These days most of our weekends slip by with us just doing things we have to do but never have time to do during the week. This weekend, however, we actually managed to fit in a want-tos along with the have-tos – and it was great!
Saturday was the have-to. The Kid, of course, had a pile of homework to do, but no theatre for a change, so we suggested that he get it done Saturday while we did some of our stuff (well, my stuff as it turns out) so that we could have Sunday clear for something fun. We cleared out for my work where we battled printers, among other things, while he attacked his homework. We ended the day with chili, raspberries and meringues and Back to the Future III.
We juggled as many of our have-tos as we could, but there were a couple that couldn’t wait until Monday. First of all, The Kid had to have new jeans. When we finally abandoned shorts a couple of weeks ago, he had two pair. Since then he ripped the knees out of one pair and got paint on the other building sets at school. We accomplished that fairly quickly on our way to my haircut appointment. I hadn’t had a haircut since the first week of August, and it’s been difficult to fit one in, especially since my hairdresser keeps moving farther and farther away, so I didn’t want to miss this one.
But we fit it in, had some lunch and finally moved on to the ‘fun’ part of the day – Anderson Farms. We haven’t been to a corn maze in 8 or 9 years, or a pumpkin patch for at least 4 or 5 and Anderson Farms was definitely a good choice. It’s more like a seasonal amusement park than a simple pumpkin patch. Besides the corn mazes, they have zombie paintball, food, face painting, a petting zoo, gourd launching, duck races, and loads of other activities and of course, acres of pumpkins (apparently 72 varieties). Everywhere there are nice settings for photos. The weather was perfect – in the seventies and the rain earlier in the week kept the dust down and the ground soft, which was nice on the feet since we walked for miles looking for checkpoints in the mazes. We were so late getting home, we ordered Indian, and then watched Downton while The Kid caught up with his friends on Skype.
Next week promises to be a busy one – especially with all the have-tos that we’ve shuffled onto it, but at least we have this lovely weekend to look back on. Hopefully it won’t be too long before we can fit in another one.