These days

Today is Sunday. Nathan and I slept in longer than we have in months or even years. I got up at 11am and Nathan slept through my shower and got up at 11:30. Wow. What an amazing feeling!

We have been having a pretty relaxing day so far. We checked our email/facebooks and then Nathan made pancakes (chocolate chip pancakes for me as a treat - what an amazing guy!) and we watched them while watching "The Cleveland Show". It's a pretty dumb show, but hey, we wanted to see what it was!

Now, it's 1:15 and we're thinking about what to do for the next couple hours. We are planning on going to church this evening (one of the churches we've been to has a Sunday night service for young adults so we thought we'd check it out this week) so we have the next couple hours to do whatever we want. We could sit and read our books all afternoon under blankets (it's only 15 degrees C outside, also inside because all the windows are open). That sounds like a pretty relaxing option. Or, we could head downtown and do some shopping. Is it wrong to do that on a Sunday? Not sure. It wouldn't be quite as relaxing, but it would be fun, and it's nice to get off campus every once in a while! Those are about the only two options that I can think of...

Nathan and I have been watching alot of movies in the evenings lately. Usually Nathan does homework all day and tries to take the evenings and Sundays off. It's nice to know that we get time together every day. If that time isn't built in, we find that, even though we're almost always around each other, we don't actually spend quality time together. In the last little while, we've watched "Fun with Dick and Jane" and "Stranger than Fiction". We've also been watching Grey's and Bones every week on Hulu. It's nice to not have tv these days, so we don't waste our time watching unless we choose to. : ) With tvs it's easy to just leave it on and watch whatever's next. With Hulu, you have to select each episode you watch, so every time another show is over, you have to make a conscious choice to watch (or not watch) another one.

I mentioned getting off campus...when you live on campus, it kinda feels like you're in a bubble. Your world is the school and the other people there. It was the same with the "Bethany bubble" back when we were in our undergrad studies. It's not a bad thing, but getting away sometimes is essential. So Nathan and I have decided that once a week we are going to make a point of leaving campus together and doing something fun. These outings are aside from grocery shopping and other "necessary" trips. Last week, we went to the beach together. This week we went to a guitar store that Nathan has been wanting to see. It's fun to have to look around the city and figure out what we're doing that week. And needing it to be free (or next to free) adds an interesting challenge!

Well, it looks like we're going to be spending our Sunday relaxing under our blankets on the couch, so I think I'll take off, grab my book, and make myself cozy.

What have you guys done this weekend?