52 Weeks of Happiness Week 24

This past week, my happiness came from a little me time. First week of inservice and part time, and I still found I didn't have enought time.

I did, however, make it to the gym for a swim one day. And get this? I had the ENTIRE indoor pool to myself.....for a good 20 minutes. It was so nice, so quiet, so fluid in my strokes, so wakeful. All the stretching I do underwater in between strokes is really amazing. When I was pregnant, this was my chosen form of exercise. I often went after a work day, and the extreme change from dressy clothes, little kids voices and long meetings to quiet, weightless body lifting of water, and slow stretching could not have been a more separate feeling. I felt like I was in a COMPLETELY different place, and it always shifted my attitude from a stressful day to a quiet, mellow night.

Behold, my people-less pool.

52 Weeks of Happiness Week 17

I am a little late this week because I went on a weekend trip, but that's for this current week, not Week 17. For week 17, my birthday.

I have spent five birthdays with hubby busy doing something else, (grad school away for four years, conference this year). We celebrated Father's Day and my birthday this past Saturday, and I had friends to take me out on my actual birthday (Tuesday). We went to a restaurant that hubby doesn't like but I LOVE, so that was great! My MIL made me dinner at my house on Monday night, and Tuesday I arranged for a babysitter in the late morning so I could go poolside solo.

This WOULD be the day it rained. I came back home, changed out of my swimsuit, and since I had a sitter, I decided to make the best of it. Pedicure.

And of course, I must go to the place around the corner from my house that offers wine. There are a few places around here that offer it, but don't charge. No need for a liquor license if you don't charge, and I'm quite sure it helps business. So I headed there to get a spontaneous, much needed, first-time this year pedicure.



Maybe next year I'll have my hubby with me for my birthday, but I certainly can make it work going (almost) solo!