Walking Backwards

I'm so bad at updating this thing. Now that spring break is over, I finally get around to sitting at the computer. Before I get around to last week's recap, though, I have to say that I am really glad to return to programming as usual. I never thought that I would see the day when I was looking forward to the end of vacation. It isn't as if we didn't enjoy ourselves, its just that everything seems to run so much more smoothly when we are in our routine. I know what to do when and what to expect. I need structure.

As for what we did this week, I don't know if I can remember it all. Last Sunday was my birthday and I got a lot of great goodies from my buddies. Joe took me out to dinner at one of my favorite French restaurants in town, I got a book from Maria, Home Depot giftcards from my family, a set of organic cotton pajamas from Annie, and lots of well wishes. Annie also made me a green curry soup on Tuesday night when we went over, since I never get curry at home (the boys don't like it). It was a lot of fun. I spent the entire day of Sunday working in my garden and Joe took me to the local organic gardening nursery and bought me some new plants for my front beds. It was a very good birthday.

During the week Nicholas and I went out almost every day. On Tuesday we went to Radijazz, a local Austin "playnasium", with Cathy and her two girls. Afterward we all went out for pizza (for the kids) and salads and eggplant sandwiches (for the mommies). Nicholas did not want to leave Radijazz; he was having so much fun. They had a the biggest playscape I have ever seen. Being spring break it was incredibly crowded and noisy and Cathy and I decided lunch would be a better idea after about an hour and a half.

On Thursday, we drove out to Marble Falls and picked strawberries at Sweet Berry Farm. Nicholas loved helping pick strawberries and putting them in the basket we were given. He did have a little trouble with picking under-ripe berries. He would get so excited at finding a red berry that he wouldn't check to make sure that it was fully red yet. We are probably going to go later in the season to get enough strawberries to make our jam for the year, but the strawberry cobbler we made was a nice season opener.

The rest of the week we played in the neighborhood a lot. We fed the ducks at a local pond, but they were stuffed from all the children visiting that they just glided by our breadcrumbs. We visited several friends in town and just laid low for the most part. I painted on wall in our dining room a beautiful sueded red color. We planted our vegetable patch. My dad visited us on Saturday and I took Nicholas to the Westlake Farmer's Market where we had black cherry lemonade and basil pesto scones. I almost bought and asiatic lily there, but didn't. We bought some cut jewel-colored dahlias that are in a vase on my table now instead. I helped the neighbors across the street lay there patio and got my trees that I'm planting in the front yard.

Anyway, that was my week. I now have loads of homework to do that I have left in my bag the whole week. I also have got to go to the grocery store, which I haven't done all week either. I'm such a slacker.