The road to Friday.......

was exhausting.  But, I welcome it with OPEN arms......

Last week at this time, I was sporting the wonderful glow of anticipating a little road trip.  Right now, that seems like it was sooooo long ago.  So, before I get swept up by the chaos that will inevidably sweep me up these next few days, I thought I would share a few pictures from that little road trip....


A mother in her son's kitchen.....



An early morning trip to a lovely market place.  Carmen was in love with their artisan sandwiches and I got a little bit of shopping done.....lots of fun jewelry and fabric art.   Oh and wine too!!

The entrance to the little village where our son lives.....one of the quaintest places ever!  I never knew a place like this ever existed!!!! 

A visit to a glorious bohemian town near our son's town where we got our "hippie" on!



Hiking on the scenic banks of the river at the end of our son's road.

 Just looking at those pictures brings a smile to my face.....

We all need to take a little break now and then from our everyday life. 
In fact, I'm so ready for another one!
No sooner did our weekend away come to a close, everyday life began in earnest.....catching up with emails and voicemails and  lots of work at the office and trying to get some semblance of order at home.  Carmen was summoned to DC by a last minute business trip early in the week so I made it my business to schedule lots of cooking and cleaning time these past two nights.  Although he is typically NOT home much anyway during the week, I knew that given this particular trip....he would want to come home to lots of down time and entertainment instead of work and projects this weekend (haha....just when I had planned  doing most of my prep work while he took care of several projects over the weekend). 
Plus, our sorority girl will be arriving on the scene tonight (WOOOO-HOOOO) for the holiday.  So, I wanted to get as much out of the way as I possibly could.  My girl's youthful energy and wonderful spirit will keep me very busy.... 
Plus, to be honest---cooking soothes me.  For me, the chopping and stirring and the entire process is very relaxing for me.  I just have to figure out how to feel the same way about the clean up...
Plus, I have to learn when to quit....going to bed so late...only to get up 2 hours later for 2 nights straight is not a good plan.....

HELLO FRIDAY!!!!