My first weekend of summer break was a blast! I’m sure you understand how relaxing it is when you know that you have more than two days off in a row.
I spent about four hours at my neighborhood pool on Friday. Talking to my sweet friend, Megan, who lives in the subdivision across the street (which shares my neighborhood pool) was a rare treat. We teach at the same school, in the same department, but we rarely have time to chill together. She taught me something new: how to read while sitting in the pool. Novel idea, eh? I read a lot poolside as well!
I managed to finish the book later that evening. I’ve got to say that this is one of my students’ favorite authors. This book, in particular, ranks as her top three on my scale of favorites.
Friday night, I queued up the movie “Before I Fall” on Amazon Prime. I’d just finished reading the book, which had hooked me from the opening chapter.
The movie pretty much stuck with the book. It was your typical teenage movie . . . not bad. Sad, though.
I turned off my alarm and slept in on Saturday. It was my rest day from my workout program. Just as I was getting up, M texted me to see if I wanted to go to the store with her. I had different plans in mind and invited her over. You see, it was the day I had set aside to do the “We Run Free Because of the Brave 4-Miler,” a virtual race hosted by Gone for a Run.
M went with me on my walk, and we had a lot of fun chatting. Four miles seemed to fly by . . . except for the humidity and my sore ankle. We were wiped out when we finished.
Check out my tank top. It’s one of my favorite race shirts; the medium fit perfectly! Sizing is sometimes tricky with these race shirts.
I was loving the calorie burn too!
After M left, I got cleaned up, and the Mr. and I went to see the movie, The Mummy.
I liked it, although the story line was a bit confusing at first.
Before the movie started, I saw promos for the USA show, Queen of the South. It seemed like something I might like, so I looked for it on Netflix when we got home.
It tells the story of a female drug cartel leader. I watched four episodes that night. I finished with Season 1 and the first episode of Season 2 (this episode was On Demand) on Sunday. It was that good.
Sunday wound up being a chill day. The Mr. and I attended church. There weren’t a lot of people there. We suspect that the reason was because the bottom dropped out of the sky shortly before the service began. The rain put the kibosh on my hopes for going to the pool . . .
Plan B: Knitting while I watched TV on Sunday. It wound up being a great day of rest!
I managed to get in a bit of baking (if you’d call it that). Here’s a picture of the Peanut Butter and Honey Chewy Granola Bars I made. The recipe can be found here. They are chock full of peanut butter flavor and are simply divine!
Yeah, I can’t complain at all. Summer break has started off well. I’m getting much-needed rest and am still being productive in the process.
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