This weekend was heaven.

Bliss.

Just what the proverbial Dr. ordered.

The short, short summary of activities include: A road trip to the outlets in Hagerstown, Maryland where my new favorite shopping buddy, "Crazy Bitch", CB (be assured, it’s a nickname bestowed with love and affection) and I spent, I shit you not, approximately 7 hours buying out every store we could find. We literally shopped till we dropped, and let me tell you, the retail therapy was better than lithium chased with a bottle of red. As were the margaritas that followed.

Sunday, I rested my tired shopping feet by lying by the pool after a much needed trip to the gym. I heart the pool. And even though it may first appear that all I gained by laying in the sun underneath a protective barrier of SPF 30, was a few more freckles, I assure you that were you to compare sun kissed skin to tan lines, you would be impressed…I know I am.

Sunday night was Oysters and dinner at Clyde’s followed by a trip to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, leaving me with yummy dreams involving Harrison Ford and his whip dancing in my head.

Monday, unpacking the new wardrobe purchased on Saturday, complete with not one, not two, but SEVEN new pairs of shoes. (I’ll admit: your Scarlett went little nuts if not completely off the deep end of the retail swimming pool). Yesterday was extremely productive as I gutted my closet to make room for said new wardrobe, re organized, purged and laundered. Sigh the satisfying (if fleeting) feeling of organization.

I also, foolishly decided to spend another two hours by the pool – a miscalculation that has left my skin more freckley and decidedly pink.

I went to bed last night after soothing my burn with Pineapple scented Body Butter from Bath & Body Works (my new favorite scent) feeling productive and confident that my life is beginning to fall back into place.

As he has been busy with work, this was the first weekend in quite awhile I hadn’t spent a great deal of time with Army, and to tell you the truth, I enjoyed it. My schedule can get hectic during the week and so, as many of us do, I use the weekends to re-organize, re-assess and rejuvenate – tasks which sadly cannot be accomplished effectively if at all, whilst he is around. This is not to say I don’t enjoy spending time with him, but I definitely require a significant amount of ‘me’ time – a luxury abundant in long distance relationships.

Sigh. Back to the work week – which will be my last spent at my current position. I’m counting down the days until I fly off on vacation to the exotic beaches of Lake Michigan. And then, onto the next chapter.

Frankly, I’m eager to turn the page.

Speaking of pages, I've updated my Cast of Characters. If I thoughtlessly left you out - it was, indeed, unintentional, and please, please don't hesitate to bring it to my attention!