It's a short work week :)

I'm already done with work for the week...woohoo! I worked yesterday from 11 to about 8:30 or so. Travis has tomorrow and part of Thursday left, and then it's B&B time! In case you're interested, here's where we're going--The Hearthstone Lodge in Ellijay, GA. We're super excited and ready to spend a few days with Ashley and Seth! We don't have much planned other than how long we're staying, but it'll be nice to be somewhat spontaneous and schedule-free for a change :)

Last night, Travis had dinner with Jonathan, Tiffany, and James Caldwell, but I had to miss out because I was at work. They were in town for the gospel meeting at Gooch Lane. I think Travis and I are going to go tonight...he said the lesson was really good last night.

The past two mornings have actually felt cooler outside (as in 80-something degrees...haha), so maybe fall is around the corner! I hope so!

Enough rambling...it's time for me to hit the gym. We've actually been doing some running lately after Travis gets off work. We found a nice paved bike path that's fairly flat and runs right along a stream, so we've headed out there several times. My goal (someone hold me to this, please!) is to run the Country Music Half Marathon on April 30th next year, so I'm trying to slowly get in shape. Anyone want to run it with me? Otherwise, Travis is being volunteered...haha :)

Hope you're having a wonderful week!

Georgia on my mind

Went to Georgia this past weekend. Going back next weekend. Looks like the Grant family will be doing a lot of traveling this fall!

Friday, we met Mollie and rode with her to Jason's house north of Atlanta where we spent the night. It was great to see Jason for the first time since May. We had fun just hanging out Saturday, and that night we met Alisha, Tyler, Jeremy, David, Justin, and Lauren at Atlantic Station for supper and then went to the Braves game together. It was rainy off and on all day, but luckily the rain stopped by the time the game started. Overall, it was a pretty boring game. The Braves lost 2-1, and apparently this year they are 42-16 when playing at home, so we just got unlucky I guess. We spent Saturday night at Jason's and went with him to church at Roswell before coming home Sunday afternoon. Elijah and Leisha were at church, and we got to meet baby McKenna for the first time! She's a cutie! :)

Today, I officially accepted a part-time position at the hospital. It's in the same area that I've been working (pre-op), so it's basically just a change in status. Now I can get employer matching in my 401K and earned time off (ETO) that I couldn't get while working PRN. It's going to be 24 hours a week, but some weeks it may be around 28 hours depending on how busy we are. It was tough to decide between going part time or staying PRN, so I hope I made the right choice. This will give me (hopefully) a more consistent schedule, but it's not as flexible as being PRN. Most weeks, I will work Mondays and Tuesdays from noon to about 7 PM and Fridays from 6 AM to 6 PM.

Next Thursday through Saturday is our trip to Ellijay, GA with Ashley and Seth. We are staying at a bed and breakfast there, and we are really looking forward to it. It got a lot of good reviews online, so I hope it will be a nice place to stay. It'll be good to see Ashley and Seth for the first time since May also!

This weekend we will actually be staying in town (shocker!). I'm looking forward to just taking it easy around the house :)

Thought of the day: " Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
~ 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

We have so much to thank God for every day!

Time for an update...

My blog got a facelift! What do you think? I get bored when I keep the same background for too long, so I decided to play around with it this morning :)

Travis had a fun weekend with the guys at the lake. He says they played lots of Settlers of Catan (a board game that's kinda like Risk I think), went swimming, did a little fishing, and went tubing behind the jet ski. They even got the old pontoon cranked...I was impressed! He got home Monday night around 6:30 with all four limbs and no broken bones or sunburn (even though he didn't use the sunscreen I sent with him....surprise, surprise!). I think he was glad to get back to "orderly" living...he must have forgotten what it was like to live with a bunch of guys...haha! Not quite as neat as we keep it around here, I'd guess :)

I had to work late Monday night and last night. Monday night I didn't get home until 10:15!!! It was crazy. Usually the late people get to leave by 7:00 or 7:30 most of the time, so this was pretty unusual. When I got home, Travis was back from the lake and I saw these sitting on the kitchen table:



I love them! I'm not really big on roses, but these are so pretty! He made a special trip to the store to get them after he got home Monday night and saw that I was still at work....what a thoughtful guy :)

Then, last night I didn't get home until 9:00, and Travis waited on me to eat supper. He fixed shrimp, salad, and some sweet tea to go with it. I was starving by that point, so I was glad to get some food in my stomach. He's racking up the brownie points this week :)

By the way, he also went grocery shopping for me yesterday. I made the list for him and gathered all the coupons he'd need so he wouldn't have to take my pink coupon binder with him...haha. He even got rainchecks on the stuff Publix was out of for me!

Ok, enough bragging on him. He's awesome...end of story.

He works today and tomorrow, and then Friday is his off day, so we'll actually have a Friday off together (I'm off the rest of this week). Saturday, we're going to watch the Braves play in Atlanta, and I'm really excited about that. I think the last Braves game I went to was probably back when I was in middle school or junior high! Tyler and Alisha and a few other friends are going too.

Usually around this time in August, we're packing our things up to head back to Tuscaloosa, but not this year. I thought it might feel weird, but it hasn't yet. Maybe we're already adjusted to the working routine. I KNOW it'll feel weird when we watch the first Bama game on TV instead of being there, but oh well. We'll go to a couple of games this season hopefully :)

Football season will be here soon....yay!!

Looking forward to the weekend...

This weekend is going to be full of fun things! This afternoon, Travis is leaving for the lake house to spend a few days with the guys. I think there are going to be 6 guys going (including him), so he's really looking forward to that. He's supposed to come back sometime Tuesday I think. Yesterday I spent all morning baking (one of my favorite things to do!) to send some desserts with him. I made peanut butter cookies, chocolate and white chocolate chip cookies, rice krispy treats, strawberry cupcakes, and german chocolate cupcakes. Whew! It literally took over 4 hours to do all that, but it was fun! I hope it all gets eaten b/c I don't need to be eating any of it if it gets brought home :)

Tonight is the Grant cousins' sleepover here at Baugay's, so I'm looking forward to that. Unfortunately, Travis will have to miss it, but hopefully he can come next time. I was supposed to work today (and thus, supposed to get up early), but they were apparently overstaffed today so I didn't have to come in. So...I got to sleep later than I thought I would be able to, and hopefully I will be able to stay up past 9:30 tonight...haha :)

Tomorrow afternoon is Laura and Clayton's wedding in Arab. Travis is going to meet me there. Laura is my best friend from nursing school, and I'm glad that she and Clayton will be living fairly close by so that we can get together more often (hopefully!).

Next week, I work Monday and Tuesday 11 AM to close (hopefully not too late). Travis took this Monday and Tuesday off for the lake trip, and he'll work Wednesday and Thursday. Then, we both have next Friday off (first time in FOREVER that we'll have a Friday off together!). Next Saturday we are planning to go to a Braves game in Atlanta with Tyler, Alisha and a few other friends...yay! :)

Well, I'm about to run to Kohls to spend my $10 in Kohl's cash that expires soon. Good thing it's tax-free weekend!

Hope you all have a great weekend too :)