summer happenings

The other night, on a random Wednesday, Col and I decided to be spontaneous and go see The Great Gatsby at 10:15pm.  We knew it was a long movie, but it was only playing at that time, had been in theaters for a while, and we had a gift card.  The movie was great (made me remember all my days in Trosey's AP English class where we analyzed the heck out of the book), and we had fun being alone in the theater with only two other people.  While there, I had a thought about how when we have a baby, we won't be able to do random late night trips to the movies, but I was totally ok with it because to be honest, we really don't do this, like, ever.  I think my brain is slowly switching over to mommy-to-be mode [at least as much as I'll allow for now until we are officially waiting], which is cool.

Friday night, we crashed in on our good friends to drop off a bday present, but ended up staying for a while and enjoying a walk on the canal with Mendon and Buddy, "nephew" time with Jeremiah, and hanging out.  It was nice to have a free evening to make last minute plans and enjoy good company.  Even though we work all year round and the changing of the seasons does nothing for our amount of time off, it still felt like a summery thing to do...the laid back, summertime, where the livin' is easy schedule that we can pretend we have :)

Today we headed out to Oswego for the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience!  We had gotten my father-in-law a Groupon for his birthday to ride shotgun around the track with a professional driver.  He wanted to do it with Col, so they ended up getting him a Groupon for it too.  Saturday was the day, and despite having to wait for a few hours past their scheduled time due to some delays, they each got their ride-along, and loved it!  They both had a blast and were so glad they did it.  My mother-in-law got people watching, an outdoor meal, and milkshakes out of it too, so we can't complain.

Col's laps

Col is in that car!