Married Life

So, Mark left for his first trip since we've been married this past Monday. He would be gone Mon-Fri which is unusual for him, normally his schedule allows him to work Sun-Tues or Weds or Mon-Thurs. We were sad to be apart but I think both secretly excited to get some alone time :) I was finally able to clean the apartment up after the wedding chaos! and get gifts put away in their new homes. Next on my to-do list is lots of thank you notes! I have a goal to finish them before the end of November. I think that's do-able... Up until the wedding I was very good about writing the notes as soon we we received a gift, but since we have been back from the honeymoon I just haven't had a chance to start!

With Mark flying all week I got a chance to catch up on my TV shows and hang out with some girlfriends as well. One of my BFFs Jenn is having a baby boy (Keegan!) this month, so we wanted to have one last girls dinner hang out night before he arrived! I am so excited for her and her husband Brant! I feel like Mark and I are entering baby season with all our friends. Most friends are married and are thinking about babies or having them! Right now the only baby in our minds is our 18 year old Siamese cat Minkey! (Sorry Ginny...) Tonight I got to catch up with a friend of mine who is on the Family Life Marriage Conference team with Mark and I. Elexis and I are in charge of decorating a table for our churches Jingle Bell Brunch next weekend. Its basically a craft fair/bizarre type thing where ladies come and shop and then brunch! I think we have a good theme in mind, hopefully we can execute it to match our ideas!

Mark should be home tomorrow. Originally he was supposed to be back in Austin around 11am, but now most of the flights from Houston to Austin are full, so alternate plans must be aranged. I guess thats the problem with not living in the city your based in! For the most part he doesn't have much trouble commuting to and from Houston, but there have been a few times he had to wake up around 2 or 3 am to drive to Houston so he could arrive by his "show" time for that day. I think he is going to try and fly into San Antonio tomorrow, and rent a car and drive home. I miss him so much and I can't wait to see my husband!!!

Tomorrow night is date night! Our second date night as a married couple :) We haven't picked out a place yet, I am in the mood to try something different. I was driving downtown last week and noticed a hole in the wall restaurant that only served chili! I thought that sounded so cool! We need to try it out soon, especially with the cool weather we're having in TX this week! (cool or cold weather for Texas is anything below 70 degrees) No plans for the rest of the weekend, just relax and watch football probably! If it were up to me I would put out the Christmas decorations already but Mark says it's too early :)

Happy almost Friday!