21 Days On The Road

...or 21 days until I'm on the road...but that's not a song...

Cory Morrow - 21 Days

I can't believe that 3 weeks from today I'll be back on the road headed for Texas!  Where has the summer gone??  I am so ready to meet the people I'll be working with & getting back into a routine but I'm not excited of the thought about actually being back at work again...

Friday

Around lunch time I went into my mom's office to help out there for a few hours with scanning & entering data.  At about 3:30 I headed out so I could meet a couple of friends in the cities.  I was laughing at all of the people sitting still because they were headed north to cabins & to go camping for the weekend when karma struck.  Suddenly I found myself sitting still in south bound road construction.  Well played karma, well played.  

Eventually I made it to the place & after a parking fiasco I finally found a spot & we all headed in.  We went to a place called Lord Fletcher's.  It's on Lake Minnetonka which is where the rich people live.  Prince, you know the song Purple Rain, yeah he has/had a home on Lake Minnetonka.  There was a radio station there doing giveaways for the Kenny Chesney concert.  Sadly, I didn't win.  He has his own rum. Blue Chair Bay, so the bar had a few different drinks on special with his rum.  I am not a rum person whatsoever but I figured, you can't beat a $4 drink & when in Rome Lake Minnetonka.  It was called a Blue Jean Baby.  I actually really liked it.  It's just rum & coke with lime.  I'm a whiskey/coke girl but it worked.

The giveaways were done at 7 & none of us won so we decided to head out.  The place was  fun but one girl had other plans & it was super hot & humid out.  Favorite College Roommate & I, inspired by the calamari I ordered there, decided to hit up Red Lobster since we had a couple of hours to kill before going to see Trainwreck.  That meal totally hit the spot.  I wish I had had room for chocolate cake but it's probably best I didn't ha.  We got to the movie just as the previews were starting.  It was so funny.  The cast was perfect.  I definitely recommend Trainwreck if you haven't seen it yet.

Favorite College Roommate brought me back to my car about midnight & I headed home.  That storm picture is not mine.  I got it off the Kare 11 website in the photos section.  I didn't take any photos because I was trying not to die.  I'm only being a tad dramatic when I say that.  I got in my car & tornado warnings started for the area I was in.  Keep in mind I live 1.5-2 hours north of where I was.  It wasn't raining yet so I just drove home.  I figured I could get out of the immediate area before anything big hit.  I was pretty much correct.  I never did see the tornado(s) that touched down but I did hit torrential down pour for about half of my drive.  The last 45ish min it let up & it was just a light rain but between the downpour, sweet lightening show (I really wish I had been able to video/photograph it), & road construction I was trying to sing myself out of tension most of the drive.  At about 1:30 in the morning I rolled home & went to bed.

Saturday

Saturday was pretty relaxed as a weekend day should be.  It was such a nice day out.  I finally remembered that I needed to put air in one of my tires so I checked all of mine & then did my mom's car as well.  I then spent a lot of the day lounging around.  It may be mid-July but the hammock just got set up in the yard.  I started out just relaxing in the hammock enjoying the weather & then eventually wound up napping for nearly an hour out there!  Daddy was finally home, he hadn't been at home since 4th of July weekend, so we did some grilling & drank some beers.  I also watched part of the Brett Favre hall of fame induction & a lot of HGTV...which led me to once again look at houses for sale online.

Sunday

Why is it that when I have nothing to do for the day I have absolutely no problem waking up at 5-6 am but when I have to be up at 5 am to go to work it's like pulling teeth?  I first woke up at 5:30 but decided to stay in bed for a bit, dozed off, & then finally got out of bed at 6:30.  I headed into town to get my favorite gas station coffee.  When I got back my dad was up so the 2 of us drank coffee & talked for an hour or so before my brother got up & left for work.  Then my dad ran to town & I did the dishes.  After finishing the dishes I enjoyed more coffee on the front porch with my dog.  My dad got back about the time my mom got out of bed & then the 3 of us had breakfast.  That my friends is how every morning should start.  Coffee outside & family.  The rest of the day was completely uneventful.  There was a Back To The Future marathon & I went back & forth between watching that & wandering around aimlessly because I was going a little stir crazy.