The Varelas

Weekend report
For some reason, I got very detailed today about my weekend...

Is it over already? We had a busy weekend. On Friday, we went to Bible study after eating dinner at Taco Bell. I held baby Sam during the study, and he fell asleep--I just love that. Bible study ended around 9:45, and Jon and I went with Neil and Casey to see a 10:10 showing of "National Treasure" with Nicolas Cage. It was entertaining but definitely not DVD-worthy. We didn't get to bed until about 2:00 this night, which is way late for us old married people. On Saturday morning, I got my hair done, and Jon and I went out to a delicious lunch at Marie Callender's after this. We sat in a booth and he sat on the same side as me--I love it when he does that (not too often). Back home, I decided to take a nap on the couch and asked Jon to wake me up at 2:10 so I could get ready to go to a wedding I had agreed to help with (I had to leave at 2:30). I heard Jon calling my name to wake me up, and I looked up at the clock: 2:25. Oh darn! My husband and I just don't share the same understanding of time! I rushed to get ready, grabbed an apple, and headed out the door by 2:35 (and I did make it on time, thankfully). I helped set up the ceremony and hand out corsages, etc., at the wedding, then drove to the reception site and set the whole thing up (centerpieces, candles, favors, table arrangements, seating charts, etc.). Not until much later in the day did I realize that, in my haste to get ready, I had not put on the navy blue dress pants I had thought I did, but instead I'd put on my black dress pants. I was wearing black pants, brown shoes, and a dark blue/white/khaki-striped shirt. I hope no one noticed. After I finished helping with the wedding around 7:30, I stopped by Taco Bell on my way home to an evening of relaxing while Jon was at a bachelor party. I also finished an editing job. On Sunday, we went to church (annual Thanksgiving service) then got a quick lunch, changed, and headed up to Hesperia to have an early Thanksgiving with Jon's dad's side of the family. And get this: it was snowing (in Hesperia)! Saddleback Mountain had the most snow on it I've ever seen. Saturday night brought some very strong winds (broke our fence in the backyard), and Sunday was uncharacteristically cold for California. We made it up to Hesperia just fine, though, and spent several hours with family (some of whom I knew, some I didn't. But a funny thing about this family is that no one ever says hello or introduces each other or introduces themselves if they know they don’t know you... Oh well). We started heading home around 6:30 and felt just exhausted by the time we got home. We didn't have much down time this weekend, so this long weekend coming up is especially enticing.