Last Weekend

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I just noticed that it's Thursday and we're just a day away from the weekend again! Last weekend I went out with some girls to a dive'y Kareoke bar and experienced my first ever live Kareoke version of "Sweet Caroline". There were about 10 of us girls who took this tiny smoky bar by storm and we had such a blast. I am DEFINITELY not a singer so I was quite out of my element but I really enjoyed it.

On Saturday I skipped a morning run with my running buddy Kendra because I had quite the headache from the night before. Ciege and I hung out all day and ended up taking a road trip to Nampa to buy some strawberry plants. Ciege planted a bunch of strawberries in his little garden and I worked on cleaning the crazy mess our house was in. It seems like there is always an endless supply of housecleaning to do. We live quite hard during the week and tend to just throw things where they land. So when the weekend comes there is definitely 'hell to pay' with the housework. :) We also got some light yard work done which is where I took the picture above of Bachelor. He seems to really enjoy it when we do yard work and always has the sweetest looks on his face.

On Sunday CJ's aunt Becky and cousin Alyssa were in town so we went out to pizza at the Idaho Pizza Company and had some great salad, bread sticks, and pizza. It so nice to catch up with some Seattle Sweigarts. After lunch Ciege joined me for one of the few naps we've ever taken together. After a nice nap we went over to Winona and Craig's house for an episode of 24.

So overall it was a great weekend, but it ended badly because late Sunday night Craig and I both had terrible sore throats. The sore throats were a bad sign because we've been sick for about 5 weeks now. We went to the Doctor and found out that we needed more antibiotics and that I've now got a sinus infection. I felt like crap again for two days this week and now I'm feeling perfect! Those antibiotics they gave me this time must be doing the trick.

And I'm looking forward now to a sick-free weekend. I'm going to run every day this weekend and try to make up for the rest I had to take. I'm running the race for the cure in only 9 days so I want to get my running time improved by then. I'm so excited because I'll be running this race with two friends of mine who are marathoner's. I'm hoping to just do a decent job and not be too embarrassing. Lucky for me, this run is just a 5k, so it should be pretty easy going.

And that is what has been going on with us. This weekend Ciege is going to Jackpot, Nevada for some gambling fun with his Dad. I'll post about his trip later this weekend...