Best Day Ever

Yesterday was the best day I've had in a long time, which is weird, because when do people ever get excited about a Wednesday?

Well... it was great because I took a personal day from Job #1. Yes!!! I don't like to take time off when I'm sick, unless I'm suuuuuuper sick, or like when I was recovering from knee surgery. But typically if I'm just going to sit on the couch feeling miserable, I'd rather sit at my desk feeling miserable, and use my "sick" days to do something fun. I wouldn't say I had a super "fun" day, per say, but I got so much accomplished that it felt great!

My day started with getting organized - one of my favorite things to do.

Breakfast date with my planner

Once I had an idea of all of the things I wanted to try to accomplish, I got to work. First I worked in the attic, putting the slip cover on the couch up there (that was a huge pain) and rearranging some boxes to create more walking space.

Partial Room Reveal: The Attic

I also got started with laundry, which included 7 pieces of hand wash clothing, which I NEVER do.

Clean sheets, here we come!

With the wash going, I headed out to pick up Andy from work and then we went to the bank. That's right friends - we are the proud owners of a new joint checking and savings account! Woohoo!! Things at the bank took longer than I expected so once we wrapped up there, we headed out to get lunch. We actually ended up going to a real restaurant, which was a treat since we haven't really done that in a long time (the new grill plus my new Seetha ways keep us eating at home a lot more). It was fun! :-)

After lunch I dropped Andy back off at work, and then I headed to the gym for a little elliptical/treadmill action. Nothing crazy at all, but I wanted to get a little cardio in on my day off. Then I went home and showered. Then I was off to the tailor.

My hole in the wall tailor

By Tuesday I should have a bridesmaid dress that fits a little better. :-) It was fun needing to have something taken in!

After the tailor I ran a few more errands: GNC for my magic Seetha pills, and Steinmart where I finally managed to find a cardigan for Sheena's wedding. Then home for a quick snack and a quick change so I could go to yoga with Rose!

Rose very kindly agreed to try "Muscle and Flow" with me. I owe her. Not only were parts of it ridiculously hard, but the instructor would NOT shut up. She was so obnoxious. It was a decent workout but definitely not the best experience... we decided to stay for the class right after which was supposed to be "restorative yoga" - thinking that a nice restorative class would erase the stupid Muscle and Flow class from our minds. Nope! There was a sub, who was actually very pleasant, but she didn't really know what "restorative" meant and instead we just did more yoga, albeit slower paced than normal. Anna was able to join for the second class - even though the class wasn't what I was expecting, it was easier to stomach having a friend on each side of my mat. :-)

After our two and a half hour yoga fest, we headed to Will and Rose's place for a late dinner.

Yes, that is an American Girl catalog lol

Will, Rose, Andy, Lisa, Anna, Lydia, and Ben were all there - always a fun crew to hang out with. And the food was great! Rose's special butternut squash soup, roasted cauliflower, tatsoi (asian greens), and chicken. We had fun hanging out around the table - there were lots of laughs.

Ben and Lydia - flannel twins - awkward family photo

Rose and Babs in post-yoga brain melt

I should mention here that Rose had done another yoga class earlier in the day, making it a total of three and a half hours of yoga for her... she was a hot bendy mess!

And now we've made it to the end of my day. Andy and I got home around 10:30pm and I quickly put the sheets on the bed and called it a night. If only I could have days like this more often!