The Shafferland Shuffle

So...did you get snow? We didn't get what they predicted, and I am not crying about that! Maybe now we can have spring! :)

* Last Sunday was our last day at the East Central Conference retreat over in Ohio. We thoroughly enjoyed our last day with the ladies, and then we packed up and came home to a very agitated cat. I was exhausted from the weekend, so I was a bum most of the rest of the night.

* I really like to rest as much as I can the day after any speaking event, but Mondays are my busiest day, so I didn't rest quite as much as I'd hoped. I had to unpack, do laundry, edit the podcast, do follow-up paperwork from speaking, redo my book inventory...all the homecoming chores! And have I told you that I've injured my shoulder? So now I'm getting part time PT from Ryan to see if we can make it better. Monday's treatment involved "washing the wall." It hurt!

* Tuesday was the first day of spring, which means it was also free ice cream day at Dairy Queen! We had just enough time at lunch to scurry over there and cash in on the deal! That night we were in Upland, where I spoke at a women's evening at a church. Ryan went with me and helped me get all set up, and then we both really enjoyed meeting the ladies after the event ended!

* Wednesday was NUTS. We live just over 15 miles away from my parents and that morning, we had green grass and my parents had an inch of snow. Oh, Indiana. You slay me! I met up with one of my mothers-in-law (Ryan has a step-mom and a mom, so I have two mothers-in-law!) for coffee and catch up. We hadn't seen each other in forever! And that night we stayed home, which was wonderful. Braeya especially thought so.

* The schools around here are on spring break now, but I still had volunteering duty on Thursday. Such a pretty line of lunches waiting on kiddos! I did some walking and some running on the treadmill that night. Decided to try hills on the treadmill. EVIL. And then I came home to read while I rested my sore legs!

* Friday was a low key day around here, which was wonderful in every way. Braeya and I put clean sheets on the bed. (She's SUCH a helper!) Ryan was gifted some BBQ ribs, which was an unexpected blessing to our menu plan! And I knocked out a whole bunch of writing and scrapbooking!

* Ryan worked yesterday, and Braeya took advantage of my writing/researching day to sit on my feet and nap. She and I also worked on cleaning out the DVR by catching up on all the Bates, Duggar, and Fixer Upper shows we hadn't watched yet! We had the ribs for dinner, and Ryan decided cornbread and macaroni sounded good with them, so I fortunately had the stuff for both and made him some! And best of all, we did NOT get the predicted snow! YAY!!!!