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had a great and fantastic weekend. on friday, we (jeromy, me, jenny, josh, lori, sarge, and hambone) all went to beaumont ranch for the weekend. when we showed up, we saw that there was a choir banquet going on in the main hall. we got our rooms and took our things inside. jeromy, hambone and i stayed in an amazing room called the “red room”… it was beautiful. all of the rooms were, acutally. everything is decorated and looks super cute. jenny and josh’s room was in the town part of the ranch… i’m hoping to post some photos soon.

we went out to the hog lease later on that evening and met up with shannon (who goes to jenny and josh’s church). the poor guy was out hunting and had the church van. when he got back, the door to the van was wide open and the keys were gone. shannon, jeromy, and i met up with shannon’s wife in burleson to get another key while the rest of the gang kept eye on the van. craziness.

on saturday morning, we woke up and enjoyed a great breakfast (and boy - it was good!). the boys went off fishing, shooting guns, etc. while us girls spent the day at the spa. we all got pedicures, manicures, a massage, and lunch. it was fan-tab-u-lous. LOVED it… and much needed from what the massage lady told me. the moment she felt my upper back, she was all like, “what do you do for a living? you are way knotted up!” i was happy that she actually got deep enough to work out some of the lumps and bumps and i can honestly say that i feel so much incredibly better now that i’ve had it. i had a massage back in february around the time of the wedding, but this was so much more intense… aaahhhhh! after that, us girls walked around the little town. lori and i both almost got attacked by a bird… must have been too close to a nest or something. we met up with the boys, who were down the way shooting. after that, we went to dinner and hung out. the boys went out hunting and us girls unwound in my room and read issues of glamor, cosmo, etc. probably one of the best days i’ve had in a long time.

on sunday, we enjoyed yet another great breakfast (i love the cooking there) and packed up to go home. i forgot to mention that there was a wedding at the place on saturday night… it was cool because the bride and groom left in a helicopter. ultra nifty. there was a multitude of drunk people late saturday. pretty interesting. as we were leaving on sunday, i guess the place was the location for a muslim retreat of some sort, as we saw like three or four buses of people dropping people off. i had a blast and i hope that we can go back to the ranch sometime soon.

i’ve been mega productive today (monday). woke up - cleaned, did laundry, and organized stacks of paper that have been sitting around for months. after that, i worked on some edits, worked out with jenny, cooked dinner and dessert for jeromy, took a shower, and am now catching up on the blog. i would love to have a couple of more days off to accomplish some projects around the house, but alas, the three day break is over. i’m supposed to have field work tomorrow, so it’s time to get to bed.