Away at Conference

Jon is at a music theory conference.  This is our first night apart, since we've been married.  I miss him!

It will be practice for when I'm gone for a week in Portland for the Public Library Association conference.

Our First Valentine's Day

Jon and I had a great first Valentine's Day as a married couple. 

 

We didn't really do the whole surprise gifts thing this year, because we have both been busy.  He's been focusing on is school work and I am working all the time.

 

We talked about it and decided that we would just go together and get something we wanted.  We don't randomly go out and buy things for ourselves on a regular basis, so this was nice for us. 

 

On Saturday, we went to one of our favorite stores, Barnes and Noble.  He found some books that he wanted.  I picked about a kit of knitting patterns, a book of love poems, and a bag for my knitting.  We also went to Hobby Lobby, so I could get some knitting tools that I needed.  Since I am starting to knit things other than scarves.  I needed to get things like row counters, and stitch markers.  I found a set that included the necessities.

 

Earlier that day we went for a hike at the Comite River Trails.  It was fun, until I got spooked by an armadillo.  I don't like over grown areas too much, because I am scared of snakes, etc.

 

Yesterday, we decided to go to the zoo.  There was a "love your zoo" type program, so we thought it would be a fun thing to check out.  We realized it had been awhile, since we had gone to the zoo.  It was nice to see the changes and improvements that are being made.  We also saw the elephant show and the otter show.  Our favorite was the elephants. 

 

We had a nice dinner at Carrabba's.  We didn't make reservations and we were very happy to not have to wait very long for a table.  It is a pain to get in to places in BR.  We started to go to Zea's, but there was a long wait.  I think most people probably went out on Saturday.  We were not sure which would be the best night.   

 

I used to like to plan ahead, but things are so different now.  I am never sure how I will feel or what I will feel like doing.  This was a great weekend.  We didn't have to adhere to a certain schedule.  We just did whatever we wanted to do, when we wanted to do it.  I love this! 

 

I think that having a job makes you want to be more spontaneous on your off time.

 

I look forward to having tomorrow off.