewart's brother's family. On our way there, we stopped and picked up yummy Indian food for dinner. (Note: I get so excited going to bigger places because of food options we don't have!) It was nice to see our nieces and nephew. Early Friday morning, I dropped Stewart off at the airport and headed north. I stopped in Waco to check out the new building for Baylor's School of Social Work and chat with some of my old professors. Then I continued my trek up to Dallas where my cousin lives. We hung out for a bit and then went to dinner at Freebird's (another thing we don't have!). She had a birthday party to go to that night so I tagged along. Even though, I am generally pretty reserved around strangers, I had a great time at the party.
Saturday, I attended my workshop which was actually pretty interesting and much better than just being talked to for 6 hours. We did three art projects which were fun. After the workshop ended, I started the drive back south stopping in Waco for the night to catch up with one of my good friends. We hung out and I must have been exhausted already as I slept 11 hours that night! We ran some errands on Sunday and checked out some of the cute shops and had lunch (Ninfa's!) before I made my way back to Austin. I made it to Austin in time to grab dinner with one of my friends (Thai food!) and picked up dinner for Stewart (Freebird's). We went back to her apartment and I put Stewart's burrito in the oven to keep it warm.
There was a slight moment of panic when Stewart called to say that the plane had something wrong with it and they were trying to find another plane. I had this happen before and my flight ended up being cancelled. Stewart was due to get in at 10pm so any delays were going to make us even later. Luckily they did find another plane and he arrived in Austin around 10:30 pm. Then we got to drive back home. We got in at 3am and went straight to bed. Poor Stewart had to be at work at 6am this morning! Needless to say, we're both dragging this morning. An 8pm bedtime today doesn't sound too bad :-)
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