Weekend Recap: Small but appreciated wins

This weekend was pretty good! Our daughter had a sleep over Friday night, our son had a sleep over Saturday night, my husband was sick and pretty much out of commission both nights, and I managed to make it so Sunday without going crazy. I’ll take it!

There were some definitive wins that I appreciated. I shall list them here, because it’s important to acknowledge the positives.

• I was able to pick up the mole from the restaurant while my son was at the dojo on Friday. I walked there and it was a lovely evening to be outside and I really appreciated the reprieve.
• The homemade horchata was a big hit! I used this recipe and both my kids loved it and their friends liked it too. I’ll definitely be making it for the party this year, and probably for many years to come.
• Costco had evaporated AND condensed milk for a FRACTION of the price I paid for them at Safeway. Hooray!
• I got the final prizes for the party ready, and I found cheese tamales. At this point I have everything I need for the party, I just need to soak the rice tomorrow night and make the horchata on Tuesday night.
• I did one class’s free reading boards Friday night and one Saturday night which means I only have two tonight, and both of them don’t have that many boards. {UPDATE: It’s 10:50pm and I just finished them all! WOO HOOOO!}
• My daughter and her friend let me watch Dance Moms with them Friday night and then they watched an episode of Vanderpump Rules. It was fun to hang out with them, and this is when I got one class’s boards done. I love me some trashy reality TV. Which is a great foray into the next bullet point…
• My husband signed up for a free week of some streaming service to watch the NBA semi-finals, and it has the most recent season of Vanderpump Rules. It’s the post-Scandaval season and I am 100% here for it. I may have already watched 7 episodes on my phone (mostly it’s just on in the background while I do other stuff). {UPDATE: I’m on episode 9 now.}
• The summer camp that uses our campus over the summer gave our school’s staff a 50% off code and I put my son in 2.5 weeks of camp, with one week of extended care, for $750! Now we have his entire summer confirmed. It was especially nice to get the week I’m still in school for such a low price, as we really needed that. Also, for one week he’ll be at a camp on my school’s campus and my parents will be taking him to camp for 2-3 nights that week so my husband and I can have a no-kid break for a bit (our daughter will be at an overnight camp that week). I am VERY excited for this. I spend A LOT of time with the kids in the summer, and the travel can be intense, so I will really appreciate some down time in the middle.
• Speaking of my daughter’s away camp, we did all the paperwork for it this weekend. There were so many forms to fill out! I am so glad it’s all done. It’s been hanging over my head for a while.
• The boys did well during the spend the night. They ate dinner, didn’t ask for a ton of snacks, gave me their devices at bedtime, were asleep around midnight, enjoyed the pancakes I made, and were gone by 11am. It honestly wasn’t that big of a deal to have them over.
• My son ran some errands with me today. We’re listening to John Scalzi’s Redshirts (I already had it on my Audible account) and we listened to that in the car. I really like running errands with my son. It can be much nicer than going alone, and it gives my husband a break at home.
• We made an initial assault on the backyard and after I figured out how to fix the weed wacker, we made good progress. I covered my whole body, and wore a mask, and didn’t have an allergic reaction, despite being out there in the considerable wind for over two hours. The last time I cut the high grass I got hives, so this time I went out in full riot gear. It worked!

This week I have my final physical therapy appointment for my knee on Tuesday, the Blackout Party on Wednesday and our Celebration of Learning on Thursday. Friday is a minimum day and then it’s a long weekend (I literally just realized this, I’ve been so fixated on getting to Friday that I forgot about the long weekend!) Once I remembered it was Memorial Day weekend, I asked my parents if they could take the kids on Saturday night and they said sure. So not only will it be a long weekend, but my husband and I will get some kid-free time! I feel like we’ve barely seen each other this spring, so it will be very much appreciated.

And now it’s getting late so I might as well put up this post. I hope you all have a great week.