The past couple of weeks have been perfect to step away from social media. A break is good every once in a while for peace of mind. And with editing my latest book, it’s been good timing.
A lot of fun things have happened. An Olive Garden to-go date at the airport viewing park. We got to see a plane take off and a plane land while we enjoyed our favorite meals from one of my favorite restaurants. I’ve missed Olive Garden so. 🙂
We celebrated my birthday belatedly at my parents’ farm with burgers and brats and birthday cupcakes. It’s always nice to sit on the porch and visit and watch the Amish neighbor kids walk by. My brother also set up some hay bales for Chloe to practice parallel parking for her driving test so she can get her license soon. The coronavirus put a delay on that, and she’s excited to hopefully get it soon.
Also in Chloe news, she got her first job! She’ll be working at a local coffee shop, one of our favorite places, and she’s super excited about that.
This past weekend, we traveled across the state to Jake’s parents’ house for a little Christmas in August celebration. His parents are snowbirds, so they are down south each year during the holidays now, and we had such a fun time (the first time we’ve been together since last fall). Good meals and good conversation.
The weather was glorious and the sky totally clear, which was perfect for a little stargazing. We were hoping to see a few meteors since we’re coming up on the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and we did end up seeing a few both nights. And our niece, Scarlett, got to see her very first shooting star, which she was very happy about. 🙂 I love stargazing and hope to get outside this week for the peak nights. The best night is supposed to be the night of the 11th into the 12th.
After our lovely weekend, we had a not so lovely thing happen on the drive home. About thirty minutes into our drive, one of my tires started losing pressure. Thank God for sensors in cars these days that alert us to such things. We got to the nearest gas station before it lost all air and Jake discovered a nail had somehow pierced the inner sidewall of my tire. It was in such a weird place and sticking out like someone had hammered it in. Who knows how I hit that thing to get it to fly up and stick in that way. If you want to see a picture, hop over to my INSTAGRAM. You’ll also see a video (blurry vid taken by my daughter) of a glorious sunflower field we passed as we drove all the way home on a spare donut tire at 45-50 mph. What normally takes 2.5 hours, took 5. But the sunflower field made it worth it. Sort of. 😉
How has your August been so far? I’d love to hear.