Soup & Sunshine

Derek came back to Wisconsin, after visiting home last week, sick. My roommate also got sick last week. And if any of you know my immune system, it means that I inevitably got sick as well. Luckily, it was Derek's cold and not my roommates ear infection/strep/mono combination of whatever she has. I took care of him last week before I caught it and decided to try my hand at chicken soup from scratch for the first time. After gathering all the needed ingredients it wasn't too hard to throw it all together! I was pleasantly surprised with myself! The only downfall was that it was a bit salty. (Something I'm learning about Derek is he likes to add salt and pepper to pretty much anything when cooking, so before he could ask if I had added it I did it anyways. His salt container has a wide hole though, sooo a little more may have been poured in then needed, hence the over saltiness). It was a learning experience for sure!

Plenty of leftovers too!

I ended up getting sick around Wednesday/Thursday last week, and was luckily still functional to nanny on Friday (after checking with the family, don't worry). By that night into Saturday though, I was pretty lethargic and may have looked like death if you asked Derek. So our Saturday plans of going to the 3 year old's birthday party and having a bbq with some friends turned into "Elizabeth resting, sleeping, and watching New Girl all day at Derek's place so he can take care of her." I did feel better that night though, enough to have a couple friends over for cards. I did need that day of rest in order to be functional on Sunday!

Derek and I have been wanting to make a Goodwill/Golfing date for awhile now, and it just didn't work out because of many things including us being sick, so Sunday it was super nice outside and we were both feeling much better so after church we invited another friend to go with us and we headed to Goodwill! I wanted to get some plaid flannel (since I'm living in Wisconsin now) and we like to look for puzzles/games for cheap there as well. I would say overall it was a successful trip except I forgot to look for one thing I wanted to look for (boys are fast shoppers and they made me nervous to hurry up). 

After a quick lunch, we headed to the driving range. I'm learning that golf is kinda big here, or at least in Derek's circle of friends.Probably because they work for a company that has a golf league and takes clients golfing. My dad and brother both like to golf occasionally, and the only experience I ever had was swinging the golf club with my brother in our backyard as a child, so to say the least I didn't know much. Hence why Derek wanted to take me to the driving range. Our friend who went with us also didn't have much experience so I wasn't alone! We started off chipping shots to practice then "graduated" to the driving range. It took awhile to get the hang of and not every shot got air or distance, but there were a few! Overall, I thought it was fun (minus blisters forming from the grip) and almost relaxing! It was just great to be outdoors after being cooped up for several days inside, and fun to try something new that Derek was interested in! I wouldn't mind going back eventually, but I'm definitely not ready for an actual round of golf!

Our friend trying his hand!

Derek could hit it wayyy further!!

One of the best shots I had. Air and Distance!
Derek wanted to point out my very intense concentration face! 

I have a few more adventures already lined up this next week so I'm excited to share those when they happen! I really am enjoying blogging about these explorations!! I'll leave you with another drawing I did last week inspired by the song Awakening by Hillsong United which we sang at church last Sunday!

Slowly. Slowly, I feel myself awakening.