Good Things Friday (30)
September 6, 2019
This is my weekly list of things that were good this week, even if they weren’t all unadulteratedly good things. Please share your good things in the comments!
1. Seamus went back to the vet for a recheck and eye tests – one eye is now doing well after a month of medication and the other is exactly the same. Yay! and sigh in the same breath. It was the cheapest appointment this year though, under $100 for once, so yay for that.
2. Sera and I went for a solo walk afterward Seamus was too tired from his adventures and had already had the essentials (toileting, said hi to two dogs, walked a bit). We got ambitious and went for a fast trot on a long route we normally couldn’t with Seamus.
3/4 of the way back, I hit the wall 😅 So I definitely overdid it BUT was not in intense pain after! Oops.
3. We set out on a 2 night adventure to visit family down South. It’s a long enough drive for my body to tense up in anticipation of pain and discomfort but short enough that flying would make no sense. We booked our stay at a dog-friendly hotel using Chase Ultimate Rewards points (finally! I haven’t been able to book anything using points this entire time!) and loaded the family up in the car.
JB had The Best Time. There was a hotel (ze adores hotels), a box of bargain bin books, a horde of rambunctious cousins, a sprinkler on a super hot day, a trampoline for exuberant bounding, and perhaps most importantly, there was cake. (I did not partake in the gluteny, chocolatey, carby, sugary cake but boy howdy do my taste buds wish that I did!)
Seamus and Sera were floppy from the heat so we gave them tons of water and towel baths but they also loved it. There was so much soaking up of heat that we don’t get at home.
PiC and I enjoyed a couple of family dinners at new to us restaurants that were absolutely delicious. Mid-range price, so they were not cheap, but they were absolutely memorable meals for the food alone. I may never taste sweet potato fries or ice cream that good again! I hope I do but wowsa it was amazing. We ate free breakfasts at the hotel so we spent $100 on food, $80 on gas, and points on the hotel. That was a good balance.
We don’t usually do holiday weekend travel, and we were exhausted the day after, but I appreciated the connection to loved ones.
4. We figured out the reason for JB’s eye pain. The good news is that it’s not a disease. The bad news is we can’t do anything to stop it from happening again.
Ze has eyelashes growing deep in the corner of zir eyes that are angled just right to be little tiny stabbers. Sigh. I’m glad of an answer that isn’t terrible but that’s also … Not awesome.
5. I have put two amazing from scratch dinners on the table this week. (The other two were boxed and frozen foods. Whatever, we ate.)
:: How was your week?