Albeit being posted a bit late so excited about it! Finally a weekend that felt somewhat like normalcy and luckily a long one!!
Friday: Kicking off with 4th of July! The yearly all day Biltmore outdoor plans were hesitantly cancelled because of the uncertain weather. The last thing any of us wanted was to be running through muddy puddles in the rain and sitting in traffic for no fireworks anyway (or a recap of last year). The day started fairly early at the mall with Mom (“The First Lady of Cutler Bay” as I like to refer to her lately) to find something for her to wear for the fireworks event that night. After amazing ourselves with the ease of parking AND finding a few outfit options we moved onto our next mall task. With Mauricio and I’s anniversary creeping up (TEN YEARS on Monday!!! Don’t worry a post will be coming up soon about it) and all the recent event’s taking up so much more time than I expected (stupid brain surgery and complications) I needed to pick up his gift! Luckily I had a short list and that was easy too! Mom dropped me off at Mauricio’s and she moved on for her First Lady duties. We (Honey and I) opted for a quiet dinner for two in the Gables (which was really empty and without a drop of rain oddly) and made for a lovely date night!
Saturday: The next morning started with a great diner breakfast with Dad and Nancy. One of those, take half home and still be full type of places, but it was great. Props to Nancy which will make her the permanent “picker of food places for the future”. Although it definitely required a nap and lazy few hours around the house instead of housework (partially because of how early we went not entirely how full we got)! The rest of the day was actually like a normal mall and errand weekend with Honey which hadn’t happened in so long. Must say it was nice to feel back into our pre-surgery routine 🙂
Sunday was another lazy day with Honey… I hadn’t realized how long it had been since I had enjoyed one of those. It was nice to just sit there and do nothing (by choice). No doctors, machines, nurses, not locked up in my own house. It felt like we were just hanging out and being US, not like he was my “chaperone” which was our latest term for someone being over or around me to watch that I was ok all the time. Not that I don’t understand the need or importance of that right now, it just a little old and irritating already. And sunday night became an old resumed traditional Sunday night with my Dad that we had not done in quite awhile, dinner with my dad and sisters. Imagine sitting at a restaurant with your Dad and siblings, EXACTLY, always eventful and you can never run far away or fast enough… eventually they become “memories”.
So after what seemed like riding the worlds longest roller coaster it seemed like it was finally coming to it’s final destination with a weekend of normalcy. It’s almost like you can hear that perfect announcer voice over the speaker telling you to “remain seated with all arms, feet and belongings in the carts until the ride employee assists you off. Please remember to exit to the right side of your cart and thank you for riding. We hope you have a great day!” Except this was waaaaaay more than a roller coaster and 30 seconds at an amusement park!
-V
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