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Happy Mother's Day!

I hope all of the MILP's are having a happy and relaxing weekend.

Since I was supposed to be in trial for the last week, my workload was especially light last week. I took Friday off to attend PS' field day. By mid-afternoon, PS was no longer competing and I could feel my skin starting to burn (indeed, I got my first sunburn of the season despite slathering myself in SPF 85. The great irony of my life will be dying of skin cancer, having never had a tan.), so I took off and got a pedicure before picking up the girls from school. It was a nice jump-start to the weekend.

We had soccer yesterday morning, and then went to Lowe's where I picked out two trellises with hanging plants to frame the walkway up to my house. Spent the rest of the afternoon doing nothing!* That doesn't happen very often.

Unfortunately, last night we decided to watch Time Traveler's Wife. I had read the bock many years ago, but I really don't remember books or movies, and I didn't recall what a downer this movie was. Of course, this Mother's Day is an especially tough one for DH, and I think that movie just increased his funk.

I wish that we were close enough to put flowers on MIL's grave. It seems like we should do something to remember her today--but I'm not sure what. I sent flowers to DH's sisters earlier in the week, and asked the florist to use the same lilies that we had picked out for MIL's casket spray (is that weird?), just to let them know that we were thinking about them and their mom.

Nothing much going on today. We'll probably do a little grocery shopping, work on PS' science fair project and then throw something out on the grill for dinner tonight. Perfect Sunday afternoon.

*By doing nothing, I mean that I spent most of my afternoon researching cruise options for our 15th anniversary this year. I really, really want to go to Bora Bora, but I don't feel comfortable being that far from the kids (the only person I would have left them with for a trip like that is MIL). So now we're thinking a Caribbean cruise--where we could be back home in a matter of hours in an emergency. And I am astonished at how inexpensive cruising can be! Why have we never cruised before? I think I've narrowed down which cruise I want to take--not it's just figuring out which cabin. Apparently location is important. But is it worth it to spring for a balcony? And yes, I am a total nerd and research everything to death.

Full post as published by Legally Certifiable on May 09, 2010 (boomark / email).