We were finishing up our ice cream at Cold Stone today when Hannah whined that she “didn’t want to go to work tomorrow!” and I could not agree more. How is the weekend already over?
It’s funny, I was thinking back to last year around this time when I hated my job and the weekend was A) the only thing that got me through the work week and B) my chance to make up for all the fun I wasn’t having at work. Nowadays, I have a job I like much more and there’s always fun things going on throughout the week too, but I still prefer the weekend. Hey, who doesn’t?
Also, when this song comes on at 3 PM on a Friday, you just know it’s about to be a good weekend. I left work a few minutes early to meet Hannah, Josh, and both their mothers at the first of four wedding venues we toured this weekend. This first one set a pretty high standard. It was beautiful, affordable and included a lot of details that might be a little stressful to put together by yourself. But I think my favorite part was when our tour guide’s husband popped out from behind a bush (where he was fixing some audio wires) and yelled “Hi honey!” Priceless.
Afterwards, the bride, groom, Joey and I went out for dinner and beer at Udi’s. Apparently they’ve downsized their menu since we’d last been there and we were all slightly disappointed. Luckily, that downsized menu still included about 10 different pizzas (I guess they have their priorities straight) and this basil, olive, roasted garlic, arugula pizza hit.the.spot. Also, I didn’t even notice that cheese wasn’t listed in the ingredients and am so grateful the waitress pointed it out and asked if I wanted to add it. YES PLEASE!
Saturday involved a hike up Mt. Sanitas, which Joey and I had never been to before. We drove through the “Historic District” of Boulder to get there and can I just say “HOLY HUGE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES!” I know Boulder has this reputation for being full of “dirty hippies” and homeless people, but there are some well off people in that city.
It certainly wasn’t the most difficult hike I’d ever been on, but it definitely got my heart rate going. As much as I love hanging out in Denver and visiting all the awesome neighborhoods and restaurants there, the views in Boulder just can’t be matched. I swear the sky is bluer, the air is fresher and the trees are greener. I do wish the other trail-goers could have been a little friendlier though. Joey and I said “hello” to everyone we passed and a lot of not-even-half-hearted responses were given. What gives, Boulderites?
I treated myself to Rush once we got back down the mountain. I know that place is calling these smoothies, topped with granola and honey (or PB&J in my case), a “meal bowl,” but I’m pretty sure blending some fruit into frozen yogurt and topping it with peanut butter makes this dessert. I ate it for lunch anyways.
Saturday also involved the cracking open of our 5th homebrew: an IPA. I’m more of a wheat beer drinker, but I definitely know an IPA when I taste one and this was an IPA. Joey thought it was kind of mellow for an IPA and I kind of agree but it still has that super hoppy taste and overall, I would call this a definite success.
Sunday was an all-day wedding venue search. We headed up to Fort Collins this time (Fun Fact: I actually went to CSU for my freshman year of college so I’m familiar with the town and it was kind of cool being up there again) for 3 more tours. I thought it was interesting that all of the venues we’ve seen thus far have been completely different from each other. This one in particular had beautiful flowers everywhere and how cute is that Victorian house in the background?
As a thank you for tagging along on the venue search, Hannah bought us all ice cream at the end of the day. Plus, did you know it’s National Ice Cream Day? That basically meant we had to get our fix, right?
Hoping you all had a wonderful weekend too!
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Life as Lauren 
Ahhhhhh! There’s that bowl of peanut butter and jelly filled deliciousness to taunt me again! I didn’t celebrate Ice Cream Day on THE day, but I did have homemade German chocolate cake and ice cream on Saturday for my mom’s birthday…oh yes, homemade by ME!! And even though there were a few freak out moments along the way, I have to say the final product was a thing of beauty…both to the eye AND the tongue!! Definitely the highlight of my weekend…or wait, maybe it was the ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI BUFFET that the man-friend took me to Saturday night…YUM!
Just curious, what is it you do for work? I’m sure you’ve mentioned it before, but I can’t remember and as I was catching up on all your posts, I noticed that work in an office type environment.
Heather, Joey’s dad owns a steel construction business and we both work in the office there. He as a project manager and me as the material purchaser. I don’t think it’s something I’d like to do for the rest of my life, but it fits for now 🙂 Plus working for a small business has a lot of perks, i.e. flexible work hours.
Baking an entire cake from scratch terrifies me for some reason, but I’m thinking of facing that fear this summer. An all you can eat sushi buffet sounds dangerous. I think that’s the one food I could eat an unlimited amount of!
Oh wow, that sounds awesome! My ex used to own a cross fit style gym and I was the front desk person…it could get stressful sometimes (small business = less employees = a lot of extra stuff to do outside your job description! Ha!), but I did love the flexible hours…and shopping for the decor when we first got the place up and running was my favorite…even though I had NO IDEA what I was doing! Haha!
I was honestly surprised that I didn’t overdo it at the buffet! Actually, I think I ate more at the last sushi place he took me to this week. It’s called “Sushi Train” and all the plates come around the tables on a little conveyor belt…you just pick which ones you want off the belt as they come by! We filled up QUICK! And then (of course) saw plates we didn’t see the first time around and wanted those too! Haha!
I’m so jealous of all the fun sushi places you seem to have! Actually, any food on a conveyor belt just sounds like a blast!