First off, let me say how much I adore Summer Academy. I sincerely do. But working 10+ hour days for four weeks now with occasional 12.5 hours days also thrown in there for casting sessions, parent workshops, dry tech, etc. (you know, like normal theatre professionals do every single day) has taken its toll (read: see my lack of cooking, 9:30 bedtime, and bags under my eyes) . Since it is, in fact, summer, I’ve been trying to make my weekends strictly for relaxing whenever possible.
Friday after work Ted and I headed over to the Public Market for the their free concert series – Bands on the Bricks. We sat in the cool breeze, on the bricks and beneath the shade, and listened to a few folksy bands with a great collection of instruments before heading off to split “the world’s greatest cheeseburgers” and curly fries at Bill Gray’s – a New York burger legend that I needed to introduce Ted to, and then I spent a few hours at my friend Shawnda’s house enjoying some wine and good company. A perfect, relaxing Friday night. Saturday Ted and I made breakfast tacos, hit up the public market again for some farm-fresh produce, scoped out a bunch of garage sales and a dance studio sale (to no avail but it was fun and low-key) before attending a Saturday evening church service and the Red Wings baseball game at Frontier Field (in the pouring rain…all in good fun!) with a friend/co-worker and his girlfriend. The Red Wings won (yay!) and we split fried pickles, a pulled pork sandwich, dippin’ dots ice cream, and a blueberry ale along with some baseball, the cowboy monkey rodeo (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like – monkeys riding dogs chasing sheep into a pen…and it’s fabulous), good company, lots of rain, and a fireworks show to finish it off. Also awesome. Sunday we slept in, hit up the market yet again (for the third day in a row – apparently, we’re regulars) for their Sunday garage sale where we scooped up three insanely cheap DVDs for movie night, then met another friend/co-worker at one of our favorite waterfront pubs right on the bay for lunch, some Ace’s pear hard cider, and talk of Packer game tickets. The rest of the day we took it easy – finishing up a few tasks around the house, a walk around the neighborhood, and a movie and game night at home.
Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am!
Have a great one!
