Five Things for Friday
1. April showers bring May flowers, and so far April has brought us lots of rain.
2. Whenever it rains, it means the dogs don’t get to go to the park to run around and get all their wiggles out. It is awful! The 3 of them get stir crazy and turn wild. Wild I tell you! A dog after going to the park is a perfect, slightly tired and relaxed pup. A dog that has been cooped up all day is a wildebeest. They chew up all the toys until they’re split open and all the stuffing is pulled out, then they start wrestling with each other. I set up obstacle courses inside with chairs turned over, and throw the toys over the chairs so the dogs to jump over the chairs. It looks hilarious, but it works! By the end, they’re back to quiet, tranquil doggies.
3. Shawn and I have started a new routine that I am loving! I’ve been going to the gym after work, and work up a nice sweat (gross). So after I cook dinner, he gets up and does all the dishes while I go shower. It’s a little thing, but I can’t tell you how happy it makes me. Doing dishes are the worst! And I get to end the day all nice and clean.
4. Speaking of the gym, something awful happened to me this week. I was robbed! I forgot my lock for the locker, and silly me thought I would be OK to leave my gym bag and purse in the locker sans lock.
Let me defend myself by saying
A. It is an extremely nice gym in an upscale area.
B. The crowd who is working out when I’m there are all business men and women (aka, no looting hooligans).
C. There are literally 400 lockers in the locker room. What are the chances someone will randomly open this one and find my stuff?
Welp, someone did. I didn’t realize it until the next day when I went to grab my sunglasses (semi-expensive Coach sunglasses), and noticed they weren’t in my purse. “That’s weird. They must have fallen out at home. Hmmm…” Then I went to the store, took out my wallet, and thought it was oddly light. “That’s weird, I don’t have any change. Maybe I left the change part open and it all fell out too….” When I noticed that a few gift cards I had were gone that’s when it hit me. “Oh MAN! Some a-hole robbed me from the gym. EFF!” They took maybe $2 worth of loose change (glad I didn’t have any cash on me), a $7 gift card to Forever 21 and maybe a $12 gift card to Victoria’s Secret. And my sunglasses. And a little metal case that held my “just in case” travel sewing kit and Shawn’s heart burn medicine. At least they were nice enough to leave all my credit cards and ID. And my voucher for 1 free Safeway deli sandwich.
Oh, and when I told Shawn what happened he started laughing at me and said “You idiot! Never leave your stuff not locked up. I can’t even feel bad for you, that’s what you get.” Meany!
5. Game. Of. Thrones. Starts. Sunday.
Gahhhh! Too excited for words. This Game of Thrones Recap Thru Emoji’s may be the greatest thing I have seen in my life. Obsessed! Absolutely genius. I’ve watched it 10 times.
18 Comments on “Five Things for Friday”
Oh no, that’s awful, I’m sorry you got robbed :( I can’t believe the nerve of some of these people but glad that your ID and credit cards weren’t taken.
Aaw, that’s awesome that Shawn does the dishes while you shower – that’s my least favorite part too. Haha, love the idea of the obstacle course for the doggies – I take my son and run around the house to tire him out too when we get stuck inside hehe – it totally calms him down too :)
Oh my goodness! That’s awful, Natalie! I can’t believe people would dig through someone’s stuff and take it. So glad your credit cards and ID weren’t touched…or your free deli sandwich card. :) It could’ve been so much worse!
I hear you on the dogs…but in my case it’s my boys! Haha! Things have finally warmed up and we can be outside for longer than 10 minutes, and it’s been glorious. They sleep so good at night! Fresh air does wonders!
Ahhh!! I’m so sorry that you got robbed!! That is awful!! That actually happened to my friend at our gym… someone stole money out of her wallet and then left the wallet!! Awful, right?!
Oh, Natalie, I’m sorry you were robbed. Stinkin’ Thieving People! Glad they were kind enough to leave your ID and credit cards. Plus, they left your free subway sandwich card :D
Awwh so sorry to hear you were robbed :'( That sucks!
Hope you have a lovely weekend! xx
I AM SUPER EXCITED FOR GAMES OF THRONES!!!! I’m glad I met someone who is just as excited as me.
Stupid thieves! But I’m glad to hear that you’ve had a little rain because that means even more beautiful flowers and greenery. Have a wonderful weekend, Natalie!
The last time I went to the gym someone took my towel and shoes while I was in the pool taking a class! I never went back! That’s just WRONG……….too bad I didn’t have some nasty foot fungus!!!
UGH I’m so sorry you got robbed Natalie. I’m just glad you’re okay!!! And to Game of Thrones this Sunday, I’m not not to think about it before Sunday else I might get too anxious. In In, out out. Only a few more days.
Oh man sorry to hear about the whole gym robbing incident! That really stinks… Thankful that there wasn’t anything too much of value stolen, but that’s still terrible!!! And at least they left the free sandwich coupon :)
So sorry you were robbed Natalie, it’s a shame that someone would do something like that. Everyone keeps talking about the game of thrones, guess I will have to break down and watch it. Have a great week-end!
LOVE Game of Thrones!! I just started reading book 1 but love seasons 1, 2 and 3.
So sorry that you got robbed. :(
Have a lovely weekend Natalie!
Okay, that thievery completely sucks. I’m glad none of your super-sensitive items like credit cards were stolen, but that’s a violation . . . and is really awful. People suck. If I saw a locker with someone’s valuables in it, my first thought wouldn’t be “Let me help myself!” Blergh.
There’s a beauty in rainy days, isn’t there? Today is a gray and muddy-looking day here in Maryland, but it’s warm . . . so I’m happy! :) Love your top photo. And love your idea of an obstacle course for the pups. :) Very clever!
At least you have rain!! I woke up to 8 inches of snow on my car. ISH haha. The weather is promising for the next week though, so it will all melt right away. I have to say…that is downright shameful that someone stole some of your things out of your purse. I totally would have done exactly what you did and trusted no one would steal anything. What are the odds?? It’s really sad that you can’t trust anyone these days… At least they’re all replaceable things, right?! I mean it still sucks but it’s just material things ;) and it wasn’t expensive jewelry. Nice to see you have a new routine you and Shawn are rocking. I hate doing dishes too!! But, I would rather do it right away than wait. Have a wonderful weekend girl!
Oh no! So sorry you were robbed! I don’t want to scare you, but I would cancel your cards and put your bank on alert. The thief could have taken a pic of your card and account numbers. My parents had to deal with ID theft this year and it was a total nightmare. If you catch it early, it won’t get so out of control.
Oh NO!!! I’m so sorry that you were robbed. I don’t understand why people think it’s ok to take someone else’s stuff. Karma will get that person. I. CAN’T. WAIT. FOR. GAME. OF. THRONES!!! :) Enjoy your weekend
We’re getting plenty of showers too but yay for warmer weather!
That gym,dinner,dishes thing sounds like a win-win for sure. You lucky girl! :)
Aww. That’s a shame Natalie. It would be so nice if you could just trust people in this world. Don’t worry God will return to you more than what was taken.
Have a great weekend!