This was a great weekend, but I'm not ready for it to be over yet.
I find myself in a comfortable routine during the week. I get up early every day and either to teach my classes or go to work. I've arranged it to where no matter which jobs I work, I'm home by seven everyday. Matt works most nights so I have the place to myself, which is sometimes a good thing, sometimes not. I usually write and occasionally find time to do housework.
To most it seems like a boring life, but I'm very happy with the peace and quiet. I'll enjoy boring while it lasts.
Friday was a short day, I went into work early and got off at 1:00. That was nice because I was able to come home and take a nap with the new ear plugs I bought. I was anxious to test them out. I'm a very light sleeper, and if there is any kind of noise in my environment it becomes very difficult to fall asleep. Here is how I describe it: when I'm trying to fall asleep, it's like I'm slowing walking down a tunnel....at the end is slumbertown. As I'm "walking" if I hear a noise, it disrupts my path and I find myself at the beginning. You can see where this is pretty frustrating and why I would be a bad roommate to have.
Let's get this straight now, I'm not a crazy person. I don't actually picture myself walking down a tunnel, it's just a metaphor.
So the ear plugs turned out to be a charm cuz Matt said he was hollering at me to wake up and I didn't even stir. I woke up after he gently shook me.
Finally! I won't have to fall asleep to Final Fantasy battle themes and Robot Chicken!!
My nap was cut short because our good friend Nate came in from out of town to spend the weekend with us. It felt great to have a guest over and even better that it was Nate. He spent his mission in Missouri and we instantly became friends. He came back last summer to visit some of the friends he'd made. And also came out when Matt and I got married.
Friday night, Matt had to work but Nate and I walked around town and I showed him all the "hot spots" in Rexburg. Needless to say, that didn't take long, but I had to get to bed early so I would be awake before dawn. I worked all day Saturday but was able to come home and have lunch with Nate - who was still in his P.Js playing videogames on the couch:-)
When I got home at 4 the apartment was empty. Nate was off visiting other friends, and I was glad because I got some much needed rest. When I woke up from my coma I took a long shower and got dressed. For the first time in days I put on some makeup and actually put some effort into my hair. By the time I went to pick up Matt, Nate was back and we all went out to eat and then to the cheap theater because Nate hadn't seen the dark night yet.
We stayed up waaaay to late, and were waaaay to loud playing games and eating icecream. It was great. I haven't done that in a long time. For once, at church this morning, my neighbors were giving us dirty looks!
Today was pretty typical. After we bid Nate farwell, we laid in bed and watched a movie, eating chips and salsa, and more icecream...just cuz. Matt did homework all day and I left with no choice of procrastinating, I did laundry. I couldn't come up with anything creative for dinner so we just had steak, but I cooked it a new way, which seemed to leave Matt pleased.
So now I'm just chillin. Sucked into a marathon of America's Next Top Model. Dreading tomorrow. It's not that I have to work, and it's not that I have to work so long. It's that I know no matter how early I go to sleep I just can't get up before dawn.
Wish me Luck!
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