This weekend was glorious. Weather in the 60’s and an all around sense of returning to normalcy with us. Or as “normal” as normal can be these days I suppose…

On Saturday (after scoping out a couple of potential new digs) we did what typical homeowners do at the onset of spring: open all the windows in the house only to discover the colony of things that have taken up residence behind our screens since the last time we opened said windows (likely, at the end of February 2013). Only made sense to deep clean the windows, screens, and anything else I could get my hands (ne the vacuum) on. Thankfully that’s taken care of. For now at least. #storyofmylife

The weather on Sunday was too nice to sit in the kitchen and make breakfast [our normal song and dance]. We dragged a bewildered Windsor to an al fresco meal before hitting the Greenway for a long walk (aptly timed as the paths were filling up with folks wielding jogging strollers, bikes, and all sorts of other athletic accouterments just as we were leaving).

For my own mental sanity, I then headed out for 5 miles alone on my favorite route through our zip code. I returned home with aching calves, the tiniest sunburn (seriously), and a smile on my face for what I deemed a successful and productive morning. Beats the hell out of sitting around and watching HGTV until 1:30.

This week will be pretty chaotic with several day-long meetings and traveling on the docket. Though, I’m not sure you’ll ever hear me complain about “traveling” while getting to stay at Mom & Dad’s house.

I usually don’t like doing these “look what I did this weekend” sort of recaps but I just can’t help but think how lovely it was to have a tiny glimmer of beautiful weather. Gives me all the confidence in the world that we can hang on for more short weeks of cold just to enjoy what’s right around the corner.

Rose Wine. (kidding. kind of.)

ps- for those that asked, same kicks (different color) though I really dig these.

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