Rest for the weary.

After such a jam packed day in town, I wanted to do anything but walk. This nasty cold has gotten to the best of me and I spent the morning standing in the shower steaming and attempting to breathe. Whatever has attacked my nasal cavity, is in there nice and cozy and is in no hurry to leave. No amounts of tissue boxes and tea is getting rid of this congestion.

Not to cheat myself out of a day out, I did what I could with the steam and moved on with the day. Smelling like a medicine box and still looking fresher than last night's pizza, we got out to head to Napa for a day of relaxing with the kids, my brother and his girlfriend. And after only getting lost once on the way to the Bay Area Bridge (this is a new record for me, as navigating San Francisco is like presenting a math problem to a 5 year old...and not a very smart one at that). To put it nicely, my navigation system in my brain goes haywire when I hit that city.

Upon arriving to Napa, the first thing I did was lay on the bed "for 5 minutes" and instantly fell asleep for a good 20 minute nap. After finally peeling my eyes open I handed the keys to my brother, we loaded the kids into the car and headed out for a scenic drive around the Napa area. I have to admit prior to seeing the things we saw today, I was slightly bored of this city and never thought it had anything interesting to see.  Apparently, I was wrong. We saw huge hills and meadows with fog rolling over green pastures and houses with acres upon acres of land with cows roaming free. It was the most peaceful scenery. I'm ashamed to say that I lasted in the car as long as a 3 year old before we both knocked out for yet another nap. Though Matti had a purpose for his nap (re-fueling for evening time shenanigans), I on the other hand was just attempting to battle this cold, which at this point was just sucking every ounce of energy out of me.

I can't be a witness to what happened on the rest of the drive, as I woke up in the back seat about an hour later and we were home. Somewhat refreshed, it was time to go pick up some last minute essentials before we made dinner at home. Like any 3 females in a car, on our way to the supermarket for some salad ingredients and BBQ sauce, we saw an outlet mall...so we stopped in...for an hour...or two.

On we went with the supermarket...juice: check, BBQ sauce: check, salad: check....a whole bunch of other things NOT on the shopping list: check!

As much as I wish I would have taken a picture of our dinner, I think it's best I didn't because I'd be going to get 5ths and 6ths right now...and I just don't think my stomach can handle any more. Slow cooked pulled bbq pork....baked potato cubes...Russian cucumber, tomato, onion salad (mixed by Matti)....dinner rolls....and great company. I ended the night with my face in the big salad bowl, dipping sourdough bread into the juice left over by the salad....and snacking on more pork. Mind you this was an hour after we finished eating.

Reluctantly, its tea time...and then bed time. My little body is stuffed happily to the gills and ready for some Tempurpedic mattress time.

time for home tomorrow...