Recap and Re-entry

Fun, fun, fun (!!)

It was a super weekend.  Started out by hitting a goal and wearing The Green Dress (remember this one?). Wore it all day and just snuck it in before it's too late in the year (again).  Done and dusted.

Our hotel in White Plains was beautiful and we got upgraded to a suite.  The location was so nice -- we did a lot of walking, coffee shop enjoyment, pizza (hubby) and a chopped salad place (for all 3 lunches cause that's what we do when we like something).  Outdoor was super limited so we ate in our hotel room.  Coffee shop was the only place with a good outdoor option.

Because we were further out, we got to spend a couple of hours with our good friends Saturday morning.  That felt so nice to be sitting in-person.  The coffee shop was just down from the hotel.  Best herbal teas -- brought some loose leaf home too.  

Wedding was amazing.  Food was incredible.  We had so much fun dancing.  I had a few glasses of wine over the evening -- no worse for the wear, thankfully.  Wedding cake was just so-so though.

The kids :)

Glad I wore this dress instead of the other.

As far as pandemic "things" .... we wore masks at the church, sat outside for the super crowded cocktail hour, but took masks off during dinner reception.  Everyone was vaccinated and the reception was open doors to the outside.  We sat with a friend of the groom's parents (who we met a number of times when we lived in NY).  She worked for Pfizer on the vaccine until March (Harvard educated from the Netherlands).  Anyway, we chatted and she convinced me what a low risk the reception was given a bunch of factors.  I took the risk -- I think a "big" risk, but maybe I'm too QuaranTina about it.  I had the ear of a bonafide vaccine scientist and she said it was good.  BTW, she wears masks inside in ANY setting where you don't know vaccination status. 

Wine and a vintage clutch from the kids' wedding.
Reception was on the river -- guess I should've 
taken a picture of the view hubby is looking at.

I'm taking a PCR test this week before Asheville with my bestie.  Of course, also watching for ANY symptom or known exposure.  ALL fingers crossed.  

Today is re-entry day and boy oh boy I need it.  I'm tired.  Dancing until the wee hours, indulgence on food and wine, lots of socializing and a long travel day (weather and other delays).  Working out, making a list for the week and getting organized.  A QUICK grocery store run because we have NO FOOD and then tonight is a sofa day and early to bed -- with lots of dog cuddles, of course.  

At the sitter.  Had to move to spare room because one
of the dogs peed the bed -- oh boy!  Not ours, thankfully.

Hubby isn't going to Asheville until tonight.  We were zonked after yesterday so he didn't want an early travel day.  Even though it'll rain through Friday, he's going to get the headboard delivery tomorrow.

I finished the book Hamnet (Maggie O'Farrell) and it was good.  Picking a new book today.

Oh, bummer news ... my wedding band dropped a few stones and I noticed during the reception.  I need to take it to the jeweler soon.  I stopped wearing it as soon as I noticed.

Garden is getting tons of rain this week.  I grabbed about 30 cherry tomatoes this morning and have 2 full cucumbers ready to pick.  The plants look barely alive, but they are both still producing so I'll hold off until next week to clear them.  The end MUST be near.

Tons and tons of Future-Me stuff this weekend and I'm proud, but today is old me -- I need to regroup before I'm ready to find the future opportunities.  That's another part of re-entry day -- nothing sparkly or special, just the building blocks of a good week.

Have a great day.  Later gators.