Random Tash aka Tash in Training

Last night I got to hang out with my 6 year old nephew.  I call him nephew because there is no other one word explanation of our relationship.  He is my husband’s step-brother’s girlfriend’s child from a previous relationship.  So, nephew it is.  (I also have a niece via the same relationship as he has an almost 3 year old baby sister).

We ate chips and popsicles, played in a sandbox, played frisbee and ball and watched some Spiderman.  Then we went for a walk to get some ice cream, which he proceeded to wear as a beard.  So cute.

I have really been enjoying my vacation time.  But my allergies have been going nuts!  My eyes are so itchy and watery.  My left eye is pretty much crying all the time.  I hate to say it, but I wish for some rain!

Have I mentioned that I am on vacation?  Vacay officially started Friday at noon and runs until August 3rd.  I will be working a bit from home and have to go into work for Wednesday afternoon for a meeting (hazards of the profession) but besides that I am free free free!

Friday afternoon I celebrated with a long nap.  Then Tim and I went to the driving range to hit some balls, then to Value Village where I got some sweaters (you get the best clothes there when you shop the off-season racks).  We then hit up Montana’s for dinner.  I got 3/4 a rack of ribs with coleslaw, mashed potatoes with gravy and cornbread.  I almost licked my plate clean it was so good!  Tim got the all you can eat ribs – so we ate 2.5 racks of ribs!  (Plus all his sides).  Holy moly can that man eat!  And he is a skinny guy too!

I spent yesterday getting groceries, cleaning the apartment and watching bad movies on W Channel (i.e. Must Love Dogs, etc.).  Today I plan on doing lots of laundry (maybe) and just relaxing with Tim, who is finally home after a 30 hour call shift (so he might actually be in bed all day).

I want to spend this week off doing as little as possible.

I love my life.

And I’m still sick!  Ugh!  The worst thing is that I am out of sick days to use (I get very very few sick days) so if I take any more time off I have to use vacation days.  And my vacation starts next week …. ugh.  I may try to tough it out at work tomorrow but I am coughing so much and feel so miserable.  I hate feeling so bad when I normally am so positive and happy feeling (especially lately).

And I am sick.  Isn’t Tash always sick you ask?  Yes.  Yes, I am.  Ever since Tim started in the hospitals (i.e. the past year) I have been sick all the time.  He seems to pick up every cold and share it with me.  All I am hoping is that I am building up the most amazing immunity and will soon not be sick again for the rest of my life.  I imagine this is what a teacher has to go through for the first few years of teaching where every time a kid is sick, they get it too.

So moral of the story is that I was home from work yesterday and will be home again today.  And I had to cancel all my weekend plans

In other news, I am watching Big Brother for the first time.  All the ladies I lunch with watch it and convinced me to give it a try.  So far I am mumph.  I actually forgot it was on last night and was sad I had to switch over from Love it of List it LOL.  But I’m still keeping an open mind because I normally love trashy tv.

What a rainy time it has been lately!  It makes it so hard to get up in the morning for me.  Anyone else?

Tim is also sick, so I am dreading getting sick too.  So far so good *knock on wood*.

I haven’t been motivated to make anything interesting in the kitchen lately.  And the exercise front has been pretty sad.

But I’ve been very happy

I spent a wonderful afternoon at the mall.  It was one of those days I wanted to me by myself and randomly wonder around for hours looking and trying things on.

I bought:

1 pair of flats

12 panties (La Senza is having a buy 12 for 30$ sale and I bought 12 last week too)

6 bras (for about $6 each at La Senza)

1 jean skirt

1 shirt

1 cardi

2 presents for Tim

1 present for Mom

1 present for Dad

It was a successful trip.  I came home, made dinner (when Tim is sick I won’t let him cook so I have been cooking every meal lately).  And now I plan to read some books and munch on some cheese and crackers.  I love my life.

I am loving all this heat!  Tim is not.  He has a bad cold.  What a crappy time to be sick.

I’ve been doing a lot of BBQing this week.  A bit sad that I am having a hard time trying to grill mushrooms that taste amazing.  But I have been eating corn on the cob every day

Went to Boston Pizza last night for a woman from work’s going away dinner.  It was fun.  I am suppose to go visit my parents tomorrow and I hope it is a beautiful day because I want to go 4 wheeling!  Sometimes it’s nice to be able to escape out to the country.  And if it turns out to be a cold and rainy day, I’ll just go hot tubbing instead!

What a lovely weekend!

Tim and I bought a new BBQ and I am trying to assemble it while he is golfing with his Dad.  He assembled the last one, so it’s my turn.  Gah.  I am also doing laundry (6 loads done) and trying to clean.  When Tim gets home hopefully we’ll BBQ and go for a nice long walk and enjoy the beautiful day.

I popped into Lulu and returned a pair of pants Tim got me that I didn’t like – exchanges only so I got a hoodie/jacket.  Me likes that – although it is really overpriced for what it is.

Spent last night at a cottage party down in the Valley.  Had a great time, but man am I old!  I like to go to be early and don’t like to drink.  So I’m going booze free and sticking to reasonable bedtimes.

I spent the majority of the night staring at the camp fire and roasting marshmallows.  It was pretty amazing.

I did a big grocery trip today and stocked up on healthy foods.  And I plan to get out for a run tomorrow.  I am so looking forward to having Thursday off!  I have to work Friday though And I may be going to visit my parents this weekend, but I plan to spend the weekend day relaxing at home with Tim (hopefully).

I need some sleep.  Good night!

My life has been a whirlwind lately with no time to catch my breath (aka update the blog).  I am really hoping that I have some down time this week to write a post about my recent adventures – complete with pics.

Until then, I hope everyone is at least as happy as I am!