It's not really time to come back to work, is it? Why does free time always seem to go by much faster that during the work week? I hope everyone had a most enjoyable 4th of July.

Jeff & I started off the holiday with Mike & Lauren. The three of them hit the gym for some too-early-for-me-workouts. After everyone got cleaned up we met up at their place and went south to Lauren's dad's house, to drop off an ottoman they're having recovered. After talking with the step family we made our way over to Chesterfield Mall. After a quick stop in the food court for lunch, the original idea was to shop for decorative home items. Unfortunately there are pretty much only apparel-related stores in this mall, so we didn't really accomplish much. So onward we went to Kelly's for a cookout. Later that night we piled in the various vehicles in search of fireworks. We ended up at a gas station outside King's Dominion (with quite a few other people) where we waited about an hour for the fireworks to start. They were ok. Kelly & Jon went on back home and the four of us went back to Mike & Lauren's to watch Orange County.

After a late night Jeff & I slept in a little on Friday, but had plenty of time to hit Home Depot & Lowes to continue pricing appliances, before meeting Eric & Kelly for the baseball game. Fireworks were also being done that night at the stadium, so the game was packed. The Braves lost, but not until the very end. After we finally got back to the car, Eric took us to the Third Street Diner. Scary place. Well, to me it was. Creepy people, sticky tables. Eric said he and his friends used to go there when they were in high school, so the atmosphere didn't bother him too much. Yikes, think I'll stick to the chain restaurants. :)

Saturday we slept in way too late and had no time to do anything before the X Mug Cookout at 3. X Mug, the Macintosh User Group Jeff's involved in, had planned a cookout/baseball game outing for it's members. We met up at Bryan Park and hung out until about 6:15 or so, when we headed back down to the Diamond for another exciting baseball game. (Can you tell I'm not a huge sports fan?) I think everyone had a pretty good time.

Sunday was another lazy day. We ran some errands, stopped by the dirt to take pictures of the flags(!), then went out to Garden Ridge. Poor Jeff, I bet his feet still hurt :) After driving around until we bypassed the backed up traffic on 95, we made it home. And for the first time this summer, we went to the pool. That's right folks, we actually decided to out on bathing suits and just do it. The water was so warm (after several days of 100 degree weather I would hope it was!) and relaxing. We might just do it again today!

But first, I must keep working...have a lot to catch up on after end-of-the-year and holiday pileups. Ick. Oh well..hope everyone is having a great Muhnday!!