Our weekend

I was so happy we had a great weekend. Things have been a little stressful around the Team BS household, so I am very happy that the past weekend went as well as it did. He seemed to enjoy the whole weekend, even though sleeping was still a bit of a problem. I really thought Ambien would work for him, but he is still wide awake hours after taking it. But we've pieced together a good ritual of medication (all doctor approved) that gets him some rest...so that's a good thing.

Friday I got home and we decided to check out the newly renovated Smiley's. Smiley's used to be part of Tree Acres Golf Course, but the golf course was closed a few years ago to make way for this big fancy Aquaplex in Plover...that never got built and the developer was ultimately sued by the village of Plover. So it is a bit sad to see the course overgrown and empty...especially since we used to have so much fun golfing it. But they recently renovated the restaurant and bar (Smiley's) that was a part of the clubhouse...and made it more of a ballroom type of place. They now have a dance floor where the old bar was...and we enjoyed our meals while 5 or 6 kids danced it up on the lighted dance floor. Nothing like watching young kids break it down and chase moving lights on the floor. After dinner we did a little bumming around town and ended up at Big Lots and Goodwill. We got some great things...including my brand new, completely sequined shirt...which I have named my Lady Gaga shirt...I can't WAIT to wear it. Once we got home, Perry worked on his biology homework and we watched 20/20 on ABC...only to see my cousin-in-law Mike Gosse on the show. I had no idea that he was going to be on the show and there he was being interviewed. It was a very short clip and he only said a few things, but still, what are the odds that I would tune into that 20/20 episode by random chance and see him on there. Click on the link if you want to see him: http://abcnews.go.com/2020. It is under the April 3rd heading and it is in the segment called Death Wish: Bizarre Letter and Accident. It's about two or three minutes in when they start talking to Chief Park Ranger, Mike Gosse.

Saturday we got up early and headed up to NorthCentral Technical College for Perry's biology class. I hung out and did some stuff on the computer while he went to class. This was his first class since we got some not so go news, but he did alright. I am very happy he went and is not giving up on his classes. Now we just have to get him back on track for his chemistry class. He just couldn't go to it on Thursday night. After class we went to Mosinee to hang out with my mom and sister until we had to go to my cousin-in-law, Tracy's, baby shower in the Town of Wien (yep, pronounced Ween). Perry accompanied us and it was a really fun get together with my mom's side of the family. We even had time to stop at a bar called Willy's because we realized we were an hour early for the shower...and what else is there to do to kill time, in Wisconsin, in the middle of nowhere, than go to some random bar that is randomly on the side of the road. (In which, by the way, there was a random Mel Gibson movie on that we just couldn't place...it really irked the crap out of us...no one at the bar could think of its name either.) We hit up Rib Mountain for some shopping with my mom and sis before heading back to Point. I think Perry is pretty sure that he doesn't want to go to another baby shower...but he enjoyed hanging out with all of my family. Saturday night we stayed in and watched movies and vegged...and best of all, Perry's appetite is coming back so he was eating quite a bit all weekend! Whoo hoo!

Sunday I went to church and then Perry and I went out for breakfast at Diane's Amherst Cafe in Amherst,WI, (You should try it if you ever get the chance...it's a great place right in downtown Amherst.) Then we headed up to Cedar Creek and saw Adventureland...which is not a comedy (as we were lead to believe by the trailer)...it is an angsty coming of age/dramedy...not what we expected, but still rather good...but I would suggest waiting to Netflix it.

All in all, it was a good weekend, which is what I had hoped and prayed for. We are still taking each day, just one at a time, but I am hoping for more good days, nights, weekends, etc.