Hallmark says it all...

Last week, I made my usual trip to Stop n Shop for the usual groceries for the week. They are creating a new layout, which completely screwed with my usual aisle routine, but there is a reason for everything. The card aisle is now where I used to restock on my potions and lotions and a card caught my eye...black and white, shot from the end of a bed, with a pair of leg cuddling each other. Inside the card read, "My favorite place in the world is next to you." I laughed and put it in the cart; perfect card for Matt! I guess you can say I'm a sucker for a good card...

Matt deserves alot more than a card these days; he has truly become the domestic man of the house. Work has been a little overwhelming lately; walking in the door @ 9:30 is a late and yes, I don't start until 11 on those days but 20 patients in a day; yeah its a little crazy. Paperwork takes up most the hour or so I'm there later at night. On those nights, he makes dinner; most nights, waiting for me to get home to eat. Our conversation is typical...the how was your day, how was Wrigley, did she destroy anything...etc. Most of the time, he'll do the dishes, sweep up the floor and tuck Wrigley in while I get myself ready for the next day. Wednesday night, he surprised me with ice cream from Walnut Beach Creamery; a local stand with the most delicious homemade ice cream EVER! My favorite flavor is there Vanilla ice cream with cinnamon, vanilla and honey; Matt loves the Mud Pie. Thursday night, I arrived home with a bunch of paperwork still leftover. He massaged my low back as I laid with the laptop on the bed; seriously, you have no idea how good it feels when someones pampers you for 5 minutes when you work on patients all day...it is really a treat! TGIF brought a night of cleaning the house from top to bottom, with Matt doing most of the labor. Without him this past week, I would have been a more angry, stressed mess.

I truly do appreciate all the little things he does for me; a hug and kiss when I walk in the door; dinner on the table with the occasional glass of wine; assisting the the house chores and allowing me to vent. I don't need presents, a vacation, a new bag...I just need him.

This weekend, we were able to be around the house. Saturday morning into the afteroon, we did alot of yard work and created a spot in the yard for Wrigley to "do her business" so we can start to grow some green grass again! Saturday afternoon, we took Wrigley to her favorite dog park in Southbury and met up with Andy, Kelly and Jack. Kelly and I met in PT school; Matt and Andy hit it off because Andy is a football coach, Matt is the UA rep so they have formed a great relationship. Jack is their almost 2 year old son; the most adorable little kid on earth! He is a spitting image of Andy but a mama's boy at heart. Jack absolutely loves animal crackers so while I picked up the necessary ingredients for dessert, I picked up a box of the Barnum Animal crackers; you know the classic animal cracker box with the string to carry! Well, I walked in the door with those and we were instant friends. Jack showed me how to get into a football stance, snap the ball and run for a touchdown; he throw a baseball like his favorite Yankee and splashed in his liitle pool in his favorite Elmo bathing suit. We played airplane, draw lots of pictures and played with blocks. Jack even rubbed some lotion on my sunburn; he is a true lady's man!

Sunday Funday included a trip to Stop n Shop, Costco, Macys and Target; I actually found a Macys gift card with a $100 on it this morning at home so we bought some new picture frames, a new cookbook (for me!) and a hair trimmer for Matt. We also bought our neighbors, Lisa and Brian, some new baby clothes; before we left for Chicago, we found out that Lisa is 18 weeks pregnant and expecting a girl. To thank them for watching Wrigley, we bought the cutest bigs and outfits I could find! We also bought Amber some delicious treats from Petco to thank her for letting Wrigley wrestle her.

So here's to another weekend that went to fast and a work week that will last way too long!