adventures of a new mom juggling work and family

Whew!!! A week off is supposed to be relaxing... but i feel as though i did more than i usually do when i'm at work... I began the week off by enjoying our 3 year wedding anniversary.. we enjoyed a nice, quiet dinner at spanish pavilion right in town,.. my mother had the baby so i got to enjoy a glass or two :) of sangria.... what a great restaurant... unfortunately the town is trying to buy it because of redevelopment.... I thought redevelopment would mean good things for the town... but in the past few years i've definitely seen an abuse of eminent domain in town... (we nearly lost our house to eminent domain- they wanted to replace our house with a parking lot for the school a couple of doors down the street-- are you kidding me???)
Then began the busy week at home where I tried to catch up on everything I had let go for the past few weeks... laundry-of course
Then I celebrated my 31st birthday by spending the day shopping and having a quiet dinner ordered in... it was definitely peaceful :)
By the time Saturday rolled around I was ready to go out and celebrate- I was supposed to go with one of my friends to a Japanese steakhouse but she cancelled cause her face was swollen- she doesn't even know how it happened- she ended up coming over and we got a chance to just hang out (life's sooo busy now that it seems as though we never get to just 'hang out' anymore)