AZ Weekend

This weekend was a lot of fun and quite interesting. The Monday before I was to leave I had a sore throat the next day I could hardly swallow. I made it up to Wednesday and called in sick on Thursday when my ringing ears woke me up at 2:30 am. So here is my bullet point summary. As time allows I will provide more details.

Friday - started my drive down the 8. As I was drinking lots of water to get rid of this cold I soon found myself stopping every 1/2 hour to take a bio break. At this rate I felt I would never get there. However, I made it in 6 hours. I got there before Perri was off work so I got a pedicure and then we met up for Thai food. That night we just relaxed, talked and watched TV.

Saturday - woke up early when my sil called to see if I was going to my nieces dance show. Then I received another call from my other friend letting me know he was not going to make it to the BBQ festival. This made me realize how much harder it must be to see your parents grow old and face illnesses. I was young and my mother was ill from the time I was 12 or 13. People tell me that must have been hard but to me it was my life.
I jumped in the pool laid out and then ventured out to Gilbert to meet my other friend for lunch. I waited for an hour and then realized she had been inside eating. We visited quickly and while it was comical it was great to at least see her for a few minutes.
Headed back to the house relaxed and then headed to Winco and the BBQ Festival. We had a "What Would You Do" episode occur thanks to Perri confronting a little kid with a mouthful and handful of candy at a barrell. This event deserves its own blog.
We made it to the festival and had yummy food and great seats. We even were encouraged to dance by a fun cute couple there. Got back to the house did a swim before midnight and then played Phase 10 with a music trivia game at the same time. Went to bed around 3

Sunday - woke up packed up cleaned up and left a little after 12. Stopped in Palm Desert and spent some time with my family.

I realized this weekend how blessed I am to have a good job that allows me to do fun things for my friends and myself.