Our long January weekend

This weekend has truly been a lot of fun, and honestly, it felt like a long weekend, not just three days that went quickly.  It helped that I got off work a little early on Friday so that I could attend an admissions meeting with Thomas.  I was home by 7:00 Friday evening, and Andrew and I were thrilled to be able to sit in our house without wearing masks around each other.  Thomas had swim practice and then pep band, but then came home, and we watched some episodes of "Ghosts".  The three of us really enjoy that show!

Saturday Thomas left for a leadership conference through FFA.  It was a great experience for him and I'm so glad he made the trip.  I had to be at the pool by 7:30 for my swim volunteer commitment.  After that I worked at church for a bit.  We spent Saturday hanging out watching playoff football.  Catherine had to work Saturday and Sunday, so she stayed over at our house that night.

Yesterday, we FINALLY got all of Christmas taken down and put away.  I was getting pretty annoyed with the fact that it was the middle of January and there were still trees and other decorations up.  I couldn't help it because we had been really busy, but it was making me crazy.  There were tubs and chaos everywhere.  We had the football games on, but didn't really care until the late game last night.  Although the Steelers game didn't go the way we wanted, it went pretty much as we expected.  Thomas was home from his leadership experience mid-afternoon, so we made some home made pizzas for dinner.  Catherine went on back to her apartment, and since it was snowing I was a nervous wreck until she made it back.  The snow didn't really amount to much though.

Today was an incredibly productive day.  I got the house really picked up and got so many little things accomplished.  While I LOVE having our Christmas decorations out and I love how cozy the house feels when it is decorated, I also love the less cluttered look, and I enjoy having the snowman and winter decorations put out.  It's so easy to relax when the house is cleaned up!

We have another busy week, but it's always nice to start the week with an extra day off!  It was also really nice to have some family time this weekend!