Seven things on a … Wednesday? What day is this now?

1. This weekend was perfect. We didn’t get out of our PJs on Saturday until noon, and then we went shopping for a filing cabinet to get ourselves out of the house before our 4pm dinner with family for Spencer’s birthday. Afterward we decided to chance a “late” movie with the boys (7pm! Living dangerously!) and went to see the Lego Movie. I was not impressed, and frankly I was a bit bored. The boys in my life, all three, loved it though.

Sunday we tried to get to Disney super early so we could ride the good rides without a wait. That didn’t work – apparently the rest of the world had the same idea. It was actually so busy that for the first time in a year of Disney trips, we decided it wasn’t worth the hassle to stay. Rather than go home, though, we took a Disney bus over to the Disney boardwalk and walked around, and then signed up for a round of minigolf (still a 45 MINUTE WAIT). We took a boat back from the Boardwalk to where we had left our car at Hollywood Studios. It’s taken us a year but we finally feel like we have the Disney transportation down, so we’re trying to branch out a little. AND! I found out that the club that I spent so much time swing dancing at in college was not at Downtown Disney but was instead at the Boardwalk and was still there! They don’t do swing anymore, but it was very nostalgic to see.

Monday I had a holiday from work, but I had to fly out for a Tuesday work obligation, so I spent the entire morning very slowly getting ready, packing, and watching Sherlock. C told me it looked like I was taking a spa day, as I was painting my nails. Maybe I was.

2. Woah, I didn’t mean for #1 to be that long.

3. I had an 18-hour trip to Louisiana, which was not bad. I actually slept really well (I brought my teddy bear with me, so I credit him) and it was a hitch-free visit. Two of my flights were late but I still made my connections so no harm, no foul. I still hate ATL. Of the three meals I ate there, two were normal chains (that weren’t really that great) but for lunch we went to a great Louisiana seafood place. It was good stuff, and it kept me full until I got home at 8pm and could have a bowl of cereal.

4. The overnight trip messed up my progress on separation anxiety with Henry though – he was a mess this morning when I had to leave for work. I really hope this phase goes by. He’s been doing much better about getting up in the night – I don’t know how he did Monday, but all the other nights for the past five, he’s gone all the way through with one night where he tried to climb in at 5am. Otherwise it was sans nightly wake-ups.

5. I was unable to go to the parent teacher conference for Spencer due to the work trip too, so I had to rely on getting my info from C. Apparently you need to read at a level four in order to pass K, and Spencer reads at a 10. She sent home a folder for him to give him an extra push because he can do even more, she can only push so much while trying to get the other kids up to level. What are good first/second grade books for him?

6. The neighbors are coming over for dinner tonight, which is fun. We haven’t seen them much since Christmastime because we’ve all been so busy. It’s nice to have neighbors that you actually like. I was going to make shrimp but then I found out they don’t like it, so it looks like grilled chicken it will be!

7. I’ve got nothing else!!  Hopefully the grind stuff will move quickly and the fun parts of the week will move slowly. Like an accordion, baby! (I love the accordion)