The party was a lot of fun. My brother was genuinely surprised. We didn't have great turn out by my nieces and nephews families, but the ones who came were a great help-my daughter was a champ again. Many of his friends and several cousins came. I know Saturdays are hard on young families, but it gets a bit old to have RSVP's of "maybe". What does that mean-I'll come if I don't have something better or if something I'd rather come to falls through? It's hard planning food for maybe, especially when 2-3 maybe's can be a 10-15 difference in number of people. Just reply "no" and if you end up available a few days before, then call an aunt and we can make accommodations. I digress. We had the park pavilion until 8:00 and we used it the whole time. A wretched downpour threatened the late afternoon, but we saw the darkest of the clouds push past us and head farther south. We had sprinkles, but still managed a good fire. My nephew's little guy who just turned two was the proud carrier of the marshmallows for s'mores.
DH and I then were on the road by 6:45. We did a coffee stop-no one wants to see me without coffee. We took our daughter to a restaurant recemmend by her friends, and it was pretty good. They had a simplish menu-a variety of of "hippy" bows, assorted combinations of mac and cheese, burgers, and a few sandwiches. We will go back again-services was terrific and it was not terribly priced. While she had to be back for both a rehearsal and a full chorus run through, DH and I managed to find an open Tires Plus and got her slow leak on her rivers side front tire repaired. DH also planted himself to watch the dismal Vikings game. I took several walks. I rarely can just sit and watch sports-need something else to do. The concert itself was lovely. We then got a few pictures, visited with her friends parents a bit, talked some more with our kid, and were on the road by 6:00.
DD1 took great care of pup, but our stupid front door lock wouldn't cooperate, and she couldn't get the door locked. She stuck around until we were home-above and beyond the call of duty. I could go on another DH rant about the door, but I won't. I'm just appreciative of her.
I worked in the office for the morning and got a lot purge and packed. Now I have two boxes of work related stuff, a shopping bag of personal stuff, and a bag of shoes! So now I know where my one black heels and black flats have been. I suppose I wore winter boots or tennis shoes, and then changed out and left them behind. I think I regret hauling home as many folders and documents that I did-I'll give them six months. If I do not reference, I'll recycle. I met my new team member in person today, and another older staff met the staff I hired last November for the first time in person. We met in person to make sure all were on the same page for closing out a project. I was also flu shot clinic day. I'm OK so far. I'll be working later tonight. I have a bunch of documents with a 6:00 p.m. deadline, and I'm hoping to see them all by then. If not, I'll get a reminder message ready to send. I hope your Monday was good-I need a rest!
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