Loving Mondays

Most people dread Mondays, but I don't. Monday is my favorite day out of the week. I'm a home health nurse (for now) so I can arrange my patient visits as I please. My husband is also a nurse, but he works in the hospital in addition to home health. Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays are his days off. Sunday he uses to catch up on sleep, and Wednesday he uses to relax before heading back to work on Thursday. Monday is our designated day together.

Today is way to good of a Monday not to blog about. My days always start off with a patient visit at 0730. When I went back home, my husband and I geared up the dogs and went to the dog park. I love taking the dogs to the dog park because it gives them a chance to get rid of all that extra engery they tend to store up. However, I've only been to 1 dog park in the area (North Dallas). If you know of any excellent, gated dog parks please let me know.

After the visit to the dog park the dogs were nice and calm. I figured that it was a perfect time to go to Petco with the dogs. We ventured through all the dog aisles (including the raw hide aisle). It was the first experience I had at Petco (with the dogs) without looking like a walking, talking circus! I was quite proud of them. As soon as we arrived at home, the dogs got a nice bath and were ready for a nap. This was perfect timing! It was about lunch time and time to see my patient in Allen.

I had a quick visit with my patient. Juan happen to be with me this time so we went straight to lunch. Juan and I were brave enough to venture out to the Village of Fairview or Fairgate off of Stacy Rd. and Highway 75. We generally stick to our normal restaurants, but I wanted to try something new and a restaurant with oysters. Just our luck, there was a place called Nate's seafood and steakhouse. We were more interested in the seafood. This place is quite charming. It reminds me of Joe's crab shack without the loud colors. They had the oysters I wanted on the menu and crawfish. I felt like I was in heaven. To all of you guys that don't know me, crawfish is 1 of my favorite foods in addition to pickles...not together of course. I left this place so satisfied that I had to take a nap as soon as I got home.

After my nap I had my last patient visit of the day. This place is 1.5 minutes from my house so I never complain about going there. This was yet again another quick visit then I went straight home. I had a little bit of extra time to hang out and watch some television while Juan took a nap. When he woke up we were still full from lunch. We decided to have a light dinner and watch a movie. Papa Murphy's is the easiest way to go. They have the best pizza in the area and are reasonably priced. While the pizza was being made we ran next door to grab a movie, Its Complicated. Juan through the pizza in the oven and put on the movie as soon as we got home (I know we come and go from our house a lot). The pizza we order was a Mediterranean style thin crust. I don't think I will be ordering it again. I was not prepared for all of the olive oil and feta cheese it had. If you love feta cheese this pizza is for you. It was recommended to me by my sister, Belle, but its just not my style. Normally I would be upset that I didn't get a full dinner, but since I had an overly satisfying lunch it didn't bother me. We headed out (yet again) to get some dessert.

The dessert place of choice was Escape coffee house. I orded a peach snow with pearls and Juan had a coconut mocha. Both delicious. What a great ending to a wonderful Monday!

What made your Monday so great? If Monday isn't your favorite day out of the week, what is and why?