Weekending.....Birthday Weekend Edition

Happy Monday everyone :) I am linking up with B Loved Boston and Champagne and Suburbs for Weekending... My birthday was on Friday, and although I didn't necessarily plan for my birthday to be celebrated the entire weekend--it did haha. The whole weekend was gorgeous- perfect fall weather. I crammed in a lot this weekend, so let's get to it! 

{FRIDAY}

I had a great day at school Friday, despite feeling pretty crappy (thanks to a cold and/or allergies). My students sang happy birthday to me, behaved fairly well (aside from my last class-- a bunch of chatty Cathys!), and I got beautiful flowers from my wonderful friends. 

Aren't these amazing?! I love my school crew!

When I got home from work, I cleaned up a little bit around the house and then I started to binge watch my new favorite (albeit old) show: "Parenthood." 

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I can't believe I never got into this show! It is amazing, and definitely reminds me of my crazy, but loving family. Thank you Netflix for allowing us to binge watch shows for an unhealthy amount of time. 

Friday night, my husband brought me out to dinner to a place called  The Copper Door:

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The food was delicious, the service was amazing, and the ambience was perfect. It was so nice to just spend some quality time with each other-- the last few weeks we have both been so busy. Crazy side note: I knew that our waitress looked familiar. When she said her name, I instantly knew why. I taught her when I was a student teacher at her high school. She was a Senior at the time, which was almost 6 years ago now. The class was biotechnology and I remember her saying that she wanted to be a dental hygienist. However, my cooperating teacher and I thought she really should go into biotechnology-- she just "got" it. Anyway, I had to know if she was my student-- so I asked haha. She immediately said she knew it was me, and asked how I was doing. We ended up talking quite a bit, and I found out that she in fact became a dental hygienist, specifically a pediatric one, and that she is married and has a 6 month old baby girl. I am so happy that she is doing well. It also kind of freaked me out-- I am old enough that my first students could be married and could have babies of their own?!!! Man, reality is tough sometimes haha. 

When we got back from dinner, we continued to binge watch one of our favorite shows: "Bloodline." 

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If you like suspense, mystery, interesting family dynamics, and just overall good acting, you will love this show. The second to last episode of this season was so intense-- I can understand why Kyle Chandler was nominated for an Emmy. If you aren't on this bandwagon, get on it! Immediately-- seriously haha.

{SATURDAY}

For the greater part of the day Saturday, I worked at Pick-Your-Own Apples. Weather-wise, you couldn't have asked for a better day. 

After work, I joined my friends for dinner at our favorite high school spot: Lui Luis. I love my friends. No matter how long it's been, we have no problem getting back into our normal routine. I laugh so much when I am with them. Even though we don't get together as much I hoped we did, when we do get together we always have a great time. 

{SUNDAY}

Sunday, I woke up and felt terrible. I didn't sleep well, my nose was stuffy, my throat was sore, and I was just miserable. I think I overdid it yesterday and didn't allow myself to rest enough. I have felt so invigorated for most of the second trimester and now my third, that I forget that I do need to slow down every once in a while. I ended up staying home and resting instead of going to church-- and although I felt extremely guilty, I knew it was probably the best choice. 

I rested for most of the day Sunday, but I did go with my husband to what I like to call our weekly jaunt to Lowes haha. We were on a mission for a few things, and some of those items included outdoor decorations for my grandmother's birthday. This was my lovely view in their outdoor section: 

They had so many great choices for mums-- it was really hard to pick just one color! 

 After our errands, my husband tried to get some house work done while I ironed our work clothes haha. It was necessary-- the pile was getting too big! We then headed to my grandparents house for the afternoon to celebrate the September birthdays. There are four of us in my family that have birthdays in September, and I love celebrating with them :) 

Sunday night was all about prepping for Monday (yuck) and a combination of watching Netflix and football. My husband was also diligently trying to fix and install new outlets and outlet protectors in the baby room so that everything would match. He has been working so hard at home and work lately-- I know he can't wait for a break haha. 

Hope you all are ready for another week! I'm not quite sure if I am....