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Hey everyone,

What did you do for the long weekend? Ric and I drove out to see our brother and sister-in-law's family in Arizona. I drove us out late Friday night. When we got there at 1am, it was still in the 90s. Wow. I love air conditioning.

Saturday afternoon we drove out to see Judi, who was one of my bridesmaids. She recently had a crazy and very early birth, and we are so glad she and her baby boy are doing okay! Born three months early, Jake is still in the NICU, so we met up with Judi there and got to hear the whole story. That evening we got some takeout and hung around the house together just catching up on life.

Sunday we went to church and fired up the BBQ. We had too much to eat, played video games, and watched some Star Wars together. Ric and his brother watched an entire season of Frisky Dingo in one sitting. I wish I had been able to stay awake with them!

Monday Ric and I met up with Becky and Zoe for breakfast. It was great to catch up a bit, and man, it's so fun to see how much Zoe has grown! Since the upcoming week is a busy one, we squeezed in an errand to buy a gift for a wedding we're going to in a few days. We relaxed some more with the fam before packing our bags for the long drive home. The drive seemed extra long this time. I had to ask Ric to help me do the driving because I got too sore. Once we were home I needed to stretch my legs, so I went and did all my grocery shopping, which should also help free up my week a little bit.

Up this week, we've got a mini-golf night with Ric's parents for his mom's birthday, a BBQ to hang out with Erika and Justin while they're in town for a wedding, the wedding, and lunch with the family for my mom's birthday.

Things at work are busy but good so far. I'm still trying to transition a lot of my old responsibilities out to other people, but it's hard because we're at the end of an old software system and at the beginning of a new one, so I'm trying to see out the work on the old system so I only have to teach D what to do on the new one. I'm writing a procedure manual as things come up, and trying to iron out the kinks we're discovering along the way.

I hope everyone else out there is doing well and that you all had a great weekend. I can't tell you how nice it is to think I only have to work four days this week.