I woke up from my nap on Friday to this sweet face right next to me. What a doll! She often interrupts my sleeping to beg for pets (often by poking me with a claw right on my face), but I can’t even be mad at her. She’s too cute!
After my nap, I took a trip to Target. I needed to get a gift for Olive for her birthday as well as one for Mikaela who just had a birthday. I couldn’t help stopping by the books section, but I didn’t buy anything. I was good!
Once home from my Target expedition, I took a hot bubble bath that was so relaxing. The rest of my night was fairly low-key—I Facetimed with my mom, watched a few episodes of Brooklyn 99, wrote Saturday’s blog post, and read my books.
My busy Saturday began with a long walk around my apartment complex. It was a brisk 61 degrees when I woke up, and the walk felt really good. I listened to the latest episode of Office Ladies during my walk. I don’t *love* this podcast (the deep dives on random subjects are kinda ridiculous), but all of the behind-the-scenes info about life on the set of a TV show are super interesting. It’s amazing how much work goes into even a one-second scene!
I test-drove a 2021 Mazda CX-5 on Saturday (my mom came with me), and man, was she a beauty. Both to look at and to drive. I have four other cars on my list that I want to test-drive and I’m not in any rush to buy, so I’m taking my time with this research assignment and only went to one dealership this weekend. I had a really good experience with the car salesman (shocking!) and he didn’t pressure me at all to make a decision. All in all, it was a pleasant experience and made me so excited to finally have a new car sometime in the near future.
I was so excited that I finally got the alert that this book was ready for me to pick up at the library! I’ve been on hold for over a month now, which is unusual for my library system. It’s a 2020 release and I usually never have trouble getting those books fairly quickly. It just means a lot of people are requesting it, which is a good thing since this is an important topic!
Saturday was Olive’s birthday party! If you remember, Olive is my dear friend Mikaela’s baby who had a rare and aggressive form of cancer (her chance of survival was 9%). Somehow, she made it through an incredibly risky surgery and countless rounds of chemo and has emerged victorious from her cancer treatment. She’s had a few scans since she finished treatment, and all of them have been clear. Even more astonishing is that her treatment didn’t stunt her development at all! Both physically and cognitively, she’s right where she should be. Isn’t that incredible?! Warrior baby, for sure.
Olive turns two on Wednesday, and we celebrated with a very fun birthday party for her. Myself, I enjoyed chit-chatting with my friends Amber and Lynn (we wore party hats and got tatted up, as shown in the picture above) and watching Olive destroy her cake. 🙂 It was such a joyous day!
Saturday evening was an eventful one! I wanted to do a load of laundry so I started the washer and went on my merry way. The way the water was filling the basin sounded different than usual, but I didn’t think much of it.
… Until my downstairs neighbor knocked on my door to tell me that water was leaking into her kitchen. Sure enough, when I looked at my own kitchen (my stackable washer/dryer is lodged into the space across from my fridge), there was an inch of water on the floor! I immediately shut off the washer (and discovered that no water was even flowing into the basin!) and called emergency maintenance.
What a mess! I live in a third-floor apartment and learned that water had not only leaked into the second-floor apartment below me but also into the first-floor apartment and the concrete outside. OOF. I felt terrible! I know it wasn’t my fault (I’ve never had an issue with my washer before!), but damn. There wasn’t much maintenance could do for me on Saturday night. Because of the way the kitchen is set up, they are going to need to first remove my fridge so that they can move out my washer/dryer to get into the space where it sits to figure out what’s causing the leak. So I’ll have maintenance in my apartment all day today—a day in which I have three meetings, argh!
I’m crossing my fingers and toes that they’ll just set me up with a new washer/dryer since the one I have now is super old and makes so much noise. I usually can’t run my dryer if I have meetings at work or I’m watching something on TV. I’ll even turn it off when if my mom Facetimes me while it’s running. Super annoying.
Once the mess of my leaking washer was solved (at least for that night), I ordered dinner and watched a few episodes of Brooklyn 99. I was in bed a little on the early side and read my books for a bit before calling it a night!
I woke up way before my alarm on Sunday. While I despise Daylight Saving Time (especially in the fall), it was nice to wake up around 7 feeling fully rested! I spent my extra hour curled up on the couch with a blanket, finishing up Ginny Moon.
Mikaela and I had a lovely Sunday morning writing date at Panera! I set my fantasy football lineup before writing my Sunday stream-of-consciousness blog post. We also spent a lot of time talking about the party yesterday and reflecting on what an incredible day it was. Mikaela said that Olive had a blast, and I was so happy to hear that!
The rest of my Sunday was spent at my mom’s, watching football and snuggling the dogs and sneaking in a few chapters of my book in between plays. I love these Sundays so much—it’s just a low-key afternoon with my mom, my brother, and my older nephew. I cherish this time!
Of course, there’s more football to watch when I get home from my mom’s! Ellie will sometimes sit on the edge of the couch and watch the game with me. It’s always so funny when she does that! I ate a late dinner while watching the game, and also put the finishing touches on this blog post.
And now it’s a new week and is shaping up to be a good one. I have plans with two different friends and work shouldn’t be too much of a killer (here’s hoping, at least).
How was your weekend?
Oh, what a fun and lovely weekend (well, minus the leaking washer – eek! That was terrible!)… it sounds like a good mix of relaxation, fun with family and friends, and down time with the cats 🙂
I am excited that you’re test-driving cars (and taking your time finding one that you really like. I don’t really care about cars, but I imagine test-driving a few is a fun experience.)
So happy to hear that little Olive is doing so well!
My weekend was pretty good and included the usual – running, Peloton, reading, and some chores around the house. Oh, and Sunday FaceTime with my parents 🙂
What is the car situation like there? The lots are pretty empty here and cars are hard to find!
Yay for Olive’s party and that she is right on track with where should she be. She IS such a warrior!
That really sucks about the washer. I hope it means a new one too.
OMG your pizza takeout looks so good and I don’t even like pizza, LOL.
My weekend was good! It felt short though!
You’re so much cooler and calmer about the washer situation than I would be! I’d be up all night freaking out about getting everywhere. I’m sorry that happened to you, but you handled it like a real champ!
Go Olive – it’s so exciting to hear that she’s doing so well.
Yeah on the cuddles. Yikes on the water. I read disability visibility for book club. I enjoyed it. I had zero expectations going into it. Even saying that, it surprised me. I look forward to your review.
i love your weekend (other than the washing machine fiasco, of course!) It’s full of my favorite things- sleeping, books, football, cats… The story of Olivia is incredible. The fact that she’s here, celebrating a birthday ,must feel like a miracle.
So you don’t like daylight savings time? I’m guessing you don’t like the early dark evenings. I don’t mind that- I’d rather have it light earlier in the morning. I don’t like turning the clocks ahead in the spring!
When Phil got our car serviced he talked to a sales rep and he said that you can get Mazda’s and one other car brand – can’t remember what! Hope you can test drive some of the other cars on your list!
Olive is so cute! I’m super impressed she isn’t at all delayed after everything she went through. What a warrior baby indeed! So relieved that she is doing so well!
Oh, no! The washer episode looks awful. 🙁 I had something similar (well, water in the bathroom related, anyway) – the handle/lever to turn on my water and regulate the temp gets sticky after a while (minerals in the water, most likely) and when that happens, you can turn it to the “off” position and… it does not stop. It just keeps going. And the water keeps pouring out. Hm. I was going to share the gory details but thinking it might make for an amusing (part of) a blog post… 🙂 Stay tuned?
And I would have needed pizza afterwards, too!
LOVE that Ellie is watching football. She’s a cat after your own heart. <3
And Olive. Oh, my goodness, Olive. What a warrior baby, indeed. <3 <3