Weekdates

It is in the day-to-day occurrences, that my love for Cody grows the most.  Even any old, middle of the week day, can turn into a sanctuary when I share it with him. So here's an example of a week full of Cody, where none of the things we did were planned ahead of time and yet, we ended up having days full of fun and more importantly, growing closer together.

Fridate

    Nice day for a bike ride. I love riding my bike, even if I do crash every once in a while, so I suggested to Cody that we go on a long bike ride.  We went to Discovery Park to ride sometimes fast, sometimes slow.
Sometimes even stopping to pick blackberries.
It's a good place to go fast if you like and on the way back home, stop for a dip in the river, which is what we did and then rode back home in wet clothes. At home, we made ourselves a delicious frozen fruit smoothie.








Sundate

    We had planned on watching the Orphanage on this day, but instead me just ate a spaghetti dinner and drank wine.  We also had a HUGE delicious! salad.  Salads with Cody always taste amazing!! We spent the rest of the night talking and before we knew it, we had run out of time to watch the movie.  It was still a very enjoyable night. Wine makes us giggly.










Tuesdate
     Ok, this date was planned, because we told ourselves that tonight would be the night to watch The Orphanage. I've seen it countless times, but Cody hadn't and he loved it! He brought me cherries as a present and I ate them as we watched. Though eating during a scary movie takes away from the ambiance, I'm glad I was able to watch it again. After the movie, we talked some more.  I was feeling a bit upset from earlier in the day and though I had enjoyed the movie, that feeling was still in the back of my mind.  But after talking with him, I felt a lot better! It was a very uplifting date:

"I believe in you.
I know you can do it.

Trust yourself to do what you have to do to progress and grow.

We will get through this.

I love you."

Fridate

     And all things come back to where they start, or at least this post does, because not only did we have another Fridate, we also went to the river again.  Only this time, it was back to my favorite swimming spot in Auburn. I wish I could take my family here, but I guess I just have to accept that I can't bring in everyone into my happy world, especially if they make it difficult to. 

Afterward, we went to this tiny spot in Rocklin to boulder in an old quarry site. I, however, couldn't do anything at all on account that I had scraped my leg when I slid off a rock in the river. 

 

On our way home, we stopped by Subway for- yup, you've guessed it!- a veggie patty sandwich. As Summer draws close to an end, I think I will remember back on this summer as being The Summer of River & Subway Love (unless, we keep going to a lot of rivers during other summers. In that case, I will start confusing my summers if I call it that. Good thing I have this blog to keep me straight.)