We ate well, but I didn't overdo it at all (yea ME). Sunday brunch with hubby's colleague was a super fun 3 hours with awesome conversation and two spicy Bloody Mary's -- my kind of afternoon. I made a point to try to BETTER my experience by asking better questions. We went DEEPish (no small talk) pretty quickly (at my direction) and had such a diverse conversation. Not one bit of work talk and not one awkward silence. They are an interesting couple so it made it easy. Thanks Brooke for the how-to suggestions.
Our last night we opted to make a dinner run at the grocery store and stay in to watch the game. It was a relaxing night without overdoing. Bag of shredded veggies with a rotisserie chicken and a bottle of wine. I ate all the veggies, the chicken breasts and one glass of wine (bottle was cheaper than any of the wine-by-the-glass at the restaurants).
The Marriott was super nice. Loved the room and the workout room was great. The staff was lacking though -- nice, but not helpful. Took so many follow-ups to get pillows, broken hair drier, flipped circuit breaker so no power, information -- things like that.
I read and read and read. 3 books - one was partially finished (Better than Before - Gretchen Rubin), one was new beach read (Party Girl - Rachel Hollis), one I skim/read on healthy eating (Body Love - Kelly LeVeque).
Better than Before - loved it. Habit talk in GR style. She is straight forward and I love her primary law - being herself. She suggests ideas from perspectives of different personalities, etc and directs you to change habit to fit YOU.
Party Girl - also loved it. I had no idea Rachel wrote a fiction series before becoming a motivational speaker/writer. It's a pure sappy junk read and it was FUN! I don't know if I'll read all 3 books, but it was cheap and entertaining.
Body Love - FREE read with Prime. The concept is interesting and I might be changing up my smoothie recipe (more on that later). The book wasn't good though. I liked the podcast with Rachel Hollis though - explains much better than her book. It was free. I don't agree with everything, but she makes some interesting points. Skim it if you get it free (library or amazon) or better yet, listen to the RISE podcast.
We took an earlier flight home. We wanted that flight, but I was flying on a companion ticket and it wasn't available. We flew standby and so happy we got home 6 hours early. Weather in Atlanta is on a brutal rain pattern. Traffic was a mess (even in mid-afternoon on a holiday). We were able to pick up Aspen a day early, unpack, grocery store shop and get "real" life started last night. P.S. I love this weather - rainy and high of 45 degrees (only a pain to drive home from the airport).
Today is my youngest's 22nd birthday! We are celebrating on Friday. He's going out with his brother tonight (so I can have my PHB phone call). I'm making a rice crispies cake for him today. Archie is meeting an older couple this morning - fingers crossed. Late lunch out with a friend today. Full day. Full week actually - more on that later.
Here are some pictures from the trip. Later gators.
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| Accidental picture LOL. I can't see crap in the sun! Look at those clouds - perfect beach weather for me. |
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| Fun bridge the FIRST time. Then not as fun hahaha! |
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| Just missed the BIG shot - was twice as much, at least. You can see the last part of the blow hole at the end of the waves. The sand is wet because some of the waves spray that far - scary!! Totally cover people when it happens - I'm no where near it LOL. |
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| The refrigerator section of the mini-bar. OMG. And, of course, ridiculously expensive. |
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| Beach time. Looks more crowded than it was - this is pretty much all the people on the beach in this picture. |
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