the weekend review

perhaps a day late but still deserving of a post was the perfect weekend i just had! there was nothing extraorindary about it, but it was filled with simple pleasures like good food, good friends, and good conversation. as chris mentioned, we went to gac's football game on friday with wes & blakely and had a great time visiting with them and their parents afterward over late-night diner food.

on saturday, i had the luxury of sleeping in until my body woke me up (rather than the alarm!). after sharing a "breakfast" (served at lunchtime) of pancakes with chris, i spent the afternoon doing some things for school. it was a perfect balance in that i did just enough work to feel like i earned my fun for the weekend! that night, we did dinner and a movie with our friends luke & julia. the authentic chinese meal was a treat, and we really enjoyed dan in real life (thanks for the recommendation, wes & blakely!). it was a rare heartwarming movie that reminded me of how much fun family can be and how activities don't have to be overly planned to be enjoyable...good reminders for the upcoming holidays!

sunday morning chris and i went to church where we recently joined: mount vernon baptist in sandy springs. we are especially enjoying the newlywed sunday school class and are glad for the new friends we've met there. sunday afternoon, i met jessie (a friend from home) and nidhi (a friend from college) at the high for a ladies' day at the museum. the featured exhibits were a third installment of louvre atlanta and an impressionist exhibit. my favorite display had scad-atlanta students' renditions of an original 17th century painting that hung nearby. historically, painters were allowed to bring their easels and brushes into the louvre museum in paris to copy original works as they learned their trade. the high museum tried to recreate that by allowing local art students to do the same. kind of makes me wonder what fun i'm missing out on in my non-artistic vocation! though i suppose some would argue there is a certain art to counseling.

all in all, my weekend was restful, interesting, and productive. now for the work week!