Feels Good to be Home

Josh came home this weekend.  It felt right.  Sophie and I were pumped to see him.  Anytime Sophie saw his hand dangling off the bed or the sofa, she decided it was time to wrestle.  She loves to wrestle with Josh.  She and I don't wrestle.  We tried last week, but gave up because we both realized it's unnatural for us to wrestle; we cuddle. 

Sophie is happy to have her wrestling buddy home.

Yesterday it rained all day, which made it seem like an even better, relaxing Saturday.  We had three things on our agenda this weekend:  do Josh's laundry (check), schedule a haircut for Josh (check), and take advantage of Des Moines' Restaurant Week (check).  When Josh only has two weeks worth of laundry to do, it gets done really quickly!  I think it only took four loads.  That's a record.  Also, after months of asking if I could schedule a haircut, magically he obliged on Saturday.  Within ten minutes of his request, I had one scheduled.  Then, we made a reservation at Alba, one of our favorite restaurants in Des Moines.  They had a fixed menu for Restaurant Week, and it had the largest selection of options of the few restaurants we were interested in.  I called at 11 AM to make a reservation; the earliest available was 8:30 PM.  I took it since we didn't have anything else going on yesterday.  Any other day, I would have had to had an early dinner before the 8:30 dinner. 

Our meals were amazing!  For starters, Josh had the Iowa Sweet Corn Soup - Puffed Bacon / Chive Oil / Tomato Jam; I had the Chameleon Farms Heirloom Tomato Salad - Basil Caramel / House Made Ricotta / Zucchini Crouton.  For the main course, Josh had the Hanger Steak - Crushed Yukon Potatoes / Crispy Onion Rings / Blue Collar Sauce and I had the Pork Loin Duo - Mexican Chorizo /Yukon Potatoes /Sweet Corn / Scallion.  For dessert, Josh had the Sticky Roll Bread Pudding - Vanilla Bean Ice Cream / Pecan Pralines; I had the Salted Caramel Crème Brule - Espresso Brittle.  Josh and I both enjoyed our starters.  We favored my pork dish over his steak.  His bread pudding was amazing; my crème brule was very sweet and I couldn't finish it.  First time ever not finishing a crème brule.  Finding g-free food in Des Moines is actually pretty easy...even during Restaurant Week!

It's Sunday, and I have a million things to do - print Cassie's wedding invitations, workout, do a little laundry, do some mending and ironing...  I wish it could stay the weekend forever...