Weekending + Amazon

Linking up with Holly and Sarah for Hello Monday:

I'll back up to Thursday since it's close to the weekend and I have a funny/icky story to tell...

I had a sub job at our district's intermediate school (the whole school is one grade- 6th) for half a day, in the morning. Shortly before the bell rang to start the day, I went to use the restroom. When I got in the stall, I noticed that the door had swung way inward and had gotten stuck such that I couldn't lock the door. When I went to leave the stall, the door would not open- it would not so much as budge. The way the door was stuck, it seemed like if someone on the outside of the stall would push hard, it would open. But from where I was, I could not get it open. I thought about yelling for help- some of the staff were not too far away and surely someone would hear me. But yelling seemed indecorous, not to mention dramatic. After all, there was a way out even with the door stuck. It would require me to crawl on the ground to get onto the other side. Yell or crawl through a small opening in a 6th grade girls' bathroom to get out of the stall?? Neither option seemed ideal. With time running out (I needed to get into my classroom before the bell rang), I decided on that which was grossest but quickest. I lowered myself onto the ground and crawled under the door. 

I alerted the office about the issue and then my newly acquired microbes and I headed to the classroom to await the students. The good news about the morning is that the teacher whom I was subbing for didn't have students in class the last hour that comprised the morning so I was able to go home early. You'd better believe that within 30 seconds of closing the door inside the house once I'd arrived home, I was standing in my skivvies with the clothes I'd worn to school bunched up to be placed in the washing machine. 

Donnie ended up working about fifteen hours on Thursday! He had a deal that clients wanted to close and it took TIME. He arrived home around his usual time but he worked from home throughout the evening. (As I've said before, small business ownership is not for the faint of heart or the lazy...)

Friday, I worked a full day at our district's junior high. It was a good day at school, overall, and nothing but the usual extra microbes were part of my day. Actually, it was better than good as I got to leave a bit early on Friday. The teacher for whom I was subbing had her plan period the last one of the day. I didn't need to cover any positions so I was free to go. 

After school, I stopped at a paint store in town, Sherwin Williams, to get some color samples for an upcoming painting project. The store no longer has the longer sample cards with several colors on each card. Now you just get little rectangles for each color. I picked up several and then placed them in our laundry room that has a blue/gray color that I like to see how the blues compare. 

I picked up Donnie's favorite pizza for us for dinner that evening. We relaxed the entire evening which was great. 

Saturday, we got things done around the house and ran errands. I deep cleaned our bathroom- we're having someone come out soon to give an estimate on work to do for it and I want it to look nice (ideally, I'd keep it spic and span all the time and not just so a contractor won't judge the cleanliness of it...).

While we were running errands... the first day of March was a bit of a disappointment, temperature wise.

In the late afternoon, my brother came over to watch the Indiana U v. Washington basketball game on TV. I only follow IU basketball via my brother; he said that this was a must win game if IU has any hopes to make it into the tournament (they still need more wins but this one was one of the first must wins if that makes sense).

One of my IU good luck hats

We wanted my brother to try the steaks we've been making so Donnie grilled steaks for us for dinner while I air fried red potatoes and made salads. We dared not eat outside on the patio even though we have heaters and an electric fireplace that emits heat- it was the kind of freezing weather that requires HVAC heat to achieve a comfortable temperature. Dinner was great and IU won which was also great- just a nice evening. I hadn't seen my brother in close to three weeks and it was good to see him. 

Sunday, I woke up early. I did some reading and then decided to run outside. T'was a cold run, that's for sure but one that made me feel extra good about doing. 

We went to church where we heard a great, thought provoking message and then went straight to the grocery store to pick up a few items. By the time we sat down for lunch- leftover pizza for Donnie and a sandwich for me, the afternoon was well on its way. I took a nap which was glorious while Donnie started on another project. Then we went to our friends' house- Donnie had to pick something up. We ended up staying about an hour and a half  catching up with them. We came home and had a later dinner- Donnie grilled while I made salads and a side. We relaxed the rest of the evening. 

Amazon in February- just a few purchases:

First

I heard Megan Basham talk on Allie Beth Stuckey's podcast and I knew I would want to not just read this book but own it. 

Second:

Patiently waiting until I look like I'm 25 years old again...

Third:

Pilot, G2 Premium Gel Roller Pens, Fine Point 0.7 mm, Fashion Collection, Assorted Colors, Pack of 14

I've noticed that my handwriting is neater when I use gel pens rather than ink pens. (A tangential benefit of subbing is that I have the opportunity to try a variety of writing instruments!) I ordered these on Friday after noticing again how neat (for me!) my handwriting looked when I used a gel pen. I don't need or want the various colors. Hopefully the girls will like them :).

Linking up with Andrea and Jill