cookout

We had a nice cookout this evening. People came over to our clean apartment, we ate lots of REALLY good food (thanks to hubby's excellent grilling), and we had a good time. I'm really glad I cleaned the apartment and prepared some of the food ahead of time. It made me feel proud that I live here.

In other news today, I was thinking about art fairs I could make it to. The Covington Art Fair is the weekend that my Dad and Stepmom go back to Connecticut, so on Sunday we could probably go for a bit. The only issue is that it's in Fort Wayne, and we will have just gone up north the weekend before for Adam's birthday party. I am relieved to find an art show that I'm genuinely interested in and I don't have much else going on that weekend. I am a bit miffed though that I have to pay $3.50 a gallon for gas to go on road trips for two weekends in a row. If I had the opportunity to host the birthday party it would have only taken half a day since it wouldn't include 3 hours each way for driving to Grandma's, and I would have been able to fit in a couple hours at the Talbot street fair, and I would have not paid for gas for any road trips at all. (sigh) Oh well.

The more I think about it, the more I wish I didn't work on Saturdays. I really like my job at the car dealership, but I just can't stand the evening and weekend thing. I need some time for friends and family, and some time for going to art functions.