I was in full spring mode this week and spent most of it planting flowers. But what would a week in my 2025 life be without a medical appointment but I rewarded myself on that day, as usual.
I started the week working with Cindy for an hour. Lacey did say I'd be on call for life. I did some laundry and planted more containers, helped along with Lorri bringing some plants over. The Monday Night Knitters opted for the year end band and chorus concerts in the parking lot at the school instead of the library. It was hot in the sun but good entertainment plus we had yummy cheeseburgers for supper.
Most of the rest of the week was spent planting my containers, which I love doing every year. I planted all of my flower containers and even planted tomatoes in kitty litter bag lined milk crates on the driveway as an experiment because they'll get lots more sun there than in my veg beds. Those milk crates were full of sticks though so I had a fire Tuesday night to burn them all, which was fun. I haven't had a fire in ages.
On Thursday, I decided to book my ticket on Southwest for my beach week, taking advantage of their sale. I got a ridiculously cheap ticket for $264 round trip but was confused when it said I'd still get 2 free bags, which they'd been all over the news saying that was over. I went onto my Southwest account to investigate (tickets purchased before May 28th still got free bags) and noticed that it said I had a $243 credit. I dug in on that and come to find out, it was leftover credit from the Christmas 2021 ticket that I'd cancelled. Now I'd used $400+ of that credit and have flown Southwest a many times since then but didn't remember the additional credit. I called them and got that credit applied to the ticket I'd just bought so paid $21 for a round trip ticket for my beach week in August. Score!
That night, Lorri and I went to the Southeast Community College dinner that had been postponed from February due to a blizzard. It's for culinary students and is their final project. They plan the menu and run the kitchen. It was middle eastern and absolutely delicious. Well worth the delay.
I had an appointment with my oncologist on Friday at 10:15, which was uneventful - mostly to get my Rx for the estrogen blocker I'll be on for the next 5 years. My reward was lunch with Dodie at Costco. She works from home on Fridays and lives right near there so I picked up a few things on her membership and then we ate there. We usually get a slice of pizza and ice cream but I switched it up and had a footlong hotdog. As usual, we talked for ages and had a great catch up. I stopped at Anne's for a bit then hit Goodwill, where I found a skein of sock yarn, which is a rarity and the my favorite part of thrifting. I had Costco chicken for supper then tore it apart and put the bones in the crockpot and went to bed.
I had a nice, quiet weekend that started with picking chicken bones and making soup but otherwise was knitting, streaming and doing some chores. While being retired means every day can feel like a weekend, I seem to find myself getting things done during the week and enjoying down time on the weekend. Works for me!
My containers always take a few weeks to start looking good because they're mostly geraniums and lantanas that I overwintered so they look bedraggled for a bit. So here's a pic of my first fire of the season. I hope there will be more and that I'll have friends over for s'mores instead of solo in the driveway. : )
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