My weekend kicked off with a vet appointment for Eloise! She only needed her rabies vaccine, so it was a quick visit for her. She weighed in at a skinny 8.4 lbs, which is about 2 lbs lighter than Lila. (Yet, the girls eat the same amount! Just goes to show you that all bodies find their own perfect happy weight!)

Friday night was super fun, as I invited over the person I’m seeing to watch the Opening Ceremonies with me. We had a great time—we had Publix subs for dinner and delicious mini bundt cakes for dessert. Perfect! The Opening Ceremonies were a little lackluster as to be expected, but I enjoyed seeing the parade of nations. The athletes had waited so long for this opportunity and it was so fun to see their excitement! (And, of course, judge the mask-wearing abilities of some of the athletes, sigh.) We placed a friendly bet on how many athletes the USA had, and we were both a bit off. (I guessed 375 and they guessed 1,128 and it was somewhere around the mid-600s!) Anyway, it was a really fun night filled with lots of laughter and great conversation, as it always is with us! And I’m just so excited for the Olympics to kick off!

Friday night ended up being a late night since the Opening Ceremonies went on until 11 (or maybe later? We turned it off after the parade of nations). But I was up and at ’em early for my Saturday morning workout. I did a 30-minute spin workout with Cody Rigsby and it was the perfect way to start my day!

After my workout, I took a shower and quickly got ready because I was meeting up with Mikaela for our first writing date since December! She’s my friend whose daughter had cancer. Now that they are done with chemo and blood transfusions and other appointments, we can bring back our weekly writing dates. I am so thrilled about that! We met at Panera and I worked on a blog post that has been brewing in my head for a while—hopefully, I can post it on Wednesday but if not, it’ll be coming your way soon!

I stopped at Target after our writing date to pick up a birthday present for a friend’s baby. I also couldn’t help stopping by the book aisle to check out the books. I somehow abstained from buying anything, but please don’t give me any kudos as I have gone crazy with book-buying this month. (I think I’ve bought 8 books? It’s a problem.)

Saturday afternoon was spent at a friend’s baby’s birthday party! Her baby turned one yesterday and it was an Olympics-themed celebration that was super fun! This friend is a former coworker who I sat next to for many, many years and we grew very close. It’s been fun to follow her journey as she got engaged and then married while we were coworkers, and now she’s a mom! Celebrating her baby boy was so much fun.

I was sooooo looking forward to Saturday night, as I planned to decompress. My introvert battery was completely drained. I came home, took a hot bubble bath, and then laid on the couch and watched Olympics coverage and read for the rest of the night (whenever NBC covered a sport that didn’t interest me, I just muted the TV and opened my book!)

Sunday started off slow and lazy, just like I needed it! I spent most of the morning sleeping and reading, which is the best way to spend a Sunday morning, in my opinion. 🙂

I spent the afternoon at my mom’s. We were desperately in need of some one-on-one time! I visited with Lucy, who got spayed on Friday so she was feeling a bit crummy. And I also got to enjoy the pool (my mom and I pretended to be Olympic swimmers and quickly realized we were not in shape for that—the butterfly stroke is ridic, you guys) and play a few rounds of Qwixx, which is our new favorite game.

I ran a few errands after leaving my mom’s. First to TJ Maxx to pick up a birthday gift for a friend and later to Publix to do this week’s grocery shopping. Then it was home to veg!

Remember the days of TV scheduling conflicts where you had to choose which show to watch live in the days before DVR and streaming? That was me last night! Big Brother was on at 8 but I wanted to watch the Olympics since they were showing the women’s gymnastics all-around qualifying round. So I busted out the ol’ Chromebook so I could do both! (Originally I was going to watch Big Brother on my laptop and the Olympics on TV, but my Firestick decided to stop working last night. So that’s great timing!)

And that’s my Olympics-heavy weekend! It was a busy one, but a fun and fulfilling one, too.

How was your weekend? Are you watching the Olympics?

I couldn’t let this magical weekend go by without recapping it. My cousin’s wedding was beautiful and joyful and I had such a great time. Let’s recap the weekend in pictures:

My weekend kicked off on Friday afternoon with a facial. I really don’t know if these quarterly facials are making any kind of difference in my skin, but they feel really, really good and I get some great tips from my esthetician. This facial was super relaxing and I think I might have fallen asleep at some point.

Later on Friday, I picked up my mom so we could look for shoes for the wedding (nothing like the last minute, eh?) We visited four different stores until I finally found something that would work. I’ve been wearing the same pair of nude heels to all my fancy events for years now, and I felt like it was time for an upgrade.

Also, there were Lucy snuggles after our shopping adventure! I love how excited she always is to see me!

I had a very lazy Saturday morning! I slept in, read, played some games on my phone. It was really relaxing. I wanted to be well-rested for tonight’s festivities! Lila joined me for snuggles, too.

I’m really proud of myself for getting in a quick workout before the wedding festivities started of course they got a marquee hire so they could have space for everything. I was contemplating switching my workout day to Sunday but I wasn’t sure if I’d be up to a workout if things got crazy at the wedding, ha. I did a 20-minute class and it felt good to get my sweat on!

Wedding look! After my workout, I took a shower and then started getting ready—I did my skincare routine, curled my hair, and did my makeup. I wanted to be able to leave my place by 3:30 to head to my mom’s, as we were going to take a Lyft to the wedding together.

I immediately started crying when I saw this display at the front table in the reception hall. It was such a sweet touch, but also a hard reminder that the two people who deserved to be here the most (my grandparents essentially raised my cousin and her twin sister) weren’t going to be. It’s so hard to have these big family milestone events without them.

Oh, this wedding. You guys. Even looking at these photos makes me emotional because I’m just so happy for my cousin. From the moment I met Natalie, I knew she was it for Sara and their love is so joyful and pure and deep and strong. They are each other’s perfect match and watching them commit to one another was a blessing.

I cried like a baby throughout the ceremony (my other cousins, who were her bridesmaids, told me they had to stop looking at me because I was making them cry, haha), especially when Sara talked about agape love in her vows, which is a term our Pops talked about a lot and even named his business after. They handed out fans before the ceremony started, which came in handy for drying all of my tears! I was a mess.

The reception afterward was also a ton of fun! I definitely broke my no-alcohol rule, but it meant I could let loose and have fun! Also, I didn’t have any reaction to any of the alcohol I drank so that’s good! I’m glad I was able to just enjoy myself, dance all over the dance floor with my family, and get super silly with my mom. We had a great time and it was one of the best nights I’ve had in a long, long time.

I stayed over at my mom’s on Saturday because I was obviously in no state to be driving and got to enjoy lots of Lucy snuggles. She was up at 2am, 4am, and 7:30am—oof. I do not envy my mom having to deal with that every day! (She’s not always like this, sometimes she’ll sleep through the night. I like to think she was just so excited that her sister was sleeping over and she wanted to play with me!) I didn’t sleep well at all, as I couldn’t get comfortable on the couch. I was up from 2am-5:30am myself and since I didn’t bring a book with me, I spent the time on my phone, catching up on past issues of The Count of Monte Cristo and email newsletters I had saved. So at least I used the time wisely? Eventually, I was able to fall asleep for a few hours until Lucy woke up again.

I came home around 9 and the girls were very happy to see me! (Or happy that they could finally get some treats? Who knows.) I missed them a lot, even though I was only gone for one night. How I’m going to make it through four nights without them in August is beyond me. I’ve become so incredibly attached to them by working from home and not traveling/doing much this past year and a half. After giving them treats and love, and eating breakfast, I headed right back to bed and conked out for a good four hours. It felt divine!

And the rest of Sunday was spent being lazy (reading, watching episodes of Superstore, taking a hot bath) and productive (grocery shopping, laundry, tidying apartment).

What a weekend, one I won’t soon forget!