Rewind

Sean was gone this last week for testing at his school, Des Moines University (DMU). Which in turn left me, at times a little lost and confused in my state of oneness but a few projects and the ever devoted fishes Leroy and Big blue kept me with things to help fill my time.


A couple months ago for enrichment night we made birthday blocks. We painted them and put on the “birthdays” letters at the activity and then I never finished mine. I didn’t really know how I wanted to do it so I just let it sit while I pondered on it.
Lucky for me the idea came to me this week while Sean was gone. I got buttons from Joanne’s, some pretty paper and glue and I was set!

Presenting…. My Birthday Calendar!

  

We have a little storage area off our deck on our apartment. It wasn’t really messy at all, just mostly unorganized so project 2 included taking everything out and re-arranging it. I even got rid of one box as I repacked. I’m still getting used to before and after pictures so I only have an after picture. Sorry.

Presenting….. The Organized Storage Area!

I have this great black sweater I wear to work because I work in a freezer (not literally but it is so so SO cold at my office!) Well, this great black sweater I have has not so great white buttons on it that I really don’t like so while I was Joanne’s getting decorative buttons for the above mentioned birthday calendar I got some lovely black buttons as well. Taking off the white and sewing on the black while I watching “When In Rome” filled another one my “yes, you’re still home alone” evenings. I really like how it turned out though.

Presenting….. Black Buttoned Sweater!

At last, Friday! S was due to come home around 10 or 11. So until that time I prepared a cleaver plan to help pass the time.

Step One:

Keep busy at work. Little did I know this plan would work better than I could have ever hoped. Mostly because Friday’s at this office are like walking among the dead. We usually have no doctors which equals no patients. But we still have to be here to answer the phones be look nice at the front desk incase someone drops by. This Friday heard my desperate calls to be busy though because we were swamped! As a result I was able to stay an hour late and pass time with out even noticing.

Step Two:

Water Theresa’s garden. Theresa and Eddie are students at DMU so they had testing as well. Since I am currently Kia-less Theresa let me drive here car while they gone in exchange for watering her garden. I was more than happy to do it so Monday – Friday I watered her garden every night after work. Since I was an hour later leaving work traffic was worse so watering the garden led to another hour and half of my time gone. Step two I love you!

Step Three:

Clean up the apartment. I’m not a real messy girl but little things like leaving my shoes by the door instead of putting them away and cleaning up my craft area and organizing a bit led to another hour. I was feeling pretty good about my time spent so far.

Step Four:

Gossip Girl, a burrito and snack sized snickers provided by Melanie for dinner! This helped pass the time lovely but then 10 came and went, 11 came and went, and no Sean. Construction along the way left Sean’s ETA a bit later than expected then finally at 12:30am I heard the sound I had been waiting for… The car door!!

I ran outside to help him come in and he surprised me with not only one but TWO flowers! Both in pots so that I can care for them and they will last longer! I love flowers and I love Sean!

Even though both of us were so tired it has been awhile (a week actually) since we had really talked or seen each other so we stayed up until 3 in morning talking. It was just what we needed. I am one of two again and so happy!

xoxo