A weekend away

What a week! This has got to have been the busiest week of the year. My cell phone rang non stop all week long and for 3 days I was out of the office facilitating a planning meeting. Don't get me wrong - I love doing those sessions, but this week just seemed to be crazy. I am so thankful that Ralph and I decided to go away for a few days just to get away and relax. I needed this. So today, I woke up with the alarm at around 6:20 and felt like I was racing to get things done. Empty the dishwasher, wipe down the counters, check the washing machine, blow dry my hair, finish packing and drop Oakley off at Teresa and Lawrence's. Before I knew it, it was time to leave and after driving halfway to Teresa's I realized I had forgotten Oakley's food. So I tured around and then realized I had forgotten to go the the bank. Finally I arrived at Teresa's only to think that I had forgotten Oakley's cookies. Thankfully Teresa calmly reassured me that she would get his cookies (or Sandra would) and it was ok to go to work. I needed to be there early to prepare for my extremely busy day. While driving there, I called Ralph and he assured me that Teresa had Oakleys cookies as they were packed with the rest of his stuff. I was able to get away on time and met Ralph downtown around 4:15. We walked to the hotel and without even thinking nicely made our way to the Sheraton Hotel. Imagine our embassassment when they told us that we weren't registered there. Here we go, with me leading the way and Ralph quietly following along. I knew we were registered at the Hilton but for some reason my feet took us to the Sheraton. No probelm - I apologized for the error and laughingly told Ralph we were at the wrong hotel. Needless to say - he wasn't too impressed. Five minutes later we were in our room at the Hilton. It's a beautiful corner room. A junior suite is what they call it with a wonderful view of the city. We enjoyed a nice glass of wine together and then headed out for a walk. We visited a few stores at the Eaton Center and I bought myself some fun earrings (Anne you might recognize them - I think I might wear them to Anne's wedding) and then went to Oliver and Bonicini for dinner. This restaurant was across from the Sony Center. A nice restaurant but very busy and therefore very noisy so the ambiance wasn't quite what we were hoping for. Oh well, we still enjoyed our meal and subsequent walk afterwards. We're now relaxing in our room - Ralph is watching sports while I update the blog. It's golng to be a nice relaxing weekend.