Actually Currently!

I'm actually blogging about things that happened in the last 7 days!

As I mentioned on the last one, my sister visited us in Dallas with her girls on Tuesday. After my grandmother's funeral in San Antonio the weekend before she drove to Fort Worth to hang out with her sister-in-law and family and then came to us, and then flew out of the airport by our house.

It was so fun!

Made even better by the fact that a friend told me about a Farm Rio sample sale that was starting the very day she arrived!! I have never done a sample sale, and had definitely never done one in Dallas, but my sister is the one who introduced me to the brand Farm Rio a couple years ago and she was SO excited to seize this shopping opportunity together.

After a bit of cousin swimming time, we sent the girls upstairs with mine to watch a movie and get out of the afternoon sun, while we drove to a mysterious address to stand in line to get a ticket to turn in our purses to see the sale.

Only to find out that the internet was down and no purchases could be made. Undeterred, we searched for treasures, tried them on in a horribly lit group dressing room, and carefully placed our winners in a bag that was stapled shut with our name on it so we could return to purchase if the computers started working again. Which they didn't.

We popped in my beloved underground Marshall's so my sister could experience its hallowed grounds where she picked up a suitcase to get her Texas treasures home and we both got a 2-piece outfit because "2-piece sets are having a moment right now."

Once home we swam more, ate a yummy Taco Tuesday dinner on the patio, and then let the girls swim yet again.

The next morning I took Maggie to the vet, Landon had morning swim practice in Frisco (he changed club teams), Claire had to babysit, and my sister and the girls headed to the airport to fly home to Colorado! It was a lovely little visit. I then stalked the sample sale Instagram page only to see that the internet was back so I dashed over to the store after work, had to wait in line AGAIN, but got some really great items for ridiculous prices and all I could feel was joy and satisfaction at a sample sale well done.

I shipped my sister's items to her and we're both still flush with victory.

Meanwhile, Landon has been in Santa Barbara at a swim meet for the past 4 days where he had the best time, fell in love with California, and we all had concerns about him coming home. His top few swim schools are in California, and I knew he'd love it, but having him there for even a few days made his impending departure all too real.

No one left in the house liked that at all, so we're back in denial for a bit.

He sent me pictures of him on a roof, then explained why he was on a roof ("I like roof tho"), pictures of an Hibachi dinner, some seals he kayaked past, and a couple random updates about the actual swim meet he was there for.

I picked him up at midnight last night from the airport and I loved having a chatty Landon in my passenger seat.

Meanwhile, I had my last day at V&E on Friday (I know! just kind of sneaking that in there). I packed up my office, said goodbye to my 38th floor view, and ate a genuinely tasty cauliflower crust frozen pizza at home for our Friday night pizza night with James and the girls.

Today was my one day off work between jobs. It's extremely strange to not check an Outlook app every 10 minutes, but I adjusted quickly and became the lady of leisure I have always wanted to be.

I woke up whenever (6:45, but whatever, I'm 42, that is sleeping in), read in bed, did my walk and a little barre workout, and got lunch with a dear friend on maternity leave. Then I got my nails done and drank champagne at 2 pm.

I sat by the pool and read some more (I'm really enjoying The Bridge Kingdom series; currently on book 3).

Maggie, the ultimate lady of leisure, helped show me the way.

(Honestly, I don't know that I need help; this is why I can't have more than 1 day off between jobs. I very much enjoy not working.)

We went out to dinner, all 5 of us back together, and now I'm picking out my first day of school outfit for my first day of work at the new firm tomorrow! I'm so, SO excited and can't wait to share more.

In the meantime, this was my last day of school treat on Friday. Did you know that frozen yogurt and Reese's peanut butter cups are gluten free?

It might have to be a first day of school treat too.