Yesterday, we went to Sawmill Market.

Yesterday, we went to Sawmill Market. Me and Shaun have been saying forever that we need to go in there, but we almost never do cool shit unless we have guests. 😂 It was really neat in there. It's like a large, indoor food court. There's just about everything you can imagine.

Sunday...

Sunday, we had Weck's right after the airport, then went riding around and hiked to see some Petroglyphs at the Petroglyph National Monument. Afterwards, we had some delicious green chile and pepperoni pizza from Dion's.

Monday, we had a balloon ride (our third one with Rainbow Ryders, Inc. Hot Air Balloon Co. - Albuquerque), went to US Forest Service - Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands, then to The Range Café. The food was delicious. Janet had the green chile apple pie with cinnamon ice cream and seemed to love it.

View from the mountain

Some pretty lichen on the mountain

Mural on the side of The Range Cafe

The Range Cafe has tons of plates signed by celebrities.

We've been going pretty hard...

We've been going pretty hard since picking up our friends from the airport on Sunday. We've had a great time. I had to sit down and cuddle some kitties last night, though. I feel like I was missed.

Editing to add that we don't usually leave Bear loose in the house when we're not here... Mostly because we're never not here. But we have been leaving him alone with Cub and he's been great. We're so proud of him! 😊

Yesterday we were in the pool...

Yesterday we were in the pool and a bug (kind of ant-looking) fell in. I got them out, then it pulled 2 of it's wings off right in front of me.

Talk about traumatized! I was straight up flabbergasted!

My kitties. ❤️

My kitties. ❤️

Balloon time! ❤️

Balloon time! ❤️

Despite Shaun fussing at me to rest...

Despite Shaun fussing at me to rest, I got a lot done today. If I'd sat down and done nothing, I would have been so stressed. 😂

We're picking our friends up from the airport on Sunday morning, so doing nothing around the house wasn't an option. We've been complete slobs for months. It was past time to get out of that slump.

Thankfully, I am feeling much better today all around. I am eating more than I want with my antibiotic, and that's helped keep the nausea at bay. I guess my stomach has shrank a little. I swear I was full off the grits I ate with it yesterday, but maybe that was a dumb choice to begin with. I have no idea. 😂

Anyway. We're going to finish whipping things into shape tomorrow, and then we'll have 10 days of fun with our friends. I definitely need this and I'm super excited!