The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, we went to church and really enjoyed the next sermon in the faith series. So many notes to take!! We were unapologetic, ridiculous bums the entire afternoon, and eventually I rallied enough to make a Dashing Dish dessert recipe to keep us fed through the first part of the week. That evening, we ventured forth to check out the wind damage down on the IWU campus from the storm that came through Saturday.

* Monday I went to work with only 20 days left in my producer career. So weird to think that in a month, I won't be saying goodbye to this desk at the end of each day! It had been a relatively gloomy day, but that evening was so pretty, and we went for a run. We capped off the evening with dinner in the pirogi, with the last of the sun keeping us warm before it went down for the night.

 * Tuesday started out with a dentist appointment for me...the 9 month checkup after the dental surgery last summer. AND I got a good report! I had lunch with my friend with Elisa at the Friendly Fox cafe in Fort Wayne. It was such a pretty day and we got to sit outside...and that salad. HEAVENLY. That night, Ryan and I celebrated our 30th monthiversary with a failed bonfire, hot dogs on the grill {see the aforementioned failed fire} and s'mores!

* Wednesday I worked hard updating the producer manual at work so I can be allllllll ready to train here soon...and then after work, Ryan's sister came over for dinner. I made creamy chicken enchiladas and homemade guac, and I'm not gonna lie...it was delicious. I also bought a watermelon. This is only newsworthy because Ryan actually hates watermelon. WHAT?!?! It's his sole bad quality. LOL! But I decided I had no problem eating all of it myself, and I was worth a watermelon!

 * Thursday was my last sticker stop with WBCL. I know I already wrote about it, but it was truly a wonderful day, both weather-wise and with friends. I loved having the chance to see listener friends one more time...and working with Lynne at one last station event!! One more goodbye on the road to the new chapter!!!

 * Friday was National Donut Day, so of course, we celebrated that at work. :) After work, I drove to Kokomo and met Ryan for a delicious dinner at the Ruby Tuesday salad bar. Then we went to Western High School's graduation, where I served as a photographer for my friend Kari, whose son was graduating. I was a nervous wreck...what if my card failed or my once-in-a-lifetime photos were blurry? It's not like I can ask them to redo graduation because I missed the shot! I was so relieved that they came out okay and I'm excited to edit them for her. After that, her family treated us to coffee and dessert with the rest of the celebrating group! We didn't get home until after midnight, but we had a blast!

* Yesterday we had SUCH a fun day. We got up and drove to Steuben County, which is the top northeastern county in the state, and did a county date! We ate lunch on the waterfront of a lake, visited a beach in Pokagon State Park, kayaked on a lake, and had some delicious coffee. We had a gorgeous day and completely enjoyed our time together! {And of course, more on this soon.}