Weekend Recap

This past weekend was one of those perfect summer weekends that made me so thankful to live where I live as the weather was just picture perfect.  Phil was gone for the weekend for a golf trip, so I was on my own.  I definitely missed him but I was able to keep plenty busy and had a good mix of active time, social time, and down time.  Here's how I filled my weekend.

On Friday night I went to happy hour with a couple of coworkers that I used to work with.  We hadn't all been together in over a year so it was great to get together and catch up.  That night I was in bed by 9 pm reading.  

On Saturday morning I was up bright and early for a run with my club.  It was the first official long training run for Twin Cities and my 10 mile run went great.  I ran with someone new to the club so it was fun to get to know someone on the run.  It was a beautiful morning and when we finished the run I said, "Gosh I love Minnesota."  That sense of thankfulness for being back in a place I love has not worn off and maybe (hopefully) it never will.  

Our 10 mile route took us through my neighborhood which is one of the prettiest areas of Minneapolis in my biased opinion.

On Saturday afternoon I had some errands to run.  I wore the shirt from the Book Riot Store that Amber got me for my birthday in February.   It was the perfect birthday present for a book-lover like me!

I swung by Phil's before running errands to check on Oscar.  I could tell he was pretty lonely after spending his first night alone, so I played with him lots.  It's tough to get him to stay in one spot long enough to take a non-blurry photo but I captured a couple to send to Phil.

After running several errands, I took advantage of the beautiful day and read on my balcony while snacking on watermelon.

A cool drink + watermelon + a good book + a view = perfection

I went to church that evening and then my friend Amanda picked me up and we headed to the musical Once.  I wore a dress that I hadn't worn since our trip to Jamaica!

I still heart stripes!

Once was amazing!  If you have the chance to see it, I highly recommend it.  The cast is incredibly talented and the show was about 2.5 hours long, including the intermission, which is the perfect length of a show in my opinion (I think some broadway shows get a bit long).

On Sunday morning I woke up early without an alarm and enjoyed breakfast on my patio.

Then I was off to my first open water swim!  The lake I swam at is 6 miles away so I biked over there so that it would sort of be a brick workout.  I got to try out my new triathlon outfit that I had purchased the day before.

The open water swim went pretty well, aside from a little snafu with leaking goggles that resulted in me *almost* losing one of my contacts... I guess it's time for me to buy some new ones.  I swam about 0.75 miles and was definitely glad to be done at the end!

Sunday afternoon and evening were very low key.  I did a lot of reading on my balcony.  I can't remember the last time I sat and read for several hours so that was nice and very needed.  In the evening I tried a new recipe that I had printed out a long time ago. 

I am glad I liked it as it yielded quite a bit - although I am sure Phil would not turn down some leftovers.  I was going to try to reduce/eliminate my dairy intake this month but the last two recipes I've made were cheesy ones so that's been a bit of  #fail.  Maybe next month I'll do better!

How was your weekend?  Was the weather beautiful where you are?