I'm on my third cup of hot tea this morning. I decided on my drive to work today that I was going to stop drinking soda, because I started a year ago drinking one 20-ounce Dr. Pepper over three days or so. Now I'm up to two a day. I don't otherwise consume caffeine, and I definitely drink too much soda. So I'm going cold turkey. There are about 4 root beers in my fridge, but I think Christen will probably drink those if I don't. I never drink water, so maybe this will force me to do so.
It's been a long week. Today doesn't feel like Monday, it feels more like Wednesday. And it just started! Is that possible? Thursday I had to drive down to Ft. Myers for work, and I got a ticket at a speed trap 10 minutes from my destination. She said I was going 79 in a 65. I don't know how, since I didn't go above 72 or so the whole drive, most of which was 70 mph anyhow. But I can't really contest it, because I then forfeit my chance to get the points taken off. I'm just going to pay my $174 (ack!) and take the online course and be done with it. I have never in my life been let out of a ticket. When I was in college I had 11 points on my license, and at 12 it gets suspended for 6 months. I haven't had a ticket in at least 7 or 8 years.
This weekend the weather turned beautiful! Saturday was still a little hot; we went to the pumpkin festival in Bradenton in the morning. I got ant bites all over my ankles, but I tried not to let the burning ruin my day. Spencer didn't really care one way or another about the festival, but he liked the people watching (yes, he's most certainly my son). We walked around for a couple hours and ate the tasty festival food, and then hit Ellenton outlets for a little while too! We technically went to get Christen some shorts, but I ended up with a few bras (shut up, I usually just wear the same couple until they die, so it was nice to have a few new ones), a dress for court, and a cute little purse. Christen got nothing. (You get nothing, good bye. hehe).
After Ellenton we went home to relax a little and I made PW's Apple Dumplings again for a World Series party and Andrew and Theresa's (Andrew's request for the dumplings). The rain delay made watching the game unbearable (not to mention the score) so we went home somewhere around the 4th inning, but otherwise it was fun! Spencer enjoyed exploring someone else's house, although he couldn't play with Cash too much because Cash was sick, and then he slept in Theresa's room in the playpen once it got too late (although he stayed up an hour past his bedtime because of all the people).
Sunday was a lazy day. We went for breakfast at Lenoce's, which seems to be a bit of a habit of ours, and did our grocery shopping. Christen put a pork roast on the rotisserie on the grill for about 3 hours and basted it with mopping sauce and it was fantastic! We grilled corn with lime butter and creamed spinach and ate out on the porch while the mosquitoes feasted. I need to find a good mosquito repellent, because I'd like to actually be able to spend time in my back yard when it's nice outside. I've read that some plants will act as mosquito repellents, but the research I've done seems rather mixed. Anyone have real results?
Now it's Monday. Blah for Monday. Christen took a vacation this week so it was even harder getting out of bed when I was the only one leaving. Hurray for Friday, hopefully it will come soon!
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