Cocoa Beach, Star Trek, Mother’s Day and Monday All Day

We had a beautiful, too short, and still exhausting trip down to the Space Coast this weekend for an event. The hotel we stayed at was absolutely fantastic, a wonderful combination of luxury and comfort, and small inn service. I hope we have a reason to go back and stay there again very soon.

Saw Star Trek Saturday night. It was one of the most enjoyable movies I’ve seen in a long, long time. Watching how the writers combined the old backstories with some new twists, and how the actors put their own spin on characters that many of us have been watching for several decades, was amazing. I know not everyone agrees but I thought they did a fabulous job. It seems to have made big heaping buckets of money as well, so I’m looking forward to seeing where this new spin on the franchise takes us with sequels. Stayed up a bit late reading Mortal Sins by Eileen Wilks. This was the first book I’d read in this series, and I could definitely tell I’d jumped in a few books down the line, but it was a good read that makes me want to go back and read the first ones.

Mother’s Day started with kisses, hugs, flowers, hand made gifts, tea, and a Hallmark card that sang to me. I’ve nothing against singing cards, but on Mother’s Day I gotta say the message I wanted to hear was not “Get on your feet! Get up and make it happen.” I seem to do that all on my own 364 days of the year. Really, a message more along the lines of “Put your feet up and let the kids take care of you” would have been a bit more well received. But the kids loved their card so much, we all started the day laughing, and there’s a lot to be said for that. Hallmark, you get a pass on this one. Next year I want something a bit more appropriate though.

Unfortunately the night and day away starting the weekend meant I did have to do some work yesterday. Future World Dictator had an AP study test that he needed a ride to, so there was a trip downtown in the day. Then work; mostly tech stuff, setting up a new pc for hubby and transfering / cleaning out files from his old one. By the time that was finished it was dinner time, bath and bed time for the little one, and the weekends exhaustion caught up with me. I picked a short read (Tooth and Claw, a wonderfully hot paranormal from Annmarie McKenna) and was turning out the lights by 10.

Now it’s Monday, and there’s no rest for the overscheduled.

~ Hugs and productivity