Where do the weekends go?

It was another weekend that went by faster than I can remember. However, if the point of a weekend is to recuperate from the week & refresh in preparation for the next workweek, I think I succeeded.

The highlight of the weekend was attending the Bayou City Art Festival today. The weather was almost perfect (just a tad too windy, which made the shady areas a little cool for my liking) and it was an healthy way to be entertained while getting a breathe of fresh air at the same time. This was my second year attending the event, and I recognized a good number of artists from last time. My awesome loot from the Festival is a fantastic keyring made from an old fork. That's right, a fork! I am head over heels for my fork new keyring. While I can't afford, nor have room for, many of the lovely pieces I spied at the Art Festival, I can say that there is something for almost any budget, taste, and age at this event, and would highly recommend it to anyone.

This upcoming week will be a busy one at work.. LOTs of meetings, le sigh. I am already in eager anticipation of next weekend!

P.s. Here's one of my favorites from the art show:

Life on the other side...

This has been the week of retirement parties. After a large reoranization at work, a large group of people are retiring at the end of March. Some of them, I knew better than others, but all of these events were equally touching. It is incredible to see the relationships people have made and kept over the years. I am impressed of the stories about careers intertwined and friendships that have existed for longer than my total years on this planet.

I only hope that when it's my turn to retire, I can find half as many people to say such nice things about me.