Best Weekend of the Summer

Unfortunately, I don't usually notice things like this. I should probably pay more attention to when I'm having a good time because I would probably appreciate things more.

But for once I noticed. I had a terrific weekend. Easily the best of the summer, and I feel I've had a pretty good summer so it had some competition.

It started slowly but pleasantly. I was worn out Friday and had no intention of doing anything at all, and that's what I did. I fixed a good dinner, then read a good book for about 2 or 3 hours and went to bed fairly early. It was nice.

The first half of my Saturday was spent cleaning up a little and doing a little necessary shopping, and when I was done I felt a nice sense of accomplishment for a minimal amount of effort. That was nice, too.

I missed seeing Mom and Kim, but Saturday dinner with Dad, Mark, and the girls was completely pleasant. And then I went to Ron's Saturday night to swim and hang out with his family and Jim's family and we had a very good time (Though I should have eased back on my storytelling a little. Lauren Meyer was a little leery of jumping back in the pool after I told her about the sharks hiding under the rafts).

I lazed around a big chunk of Sunday, which is always wonderful. Then I really enjoyed Erin's birthday party (FIVE! You've got to be kidding me. If I didn't see how tall she was getting I'd swear she was just born a year ago).

Tonight was capped off by a terrific, tournament-winning softball game. We trailed 12-0 before we batted in the first inning but won 18-17 in the bottom of the 7th. Great game, and I played fine. I was 3 for 3 with a walk, and all three hits were with 2 outs and drove in runs. So I was quite pleased with myself.

And it's almost midnight but I've already arranged an 8:00-4:30 work schedule this week rather than 7:00-3:30, so again I'm quite pleased with myself.

I love good weekends. From now on, I'm going to make a point of noticing when I have one.