This week our neighbors down the block for 12 years moved to Arkansas. I didn't realize how much I would miss them until I drive home passing the moving truck and saw their Big Green Egg sitting out on the front lawn waiting to be loaded up. That Egg provided many neighborhood meals, contests, and good times. We had one neighborhood progressive dinner and now that they're gone I'm sad we didm;t do it again. We talked about it... a lot. Talya even tried but we're so busy now with the two older boys at Jesuit we could't commit.
Now I wonder who is going to be the glue for our neighborhood? Start the parties up? Is that Regis and I?
It's a busy weekend here, it's Bingo / Carnival at STA...Rudd's last one and the first one in seven years that Melissa and I didn't chair the pep rallies. Both of which were bittersweet.
Reid was so very excited for his first bingo night back as a Freshman. (It's a very big deal for the freshmen to come back and see everyone.) But when he arrived he found out that most of his class was at the BL football game. He was so disappointed so I took him and two other Jesuit boys over to BL. The talk in the car on the way there was priceless...who has asked whom to their first Homecoming mostly. No sooner had I parked, after much searching for a spot at a busy bingo night, did I get a text from him asking me to come and pick him up. What! I haven;t even eaten, or visited, or had one of those really cold beers that I really never drink but at carnival taste sooooo good because it's so hot...and muggy...no matter what. every year.
I told him I'd leave in a hour which turned into two trying to gather the troops and spring Rudder and Jett from the dance. Finally Riley and I headed that way. Turned out most of his buds were at bingo and the game was only ok. His crew mates were there though.
Rudder attended his last carnival dance with his crazy bunch. Rudder, Joe, Jonathan, Jett, Matthew Garrett and Connor. A few of them have been together since preschool and as others have moved in they've become close. And so have the parents. We started the school year with a dinner at The Lot and there devised a plan for a monthly girl's night. Christine has September which is foot massages tomorrow night.I'm November and I'm thinking drinks at Veritas and bringing in dinner? I love visiting that place with Regis!
Riley's Girl Scout troop is performing in the carnival talent show today. A rhythm stick routine (done by moi!) to Imagine Dragons' "On Top of the World. Thanks Rory for the introduction to that band!
