I’ve had an awesome weekend. It all started with an unexpected phone call just as I was finishing work Friday evening, from a friend I hadn’t seen in a couple months. She’d found herself just around the corner from my office and suggested we go for a drink. We had a couple in a local pub, then repaired to a lovely little Spanish place for delicious tapas, jugs of sangria, and a duel to the death at Connect-4 – the shelf of kids’ games was right beside us and we decided to channel our inner six-year-olds for a while. We tried our hand at chinese checkers too, but since half the pieces were missing and neither of us had a clue about the rules, the game rapidly dissolved into helpless giggles :o) We rounded off our evening with ridiculously expensive and wonderfully self-indulgent cocktails at a hotel bar.

It was exactly the kind of evening I needed – friendly, frivolous and fun. I woke up on Saturday morning in such a good mood that nothing seemed impossible. I cleaned, laundered, grocery shopped, and even got a little creativity in by making a pretty gauze curtain for my bathroom. I slept incredibly well that night, woke up feeling fantastic again, and got a few more things done around the house on Sunday. I even felt like eating healthily, and drank lots of herbal tea – and I didn’t eat the chocolate icecream in my freezer just because it was there, which I would certainly have done this time last week. I thought about it and then decided I didn’t actually want it. (And it’s still there for sometime when I really do want it. :o) ) Sunday evening I spent a delightful few hours curled up with my book, and then, feeling the need for some activity, I went out for a short run. Even the weather was conspiring to make me feel good – a lovely sunny evening, a light rain shower with the most glorious triple rainbow, and an enormous moon right outside my window. A luxurious, pampering shower and an early night finished off the most fulfilling weekend I’ve had in a very long time.

It felt so wonderful to be taking proper care of my body and my home again. I really hope this is the turning point that marks the end of the slump I’ve been in the last while. I felt great again this morning, and while I’m struggling a little to maintain my momentum through a long and boring workday, I’m looking forward to working on the house a little more this evening, maybe even going for another run. It all gets better from here, right? :o)