Sunday was one of my two prized days off in June. It was completely marvelous.
We slept in, hit up Panera for a leisurely breakfast, ran a few errands over at Kenwood Towne Center, and then went to the Guardian Angels parish festival. Since moving to Ohio, I’ve learned that church festivals are a whole different ball game in the midwest than in Texas. There’s carnival rides and games and food and live music and auctions and gambling and eating contests and beer. They’re fun. We roamed about, soaking in the attractions, played a few games (the duck races are my favorite!) and I filled up on an order of two of my most favorite fat kid eats – jalapeno poppers and a snow cone! I only get them a few times a year, but they’re worth the wait because they remind me of Texas (and they’re unbelievably delicious!) Ted and I each bought a duck to race. I selected number 26 and Ted chose number 6. Neither of our ducks won the jackpot, but when the race was over, we found our two ducks, floating side by side at the very end of the duck line-up, promptly in last place: together. We may not always win, but at least we never leave the other one behind – even in duck races.
After the festival we picked up some cherries, strawberries and peaches to hold us over for the next week and then we took my Buick over to the DIY carwash and gave it the internal and external washing, vacuuming, and polishing of its life. Of course, it promptly began to rain 12 hours later. But the car was in perfect shape for the drive-in that night! We looove the drive-in. The weather was gorgeous, so we took the shiny Buick out for a spin and went to go see Madagascar 3 and What to Expect When You’re Expecting, the former of which was hilarious and the later of which was entertaining but I’d only recommend seeing it if you actually have kids yourself. But the night was perfect! We ordered classic old-fashioned cheeseburgers, which totally hit the spot, and then we snacked on peaches, peanuts, lemonade, and ice cream cones (yeeeeeah, it was fatty day) while we sat outside, surrounded by a cool summer breeze and glowing fireflies and enjoyed our movies until 1 a.m. Between movies we ran around the parking lot and played, like five year olds. It was totally awesome.
A perfect day off!
