The weekend was almost too busy to write about, but here goes…
Monday
Vacation! Well, not really, we spent the whole day at the animal hospital at Cornell getting Molly’s hips checked out. The good news: no surgery until it’s absolutely necessary. The bad news: it will almost definitely be necessary – she’s only 18 months old and has terrible arthritis already. :( But she was pretty cute all afternoon – they’d sedated her for the x-rays, and she was extremely mellow! Then I met up with the EAT team to go shopping for spa day and our Halloween party. Going shopping is even more fun when you don’t have to pay for it all! And I think I might have set a world record for shoe-shopping. I needed shoes to go with the bridesmaid’s dress I have to wear in less than two weeks – I walked into a shoe store 5 minutes before they closed, tried on 8 pairs of shoes, and actually walked out with a pair. Denis didn’t believe me. :)
Sunday
We went to Ithaca to visit with my grandparents and be close to Cornell for Molly’s appointment Monday. The drive down was very pretty – leaves are changing all over – but we saw a few flakes of snow on a couple different occasions. Yikes! I think it’s the earliest I’ve seen snow in a long time… At least it didn’t stay on the ground! But it was very nice to be sitting in my grandparents’ log home in front of a nice roaring fire sipping hot cocoa. Ahhh.
Saturday
I spent the day trying to catch up on cleaning and laundry. I failed miserably, so instead I went shopping. Much better! I ran into Jenny and Aaron at Media Play (not Target!) and bought some bulbs at Home Depot – now I just have to find some time to plant them. My parents and I also went to my brother’s field band show. It was soooo cold – we ended up staying near the concession stand, buying every hot food and drink we could until it was time for his band to play, and we left immediately after they were done… Admission for three: $15. Hot food and drinks: $12. Freezing one’s nose off: priceless. :)
Friday
We went to the Victor homecoming game tonight. And I have to say, that was the best football I’ve seen all season. We creamed Newark, 34 to 6. I think the Bills should just sign all the Victor players up – they might have a chance at winning a game this season. However – and this is not a slam against cheerleaders in any way – is there a reason why there need to be 31 cheerleaders when there are only 32 football players on the team? And if you thought about that the way I think it came out, you have a dirty mind. :D