Long Weekend

It was pretty much an awesome long weekend. However, it was so hot. So so so hot. We went to a cookout at Suzanne's house and it poured rain. Poor Graham got drenched just running out to flip burgers! But, Flip was invited, so he enjoyed his BBQ adventure!

It was so hot, Flip only got a short trip to the park:

Pack - Flip bringing up the rear

But, we did take him swimming, which seemed like a good hot weather activity. Wm enjoyed throwing a stick out into the lake for him to fetch. He whined about going, but then whined we didn't stay long enough. Typical.

In our search for air conditioned activities, we took Wm to see the coming of age movie called Alpha about a teenage boy 20,000 years ago who gets separated from his hunting party and, basically, domesticates the first wolf in order to survive and get home. Wm declared it "AWESOME!" It was pretty neat. Very visual - lots of sweeping landscapes and areal shots. I felt bad because there were a number of kids there (young kids) and there were subtitles. Poor Steve sat next to a kid who spent the entire time whispering to his mom, "what's he saying?"

We also did some fun projects like recovering chairs (Wm's chair cushion is now pink - he didn't even notice!) Mimi came over on Sunday and we went plant shopping, which was super fun! I got some really cool plants for the house!! I'm hoping I don't kill them! It was, overall, a very relaxing and fun weekend.

The only horrible thing is Steve got poison ivy while trimming hedges. Then, he gave it to me. Steve's got so bad, it was "systemic" and he had to go to the doctor for prednisone. His is now nearly gone. Mine, however, is still going strong. I am going to start taking his leftover prescription strength antihistamine and anti-itch pills!