Love is Patient: Snowdays and Birthdays

Well...it's been a couple of weeks since I've posted. And let me just say that it's been the craziest and coldest two weeks ever! I went to work on Moday, January 31st and it was almost 70 degrees that day. In fact, I remember wearing capris that day! That night, it sleeted and snowed almost six inches! It was freezing! It was so cold that school was closed for four days and we were cooped up inside pretty much the entire time. The only places that Cody and I went during those days were the grocery store and the gym. It took us almost an hour to get from our house all the way over to Hendrick Health Club. But we had to get out and at least go to the gym...we were going stir crazy just sitting inside all day. It was nice though...I think I could get used to one day work weeks every once in awhile! I was able to get tons of cleaning, cooking, homework, and relaxing done. The relaxing was my favorite part...and was what so good about it is that Cody was home too. Usually when I have a day off or it's a holiday, spring break, or summer, I'm the only one home. Since he's a part owner of a business, he doesn't get too many days off. So it was nice for us to both be home with the dogs and just relax and spend some time together. I'm glad that it finally cleared up though. It was a treat to finally see the sun come out on Friday. And it was perfect timing because my brother's birthday was that Saturday! He turned 20 on February 5th...and I can't believe it! I remember being at the hospital the day he was born and being so excited to have a baby brother. Now, he's in his second year of college...time goes by so fast! He's always been so very special to me and we have always been super close. The entire family went out to eat for his birthday and just spent some time together. We went to Bonzai (if you haven't been there...go...now!) and sat at the grill so that we could watch the chef cook our food on the Hibachi grill. It's just crazy to sit back and think about how fast time goes by and all the things that you do and accomplish within a year. Maybe if I had more six day weekends I'd really be able to just sit back and enjoy reflecting on all those moments!