Friday Ramblings

This summer I am working as a nanny, which I absolutely LOVE. I have worked as a nanny for the past three years and it is the most enjoyable and exhausting job that I've had. Today, my energy level is a whopping zero; however, I'll have the weekend to recuperate. 

Last weekend was exhausting, yet so much fun! Friday, after getting off, I packed up my car and left for Denton. I was so excited to spend the weekend at my best friends house for some much needed girl time. We rented from redbox, watched movies, and just relaxed. 

Saturday, after we woke up, Amy had the whole day planned out (or so it seemed). We ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A and I ordered the naked nuggets (aka grilled nuggets) with fries. We then spent the day shopping at the mall & later went to the town's "square" (I don't know if that's what it is really called, but everyone calls it that). It had all kinds of shops. There were candy stores, comic shops, cute boutiques, a bookstore, and some bars and restaurants. It was so fun just going into all the different shops and looking around. For dinner, Amy took me to Mellow Mushroom because she had recently learned that they serve delicious gluten free pizza. I ordered a plain cheese pizza and added pepperoni to save some money, rather than getting a specialty pizza. My pizza was around $15 with tax. Not too bad. I only ate two slices so the leftovers fed me for a couple days. 

 The Gluten free menu had a great variety of pizza! All the gluten free pizzas were medium (12inch) and were priced around $20-$24. 

Sunday we drove to Frisco and did more shopping! Definitely my kind of weekend... shopping, shopping, and more shopping. :) We met up with Kelsey, another bestfriend, and ate at In-N-Out Burger. I ordered a cheeseburger animal style and protein style. We shared fries. In-N-Out is definitely one of my favorites and always has been. I so wish we had one close to us!

Animal style means grilled onions and their secret sauce (sort of like thousand island). Protein style means no bun. Instead they wrap it up in lettuce. 

Monday was spent in the allergists office (in Denton) for my yearly update checkup appointment. Let me tell you, this was my very favorite appointment because I have wanted to quit and be done with allergy shots since the day I started. Now don't get me wrong. Allergy shots have helped me tremendously. I no longer have constant allergy problems and I have not been sick in over a year! Huge improvements for me. The doctor FINALLY told me that I would never have to come see him again. I just have to do one more year of shots and I'll be done in June 2015! One year of shots might seem like a big deal to others but to me it's not. That's only 12 months and 48 shots to go (I get 4 shots, once a month). I will be counting down the shots as each month passes! Now with good news always seems to come bad news. I asked my shot nurse why my injections weren't hurting at this appointment but they hurt terribly when I get them at my College Station doctors office. I found out that at my allergist they add numbing medicine and it isn't included in my serum, like I always thought it was, so when I get them in College Station, there isn't anything to ease the pain. I tell everyone I know how awesome and beneficial these shots have been for me and my health, but I also tell them how painful they are. Just imagine the worst shot you've received, and multiply it by ten and include a terrible burning, achy feeling to it. Now I know why I've been in pain with them for the last year and I will continue to be in pain with them for another year. One year. I can make it one more year! I've been doing it for 3.5 years already. After my appointment, I drove back to College Station and went back to nannying Tuesday morning. 

I nannied all week and am excited for a relaxing weekend at home with my family!

What is your favorite thing to do on the weekends? Shop? Go out? Travel? Relax?  

xoxo, 

Jade