All Good Things Must Come to an End

The weekend is coming to an end. We're back home in Taylorville, but had a nice weekend away. It's always nice to be home again too though.

This morning we got up and went to Hillside with my parents. I had wanted to go to Valley View, but decided since Hillside has an early service it would make more sense so we could get on the road earlier. I enjoy their church a lot. I actually feel like I get something out of their service every time I go there. Wish I could say the same here...I struggle with that a lot sometimes.

After the service we went back to the house and  packed everything up, then took separate cars to Applebees so we could leave right from there. We enjoyed a nice lunch and then said our goodbyes out in the parking lot around noon. It was sad to go again, but I did it with dry eyes! I did have a lump in my throat, but it stayed put and eventually went away. We'll be back New Year's weekend, so that makes it easier knowing it won't be too long!

I drove the first part of the way home. Jacob fell asleep halfway between CR and Iowa City and didn't wake up until we were about 20 minutes into Illinois! I jammed out to Christmas songs while he slept! We stopped for a bathroom break and switched places. We were making good time, but hit a traffic jam 4 miles before our last Exit to home! It took us 31 minutes to go 2 miles. It was frustrating, but also at the same time made me thankful that God chose to protect us from being in an accident. We still made decent time though and got home at 4:40.

Since I was too tired to make supper we were going to get McDonald's, but the power was out when we got there so we had to settle for Wendy's. Not my favorite, but better than some other choices!

I've thought about digging out some of my Christmas stuff, but I can't muster the motivation to do anything tonight, so it'll probably wait until tomorrow night.
Tomorrow ends this wonderful weekend. I'm not ready for a new week to start yet. I have a sense  of dread coming over me for a couple of reasons. Here's hoping I can power through it!