Made It

Made it through this long holiday weekend with a lot of help from my friends.  Thank you Ann & John, Daniel, Marc & Michele, and Jane & Joe.  Don't know what I would have done without all of you babysitting for and taking care of me.  I truly love you all.

Luckily Lucy gave in and came back to the house without giving me too much of a problem this morning because it drizzle-rained most of the day and I would have been very uncomfortable if she had spent the day outside.  This allowed me to spend today with Jane and Joe.  Drove up to their house this morning and we took the train to Hoboken then the Path into the city.  We wandered around lower Fifth Avenue near NYU to see an art fair -- unfortunately not many booths were open due to the weather.  The art was nothing great but it was fun to look at anyway.  We stopped for drinks at a Vietnamese Bar on Fifth then wandered back into the village for a meal.  After eating we went over to Rocco's for coffee and pastry.  Didn't seem like we did much, but it was really late (almost 7:30) by the time we got back to Jane and Joe's in Mahwah.  I left without even going into the house because I still had a 45 minute drive home and had to take care of the dogs.

Rushed into the house after putting out the trash to find out the Ginger had thrown up.  So I had to let the monsters out and cleaned both the laundry room floor and Ginger's cage before I could think about feeding the monsters.  Luckily they both came right back when called.

Also had to make the Pasta and Tuna casserole for tomorrow's dinner at Jess & Mike's and the Pasta and Roasted Cauliflower casserole for Wednesday's dinner at Josh and Lauren's.  I won't have time to get this done tomorrow or Wednesday.  Cooked from about 8:45 PM to about 10:30 PM and voila!  - two meals ready to go.  All it takes is a little organization and planning.

As I am writing it is thundering and lightening outside.  I had hoped that it would rain earlier and ruin his weekend -- now it is too late!  Hopefully this will end soon or Tom will have an excuse not to show up tomorrow to work on the front path.

Hadn't heard from  David since he left Josh's house last Wednesday.  Got a text from him when I was returning to Mahwah on the train.  Said he would come Wednesday morning to help with the bills (ha! I already paid them) and give the dogs their monthly medication.  He'll probably see Natalie but most likely has to leave before we go to see Jacob.  C'est la vie!  He is making his bed by decreasing time spent with his grandchildren -- and he will have to sleep in that bed going forward.  His problem not mine!  He also texted that he made reservation for us to go to the Plukemin Inn for dinner next Saturday -- we'll have to see about that.  I'll see what he is like on Wednesday.

But most important of all - I made it through this weekend!