Movies, Birthday Celebrations, Sick Dog, and Storms All in a Weekend

I worked on Friday at the high school in a shop class. Since I don't know anything about it, I basically sat back while the kids worked in the shop area. I guess that's the one thing about subbing, you never know what the day will bring. I also ran into someone that I served with overseas. He is a high school teacher now. It's been over three years since I've seen him and it was good to have a quick catch up. That evening I went up to the movies with Jill to see 'Women'. There were a few other pregnant women there with their friends as well. It was a good movie and probably the only one I've ever seen that doesn't have one male in it. I'm making a note to myself to never buy the popcorn again unless I'm sharing it with many other people. I love movie popcorn but I barely made a dent in the huge bucket of buttery yumminess and at that price, it was hard to see it go to waste.

Saturday Jaime came up so we could celebrate her birthday. Jeremy and I collaborated together to take her to get our nails done, do a little shopping, and go out to dinner. It was all supposed to be a surprise but nothing ever stays a secret for some reason or another and so she knew what we were doing, just not details. I absolutely love getting my nails done. It's my new favorite indulgence. Not that getting my feet and hands rubbed isn't enough, but also get a mini massage in the chair. Ah, so wonderful. I picked out this deeper red color to get ready for Fall. I usually don't put such dark colors on my hands, but I guess I'm up for anything now a days. So after our pedicures and manicures, we went back to the house to get ready. Well, it took us longer to get ready since we talk, so we really didn't have that long to shop. Jaime made me get all dressed up (not in my comfortable jeans and tshirt I am used to). We stopped at the mall in Greenwood to go to Jaime's favorite store. I found a cute pair of earrings and a necklace on sale and Jaime, of course, found a few outfits. Then it was on up to Indy for dinner at Benihana's. The dinner was wonderful and the chef, David-sahn, was very entertaining. Jaime got a balloon hat and they came out and sang to her. She had to get up and dance which is hilarious if you know Jaime. And of course I don't know how to work her camera so I only got the last few seconds of her dance. Mary Jo was at a band competition for JJ in Columbus, so when we got back to town, we stopped at the high school to pick him up and then headed home.

I should have known I wouldn't get a good night's sleep. We went to bed at a decent hour so even thinking that if Lucas got up early I would still have had plenty of rest. Well, I'm not sure at what hour it started, but Sammy got up sick. She went outside and ate a bunch of grass, which she threw up not long after in the bedroom. She continued to get up throughout the night and go outside to puke. I felt so bad for her and a bit worried, but she's fine now. She's sleeping which is normal for her.

We've been getting some of the effects of hurricane Ike today. It's been extremely windy but not a lot of rain. Jaime called when she got home and said it's much worse down there. Trees and power lines down. Shingles are all over her yard. Thankfully she made it home okay, after taking multiple routes trying to find a way that was clear to get home. The power is out there as well. I feel pretty bad for her. Lucas is having one of those days and this doesn't help. My thoughts are going out to all the people down in Texas and the surrounding area that were hit really hard by this storm.

And now I'm taking a break from homework, which didn't get done all weekend. Michael is in Michigan again for his final phase of this new job training. He left on Wednesday and will be back in two weeks. I think the time might pass by a little bit slower, without Lucas here to keep me busy for one of the weeks. I just hope I will stay focused enough to get ahead with some of my schoolwork. So far it doesn't look promising. It's days like this, gloomy Sunday afternoons, that make me miss him the most.