We took a short trip to Fred Meyer where I bought new flowers to replace the ones that I murdered in early Spring when I prematurely planted them in late May, not realizing that Mother Nature still had some snow built up from winter that she needed to get rid of. Oh, that and apparently you have to water them on a semi-regular basis, or so Grant says. I suppose I can try that method with these ones, although I have a habit of not remembering to do little things like that. It's a wonder I remember to feed my dog, although I have to admit that she has gotten good at making sure I know when she is famished. Back to the weekend recap...after some amazing shishkabobs from the grill, we took Jersey to our little spot on the lake for some much needed energy release. And that she did - she swam her little heart out and really didn't want to stop except that the sun went down and she couldn't see the ball in the water anymore so she just started swimming in circles. She didn't show an ounce of exhaustion until we got back to the car and instead of hanging her head out the window, she just collapsed on her towel and fell fast asleep. Grant entertained himself by building his "path to hope", which is a path about 3 feet long that extends into the water so people can walk on water...or whatever. 
On Saturday, I had to check people in to the Osprey Cruise that I had organized for work. I was supposed to be there at 8am, so you can imagine the panic attack that I had when I woke up at 7:35am, realizing my alarm had not gone off. After the world's quickest makeover, I managed to make it down to the docks by 8:06am not looking too shabby considering the circumstances. The cruise was nice - beautiful weather - and I got 4 hours of comp time at work for checking people in and enjoying a nice cruise on the lake for a couple hours on a Saturday. Grant met me afterwards at Michael D's, where we enjoyed probably the best breakfast you can get in Coeur d'Alene. The rest of the day was spent enjoying the sunshine at the beach, which really puts me in a good mood no matter what. We took Jersey back to the lake that night for more swimming and we were surprised to see that the "Path to Hope" had been added to! While it wasn't exactly the same design that Grant started, at least someone else saw his vision and contributed. By the end of the night, his path was near complete and when we stood back to examine the masterpiece, we noticed it had an eerie resemblance to a body part that he swears was not intended. I just nodded my head and said, "okay, dear."
Since we didn't really have a Spring this year, our cleaning fever hit us Sunday morning. We got up and did all sorts of gross cleaning tasks that rarely get thought about, including dusting the blinds, picking up pine needles and spraying the pollen off of everything outside. To reward ourselves, we decided to spend the afternoon back in the sun and fell asleep with our feet in the water. After dinner, we went and saw Wall-E, which is the best Disney film I have seen since Finding Nemo. Definitely a must-see in the theaters for kids and adults...I actually think adults might enjoy it more based on it's plot and adult-sized humor. Topped the evening off with "The Next Food Network Star" and off to bed after a full, fun weekend.
This morning started Grant's and my quest to become more active and get into better shape. We got up at 5:45am and ran, which I have to say was a very different way to wake up than normal. It felt amazing and I really enjoyed getting up early, having time to make some coffee and take my time getting ready for work. And hey, I was even a couple minutes early to work, which rarely happens on a Monday (or ever). We hope to continue this at least 3 times a week, considering that most weeks I have to be somewhere for work at 7am twice a week. Hopefully our run sessions will go longer as we keep going, but I'm proud of us for attempting to get our butts into better shape. I do have to say that, compared to 2 years ago, my bathing suit fits about a million times better and I've worked incredibly hard to get it that way. I fully intend on trying to keep it fitting so well. It would be much easier if I didn't love and crave every junk food known to man, but I guess that's just who I am and I'll have to work twice as hard to look decent in a bathing suit. It's totally worth it, I hope.
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Yay for happy weekends! And even a bigger yay for looking good in swimsuits and running in the mornings!
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