Looking Back on May...

I don't think I've ever been more thankful to have a four day weekend. I know that I can't really complain about how the weekends always feel so "short" (like most of the working world) because every weekend is ALWAYS 3 days long for me. Whoever thought working a 4-day 40-hour work week is a GENIUS! I've come to love my 10 hour days. Every Thursday I wake up a little giddy because I don't have to go to work the next day. There is SO much that I can accomplish on a Friday. Cleaning house. Laundry. Going grocery shopping (it's NEVER busy). Going shopping in general (especially when it's the school year, I can avoid the weekend "mall rats" aka high school kids...does that make me old?) If I want to take a "long weekend vacation" I don't have to use PTO because I already have Friday's off. Now...I have come to the realization that once kids enter the picture, working 10-hour days will be unpractical. Not only for logistical purposes, but also because I don't want to miss out on that much of their life and have them in daycare for 10 hours a day. But for right now, for me, 10 hour days are where it's at. The reason that I was so excited to have a 4 day weekend is because we have either been gone or entertaining for the entire month of May, and I feel like I needed a few days to regroup and organize my life. Since I've been MIA from the blogging world lately, here's a recap of May:

Weekend 1: Kris and Jessica came to visit and stay with us for the weekend. We ate at Rio Grille (a Brazilian steakhouse), the boys played golf, the girls went shopping, we grilled out, watched a movie and welcomed in the spring/summer weather.

Weekend 2: My sweet friend Beth from undergrad and grad school came to pay me a visit in Greenville. We did girly things (shopping, eating out, saw "The Last Song") and Nolan worked part of the weekend. It reminded me of how much I miss seeing my awesome group of friends from grad school every single day. Beth and I decided to plan a trip to Birmingham this summer to see Lindsey - I'm super excited!

Weekend 3: We went home to GA for the weekend. I met up with the girls for dinner to celebrate Diedre's 26th birthday and met Jackson Purvis for the first time. 3 words for that little boy: He. Is. Awesome. He's so sweet and cuddly and we all found ourselves just staring at him during dinner, waiting for his next moment of "cuteness." Sunday afternoon Nolan and I met with our wedding photographer to compose our wedding album...6 months later, but better now than never. Hopefully it will be here just in time for Christmas. Below are some pictures from that weekend.

Jackson being so well behaved while we ate dinner.

Rachel, Katy, Diedre and Karen

YAY for girl time!

We just couldn't get enough of him at dinner...

Sweetness

This picture makes me laugh because it sort of looks like he is telling Diedre to "shhhh" :)

One of the brief moments that his "peepers" were open

Weekend 4: We traveled to St. Simons Island for my cousin's wedding. We went to the beach Friday night when we got there, laid out by the pool before the wedding Saturday, wedding and reception Saturday night, and bid our farewells at the traveler's breakfast the next morning. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but ironically we almost DID miss the wedding because I couldn't get my dress to zip! Talk about stress! I had even given myself extra time to get ready so that after drying and straightening my hair I wouldn't be hot! The one time that I didn't take a "back up plan" we almost had a tragedy. Everyone tried their hand at the zipper...Nolan, dad (who managed to get it stuck at one point where it wouldn't move up OR down!), and then mom. With a quick mental prayer that went something like "Dear Lord please let this work!" my mom was finally able to get the zipper around the snag and we arrived at the church with 2 minutes to spare. PHEW! So much for giving myself extra time and not sweating! This was one of those times where I wished we could have snapped our fingers and been there, then snapped them and been home again. 5 1/2 hours one way makes for a long weekend...especially on the way home. Below are some pictures from that weekend.

At the beach on Friday...slightly windy...

Looking towards the pier

The Lighthouse

We made it!

One happy husband

Mr. and Mrs. David & Katy Younker

Weekend 5: 4 days of, well, whatever we want. No agenda. No time lines. No schedules. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. And I'm not going to lie...I've been a little bored :) I think that after going 90-to-nothing pretty much throughout the week and the majority of our weekends, when I have time to do everything and nothing, I find myself restless. It's hard to sit still, but I know that it's good for me. I'm trying to enjoy them as much as possible though, because our summer calendar is pretty full. 

My parents are coming to stay with us this next weekend, and we're hoping to have our yard sale. We've been talking about the yard sale for what seems like FOREVER, but either weather or sickness has prevented its occurrence. Here's to hoping. Ideally someone will come with a big truck and just take it all away. Oh that would just make my day...