it has been an awesome weekend.

to illustrate just how awesome, consider this:

i got in bed at 8pm last night, crippled with an excruciating migraine that it took two imitrex and one vicodin to even make a dent in. even with that, it was an awesome weekend.

we got up early both days, which, oddly enough, i think is part of the reason it was so good. the days felt so long. we were able to get things done (which always helps me relax), while still having time for fun.

today we made a trip to home depot, which was fun all by itself. then we got home and fenced off the open areas of our back patio so that we could be back there with the dogs. also purchased was a new grill with 4 burners and wheels and all kinds of other things i could pretend i know something about but i don't. butane something or others.

all i know is my husband spent like two hours putting it together (who knew grills had so many pieces? not me.) and then cooked us up some incredible filet mignon with an improvised marinade involving guiness and dijon mustard and garlic and lemon juice and worcestershire sauce. also he made grilled sweet white corn on the cob and oh my. i don't think any words i can come up with will do it justice.

i bought a redwood window planter box for outside our living room window, and some nice annuals for it. sadly, i didn't have time to plant them today but will have to make time after work sometime this week.

also accomplished this weekend was a rockin' trip to trader joes. i don't know why it took us so long to find the nearest location, we used to love to go there. guess it fell off our radar, but now it's back on and oh man. we got so much good stuff. i am on a mission (thanks to a visit to the nutritionist who works at our company gym) to eat 5 cups of fruit and vegetables every day. there is a lot of other stuff wrong with my diet, but for now she just wants me to work on getting in 5 a day of the good stuff. other than that, i can eat what i want.

she's sneaky cuz i'm pretty sure she knew that once i eat 5 cups of healthy stuff, there isn't much room left.

anyway, we went to trader joes, stocked up on good healthy stuff. and found an amazing produce stand right next store that had all sorts of fruits and veggies that were delicious and cheap and fresh.

my weekend has been full of pluots and nectarines and pineapple.

and honestly, the star of my weekend has been my husband. i love him so. and when he's got energy and enthusiasm like he has had this weekend, we get stuff done, we enjoy each other's company and i feel like my weekend was really and truly the break i need.

i would like to bottle this weekend and carry it with me. maybe it would make the weekdays suck less.

i am going to try and keep this happiness around through tomorrow. i really really am.

wish me luck.