2 day pass

it felt so much like fall this weekend.
the mornings and evenings were crisp and cool.
in the middle of day sun it was definitely still summer.
this is the one time each year i don't mind being betwixt and between.
i spent most of the weekend at home reading, puttering, laundering, relaxing.
so it was good to get out for t. bone's first football game of the season.
it was a no score, but the knights looked strong.
sorry to say i cannot say the same of our badgers or packers.
#15 played the whole game except a couple plays.
he was bruised and sore and hungry.
especially since he went straight from his football game to basketball tryouts.
i had all the time and none of the inspiration to plan and prepare a feast saturday night.
everyone was agreeable to my suggestion that we go out for pizza.
i pretended we needed to carb load for the 5k walk we were doing sunday morning.
well, most of the 200 attendees walked except for a handful including t. bone.
he ran...or more like sprinted and then sat in the shade cheering the rest of us on.
miss bit spent her free time with our neighbor and #1 bff at present.
the girls cannot stand to be apart for long and it is so sweet.
she also went frogging with coach.
they didn't catch any, but that didn't seem to matter.
t. bone spent almost the whole of the weekend with his friend save a few short hours of sleep.
they're together so much that he's like part of the family when he's here and i jokingly refer to t. bone as their 4th son.
last night we sat around the table finally just the four of us and enjoyed a family dinner.
inspired it wasn't quite exactly, but it was tasty.
coach couldn't have grilled the pork tenderloin any better, and both kids sopped up the balsamic marinade.
i'm getting closer to a ranch dressing i want to make again.
as sunday night sets in, the countdown is on for florida.
as we gear up not so gracefully for the second week of school, we close our eyes and dream of being beach bound, barefoot and sun kissed once again so soon.