Friday at last!

This has seemed like a very long week in the Galbraith household. We are so, so excited for the weekend, for no other reason than it's the weekend!

Today is a beautiful day. It's crazy how happy a warm-ish (48 degrees) sunny day makes me feel. During my lunch break, I went out and about buying ingredients for our Valentine's dinner next Tuesday. I was met with a bit of a dilemma because when I ordered groceries this week, I forgot to order the food for our Valentine's Day dinner, which is traditionally a roast. Thus, despite the lack of any grocery stores nearby, I started my quest to find a roast, marinade, and vegetables. I found the marinade and vegetables at a little market down the street from our apartment, but I knew finding a roast was going to be more difficult. So for the first time ever in my life, I ventured into a butcher shop! As I waited to be helped, I watched the butchers prepare people's orders, handling the meat so effortlessly, and cutting through thick slabs as if they are cutting through practically nothing at all. When I told them I wanted a pot roast, they brought out this huge slab of meat and began cutting off a portion for me. They secured the resulting 3.5 pound roast in paper, and told me it would be $29.75. I was not expecting it to cost that much, but I couldn't complain since I'd found what I was looking for!

So it looks like our Valentine's dinner will be able to continue according to tradition!

This little glimpse of a beautiful day makes me realize how much I'm going to love Boston once there's warm weather. Until then, I plan to busy myself with a new crocheting/knitting project and perhaps begin training for a race with a friend. We'll see. Happy weekend!