Hello again! :-)

Well, it's been an interesting 4 days since I last wrote.

The weekend was great!

I got picked up at the train station by my two loves on Friday night and we headed to the gym to sign me up again. Afterwards, it was a girls night gathering for me and a daddy/daughter date for the hubby and princess. I finally got home around 1:30am... from being away from home since 7:30am on Friday morning. LOL! It was a good night... can't wait to do it again and hopefully soon with my two Ya-Ya sisters and the our hubby's.

Saturday ran a few errands and then headed to Karla's house to celebrate Alliana's birthday. It was such a good time for all. The princess sure did have a wonderful time that evening.
And after putting the princess to bed, the hubby and I had some time together to just chill and watch a little bit of television.

Sunday... had the opportunity to wake up a little late and then get ready to head to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the exhibit of Christmas trees from around the world and the Charlie Brown exhibit.

Good grief, Charlie Brown!

Merry Christmas!

It was such fun times... we got there around 1:00pm and didn't leave until close to 6:00pm! 
We became members of the museum, so we can go at anytime! I cannot wait to go again soon! Hopefully we can make it another great Sunday afternoon in January!

After leaving the museum, we headed to the grocery store to pick up some much necessary things to get through the week.

We got home to eat some yummy soup that I had gotten at the grocery store and then it was time for me to get ready for my morning trip to Springfield with my boss.

I got all my stuff together and then it was time for bed for me... I was exhausted since I had woken up before everyone else in the house. And of course since the little princess took a nap in the car after we left the museum, she didn't want to go back to sleep. So I sent her with her daddy and I went back to sleep.

I was picked up on Monday bright and early by my boss and we headed off to the office's Springfield location. I have never been to Springfield before, so it was nice to be able to experience the drive down there - almost 4 hours - and the little bit of sightseeing that I did do.

Here are a few pictures that I took...

President Lincoln's Family

The old State Capital

The State Capitol of Springfield

The lobby of my hotel - The State House Inn

My hotel room (and slight view) - The State House Inn

My dinner - the specialty of Springfield - The Horseshoe!

But no matter how much you enjoy being away in a new place, there is no place like home and I couldn't wait to get back home on Tuesday afternoon.

And when I walked through the door of my parents house at almost 6pm on Tuesday evening, the first little person that I saw was my princess and the first words she said to me were: Mommy!! I found you! 
OMG... I thought that I was going to lose it standing there at the entrance of the house... but she came up to me, gave me a hug and dragged me into the house. LOL! It was just a priceless moment!

So after having dinner with my parents and feeding the little one, I headed downstairs to relax from a very long day. Princess and I played for a little while but I could tell by her eyes that she was starting to get tired, so at 8pm, I put her into her bed and put on a movie for her. When I went in to check in on her about 30 minutes later, she was knocked out! WOW!! I couldn't believe it.
I was hoping to do the same thing, but I hadn't seen the hubby yet and I couldn't go another night without seeing him. 

He finally arrived home after 9:00 and we chatted a bit about my trip and then it was time for me to go to bed... I slept so well because I finally home. :-)

And now I am here at work... it's been a pretty good day, except for the news that I received that I wasn't going to be able to take the vacation time that I had requested. UGH! I was so looking forward to relaxing and getting up a little later than usual... but NOOOOOOO... I'll have to come into work on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve! This sucks! Only upside to this, is that I will be able to leave early on both those days. 

Looking forward to the weekend ahead... finishing up shopping, the kids Christmas gift exchange, Christmas Eve at my brothers, Christmas Day at my mother-in-law's. It's going to be a good holiday. :-)

Headed to the gym tonight... after a long time... and looking forward to it. It's been a while since I've been to the gym so I am looking forward to getting back in shape.

And I have to report that I have gotten to the 100-squat mark last night... there is another 100-squats that I have to do tonight, and then the next 100 aren't until the day after Christmas and then again on New Years Eve.
But I am looking forward to just doing 50-squats tomorrow. LOL!

Have a wonderful evening!

Hasta la proxima!