Graham and I have spent a good bit of time on the bike this weekend. Yesterday, once it finally stopped raining, we took it out for a spin towards Salem Willows.  It was more about getting some fresh air and excercise than for enjoyment. I have felt like a blob this past week or so... ugh! 

Anyway, after a quick 30 minutes on the bike we met our friends Marley and Courtney at the bakery, A&J King  to pick up a little snack and some bread for dinner and to just play.  I bought a delightful almond chocolate treat for the "now" and a fougasse for the dinner party we were invited to at our neighbors with whom we share a driveway. 
I took Marley out for a ride around the block on the back of the bike- she loved it! Methinks Court will be getting a seat of her own and we'll have two adorable bike riding toddlers. 

When Graham and I got home in the late afternoon, I was really in doubt that we would make it to the dinner party.  He spent from about 455-555 crying, crying, and crying. He cried while he was throwing food on the floor eating dinner, taking a bath, getting pjs on, while i was holding him. Finally, he stopped and had a few bites of PB&J.  By 605 my upstairs neighbors were over to walk across with us to party. I brought the fougasse and some goat cheese, a plate of cut up sandwich and grapes for Graham.  Gone are the days when I offer  to bring anything complicated to a party!

 We met over at David and Liv's for a potluck.  It was a really enjoyable evening with tons of delicious food.  We the full family that owns the house and there cute as a button daughter who is just three and half months old. She was just so sweet! *sigh* babies. 

I was able to put Graham down to bed and return to enjoy a glass of wine and some uniterrupted adult conversation! It was heaven. 

Graham was up early again this morning- 520 is pushing it just a little, 4 nights in a row. Yawn... but since I had a year of nights waking up multiple times, I really can't complain too much. 
We went for another bike ride. It wasn't my intention to end up at the Willows again, but the rode I took runs parallel to the main access road.  We ended up exploring the side streets. This is a little gem in Salem. The majority of the house are absolutely gorgeous- it really has the seaside feel and look. A bonus was that we ended up running into a perfect playground.  Graham had a blast. I posted some pictures over at Shutterfly... here is just a peek.

 

Introducing singleserving2. welcome one and all. first things first: this is my version of a blog. so i have pretty much been thinking about starting one for quite some time, but life kinda got in the way [read: i spent way too much time reading everyone's blog so of course i didn't have time!]. the name comes from, well, shall we say, some pretty real stuff that has been going on in my life for the past year+ 

singleserving2 is a way to, if i stay motivated, chronicle what is happening as a move from married with a kid, to going through a separation, divorce with scrumbag spouse, surving a "mis" adventure in a job [it's not me it's you really! my next great thing starts in june- it's gonna be great baby], career moves, and the day to day life of a single mom serving incredibly cute toddler 2.