Marathon Weekend...24 Hours to Finish Line

This has been a Marathon weekend in more ways than one. (Funny that I thought of that title before realizing that this is indeed marathon weekend!)

The weekend actually started on Friday morning for me at 5:30AM. To satisfy my need to be involved, my little cherub signed me up to bake for and help out at her highschool's annual French breakfast. To that end, I woke up a tad bit early to back 4 quiche - 3 for French breakfast and one for the hubby to bring to work. We arrived at school at 7:20 and and I was there through about noon as I helped set up, attend and and break down the event. I have to say that the student's each displayed some amazing talents from the students that performed various songs, poetry, dances and talents that are indigenous to francophone countries,to those that assisted in the set up and hosting of the breakfast as well as my own darling little creative genius - who plied her craft of henna artistry.

I arrived home shortly before 1:00 and hopped on the phone with my Mom to discuss her status with regards to the Excel homework assignment I had given her the night before. I was hoping to avoid another in person tutorial - which would have been my fourth of the week full of installments of PC Bootcamp. Unfortunately - mom was going to require another housecall. So - I was with Mom for about 2 1/2 hours and winding down the days lesson with a new homework assignment when my little sister called to ask if I would like to join her for a mani/pedi. That was my cue to make my departure and head on over to House of Nails for some much needed R&B (rest and beautification). I grabbed myself a large ice coffee on the way, strolled into House of Nails, stuck my head into the waxing room where my littlest sister was having her eyebrows dealt with (We all of us 5 sisters are some of the most follicly challenged chicks on the planet!!), picked out a demure shade of pink for the fingertips and an awesomely whore-tastic red polish for the toes and settled in to my motorized massaging pedicure chair. An hour and a half and 20 dazzling tips later - I realized that one of my young cousins was receiving his Confirmation that eventing - within about 1/2 hour. I ran up the street to catch up with my brother to make it to church within minutes of the start of the ceremony. There was a very lovely mass followed by dinner and a few brandies at the house with the extended family. At about 9:30 I headed over to the headquarters for one of our local campaigns just to check in for a big rally set for the next day.

Saturday the hubby, cherub and I headed out before 7:30 to attend an accepted student's day at the College cherub will be attending in the fall. It is an art school within 45 minutes of us. Immediately we were struck by the quaint small town feel and awed by the art on exhibit in the many on site galleries. The setting is a huge departure from the hectic downtown backdrop where she has spent the last 6 years of her career. This is going to be a much needed change that will enable her to focus on her studies. After our initial group discussion and tour of the compact campus - they separated parents from students - with the students participating in workshops and parents joining in focus discussions. I had to duck out early to help out at the political rally back home and left the hubby and the cherub to enjoy lunch on campus.

The turnout and success of the rally was phenomenal. It wrapped up by mid afternoon which gave me some time to visit a couple of my BFF's before reconnecting with my family and one of my LLBFF's (life-long BFF) for dinner of good old-fashioned pizza and a run to a 24 hour bakery. I had also promised the LLBFF - who is newly separated - a night out. Although I had some concerns about meeting her expectations - we settled in for a few margaritas and martinis at the local martini bar until about 1AM.

Sunday morning I headed out to brunch with Ms. Fabulous Blogger herself of Fabulously out there at the same Martini bar. We had bumped into each other there a few weeks prior and plotted to catch up in the real world so there we were. We sunk our teeth into some amazing French toast and girl chat and before we knew it - time had just flown by. I caught up with the family and dropped the cherub to the movie theatre. With the rest of the afternoon before us - hubby and I headed out for a Sunday drive in the country. We stopped in a couple of shops and a diner along the way and just chilled out. We hadn't done that in years. After heading back to the city, we retrieved the cherub and headed home.

After reflecting on the exhausting weekend and how glad to be back home - I laughing at the thought that it is not over yet. Happy Patriot's Day! I think I might just be sleeping on tomorrow.

Nothing Too Exciting...

Ok, so there's nothing too exciting to report. Sometimes my life can be so busy that I take it for granted. At times when I have nothing planned I am bored out of my mind, although there are plenty of things that I could be doing, like housework. Sorting out all of the family photos that I've been meaning to get to, exercising, sorting out the finances....you know the stuff regular people need to do. Yeah, I prefer to keep myself so busy on projects and outings that I don't have to get to that regular people stuff.

So this weekend when I had absolutely nothing planned - I thought I would keel over from the sheer boredom! Fortunately, a couple of friends saved me from the boredom. First I received a phone call from a friend who was running a holiday event on the greenway in East Boston. It seems that they had planned a lighting of the walkway/greenspace that consisted of placing over 800 luminaries along the path. The festivities also included 2 choral groups, and an offering of cocoa and cookies that was generously donated by a local hotel. Here's where I come in. My friend called me because although the cocoa was being donated - the provider did not have a thermal unit hold the cocoa. I - being the event management diva that I am, sprang to the rescue by calling one of my contacts who gladly donated the cambros for the cocoa. Ultimately, when we arrived at the hotel to pick up the cocoa and cookies, we were surprised to see that the donation consisted of packets of cocoa - not prepared cocoa. We handed over the cambros and requested that they be filled with hot water. Flash to us standing on the greenway in freezing weather whisking the cocoa.

Meanwhile- Dad called for a Santarpio's run, which I had to decline due to the whole cocoa whisking engagement. Then a close friend called for a Kelley's run - which I gladly accepted. (Pizza - not on the diet. Bud light - can be worked in.)

I spent yesterday chilling and contemplating my holiday decoration placement. Tonight we'll do the whole tree set-up thing. Luckily I already put my wreaths and kissing ball in the hallway earlier in the week so it's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas already.