What didn’t we do last weekend? Well, we didn’t drive any great distance, or fly, or deal with hordes of people. We opted instead for a quieter (and less expensive!) approach to the holiday. As my previous short posts hinted, the weekend had its ups and downs, but it all worked out well in the end.

After work on Friday, we did some quick cleaning around the house in preparation for the weekend’s company, then grabbed dinner at Scott Dogs and did a bit of shopping at Sam’s Club and Garden Fresh Market.

On Saturday, following a trip back to the podiatrist, who judged that after a week’s worth of antibiotics, the redness and tenderness in the cuticle of my big toe was probably due to a bit of nail still remaining from the ingrown bit he had cut away before. There were two rounds of injections (ow) of anesthetic, the second following this exchange:
Doctor: “Let’s see here…”
Me: “OW! Whoa!”
Doctor: “You can still feel that? You shouldn’t be able to feel that. Let me fix that…”
He cut an additional strip from the nail and seemed pretty certain that he got the last bit of nail that was causing the irritation. The good news is that there’s not nearly as much pain as from past procedures, and I’m not gimping around at all. However, I did have to keep my foot elevated on Saturday (as much as possible, anyway) so I was pretty much sidelined while takaza‘s family was visiting. We had a lot of fun, though, and played a number of games. Dan cooked up some delicious burritos that everyone enjoyed. I retired on the early side, at 11:30 PM; apparently the party continued another two hours after that.

On Sunday we met roho and genet for brunch at Scott Dogs (we’ve seen their Sunday breakfasts advertised and figured it was time to try it). The food was mostly good, thought he service was a bit slow. I could swear that the hollandaise sauce on my eggs benedict was actually a chicken-based white gravy with lemon added, though. Hollandaise sauce should not taste chicken-y, really. Trust me on this. Fortunately, everything else was good and we’d definitely go back, assuming I could ever get Dan up that early again on a Sunday 🙂 Our original intention had been to go see Stardust after lunch, but nobody was really motivated, so instead we caravanned to Antioch where, following a supply stop at Antioch Liquors, R & G picked up their floofy brainless Samoyed, Briana, and then we headed back to our place.

As mentioned in my previous post, an epic afternoon and evening, of mixed drinks, wine, good company, good television, and amazing steaks did ensue. At some point colliedoc joined us, and we insisted that he partake until he finally consented to have the steak and oven fried we saved for him and had a little something to drink. We stayed up surprisingly late and had a great time chatting.

Straif had to leave early on Monday, but the rest of us enjoyed a tasty baked French toast casserole with maple syrup for breakfast. Afterwards, Roho, Genet, and Briana took off for home, leaving Dan and I to relax for the rest of the day. We napped a bit, and then enjoyed a quiet evening of snuggling on the sofa and watching Tivo. It was a terrific end to a terrific weekend.

And now we’re into the rest of the week. I believe we may be joining friends for a Thai dinner on Friday, then on Saturday we’ll be helping folks move, then on Sunday is the Midwest FurFest staff meeting. At least we have a few days to recuperate before the upcoming busy weekend!