Lovely Weekend

I went to a Zumba class Saturday morning. I am not much of a coorrdinated dance step person. I got lots of advice on the steps. It was fun as I knew many of the people but I couldn't hang around. I had an 11 am tee time at the club. I had hoped to get home and change but ended up just going in my zumba outfit of stretch pants and tee shirt. Not quite club attire. Next time I will just bring my spare shirt in the car and change at the club. I did stop at the pro shop to see if they had some cute golf pants, but it is late in the season and the women's clothing was limited. There were some padded rain pants that reminded me of ski clothes. Nothing I wanted to spend money on that screamed buy me, so I just wore my work out attire.

The round was delightful. I had been worried as I had heard the women I was playing with were really good. Turns out they had only recently, in the last couple of years, started to golf. They were natural athletes so could really hit the ball, but we all had our holes that we blew up. We had a fun round. I will do it again. I just wish the day hadn't been so rushed with all these obligations falling on the same day. I had to run after our round and couldn't hang to enjoy the afterward, as one of my dearest friends had demanded I save the date for her BBQ weeks ago.

The boys and I went to the BBQ at our friend's house Saturday night. Tom was invited, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to watch the Tigers game so he passed on the good food and good company to sit at home and be able to yell at the TV in the comfort of his own home. He had been reprimanded at the club for his excessive exuberance while watching one of the other games this week. I gave him his hall pass on the party. He is also doing a two day tournament of golf this weekend. He is in his happy place.

The boys had a blast. The teens all played games in the living room. She has two delightful and beautiful daughters. A couple of the other guests had teen girls. You could hear Trevor's happy voice and Riley's laughter in the living room, while sitting out on the deck. The weather cooperated beautifully. There was a fire in the deck chimney. I sipped a really expensive Tequila my girlfriend had bought especially for me to try. Tequila is easy to make last a long time sipping. Just the touch of it to your lips results in a burning sensation. One small shot glass can last hours.

The boys ended up getting a ride home with some other friends that came so I could have a sleep over chick night with my girlfriend. Both her children were going out for overnights and she would have been home alone. I know how that feels, staying in an empty house after everyone leaves, so I arranged to spend the night.

We invited her next door neighbor girlfriend to join us for the after party party. She had had to work so could not join us for the dinner party. She arrived in her PJ's as by the time we had been able to touch base with her she was already dressed for bed. You can do that with a Chick party, show up in PJs. That is why I love them.

I didn't have a swim suit for the hot tub so I just wore my undies. The hot tub is a beautiful round one sunk into the deck. The house is set for complete privacy with a cedar forest surround. The heat was turned up to a perfect temperature. The fire was still going as I had been stoking it all during the evening with a conveniently stacked pile of wood just steps away. I haven't had a chick get away weekend in I can't think how long. The nice thing about it was I hadn't even left town, no long drive.

We sat in that hot tub for hours before moving the conversation inside. Wrapped in towels, we talked for more hours. Or at least it felt that way. I am told it really wasn't past midnight when we finally crawled into bed. But to give me some credit, the party had started at 4pm. I had played eighteen holes of golf and gone to a Zumba class in the morning.

In the morning, Sunday, we were up at eight. Funny how our internal time clocks wont let us sleep late anymore. We spent the day watching a marathon of Gray's Anatomy on Netflix. That show is so addictive. I had already seen all the episodes we watched, and knew what was going to happen, and I still laughed and got teary eyed and yelled at Meredith for being an idiot for letting McDreamy Shepard get away.

We ate left overs for lunch. Eventually I had to go home. My girlfriend's children would be returning and I knew I still had the week's laundry to sort and put away. Our new chore is for the boys to give me the time on the weekend, and carry upstairs all the accumulated laundry from the week. It has to be hung up properly and put away. I inspect the job and it is done correctly before we quit. Everyone should have enough pants and underwear and socks to get through the next school week prepared. The pile downstairs is gone and all the dirty laundry should be finished washing.

In a day, I will have a new pile of dirty laundry to do, but the huge mess is contained for a day. This process is working well. I do it when Tom is home, though he hides out during the process. Just having him in the house is threat enough for the boys to finish the job well. Riley heaves sighs and moans that putting laundry away causes him stress, my tone of voice is unpleasant and bothers him being ordered about, but he keeps working until we are done. If Tom weren't home this chore turns into a disastrous yelling match for me, as the boys crawl slow step up the stairs and take forever returning for the next haul. With Tom in the house, the job gets done with reasonable speed. Trevor has even figured out that there is an end to the pile and then the job is done.

Trevor had a real job this weekend. Those neighbors called, the ones with family at the club. He wanted Trevor to come over and hang dry wall. Another young man, who was a relative, was also helping. The other boy was getting $10 an hour, so they payed Trevor the same rate. They worked from 10am to 4pm on Saturday. I had to steal him away for the BBq. Trevor worked another half hour on Sunday just to finish up. They ran out of Dry wall so they said they would call when they got ready to do some more next time. They have two small children. Probably work during the week. Finding time and scheduling around the child care, it took three weeks for them to call this time. Trevor can really only work weekends because of school.

He did have the opportunity to show his baby sitting skills. The dad ran out on an errand. The wife and smallest child were gone all day. Trevor was left with the toddler. He had to change a really poopy diaper. He did it without complaint and with professionalism. Not using up the whole box of wipes like some might do in the same circumstances.

Trevor was quite pleased with himself and the $65 he made. I asked him if he wanted to put any of it in the bank for his Band Disney trip. He will need $1500 to $2000 including spending money. He gave me $40 to deposit. I was very proud of him. He said the neighbors were disappointed he wasn't 16 so he could run errands for them. I mentioned Riley, but Trevor said he didn't want to share the job. Riley will just have to find his own gig.

A good weekend was had by all.