We had a pretty tiring week (it’s hard working five days in a row!) but the weekend looked promising. Saturday morning we made it all the way downtown, walked several blocks through thunder, lightning, and horizontal driving rain (don’t worry… David had the plastic bubble on the stroller, so he stayed bone dry) to find out that our Unite 2 Fight Race Against Prostate Cancer was canceled.

So, we headed home towards the farmers market where about four vendors were set up. Somehow, we still managed to get just about everything on our list, though, so that wasn’t a total bust. Next was the online update that Fishers Fire and Safety Day was canceled due to weather… Emily was more bummed out than anyone, since she had really been looking forward to a) sitting in the medevac helicopter and b) entering the contest to win a Wii.

That evening we had a picnic at church after Mass, and everything started out OK until the clouds started rolling in. Not long after we had to move the whole set-up indoors, the skies opened up (again) and we had torrential downpour #2. We then spent the next two hours listening to and watching about 30 shrieking children run laps around the Social Hall. No playground? No problem!

Sunday’s beautiful weather made up for Saturday’s 0-3 performance. Emily took a run, Chris did some yardwork, we cleaned a bit, went to Conner Prairie, took a bike ride to the grocery store, made some awesome carne asada, and enjoyed our first sweet corn of the season (we’d been waiting since October!)

Meanwhile, the human capacity for procrastination continues to astound, as we both labor through this semester’s homework. We both have papers to write, and neither of us really has the motivation to work on schoolwork on days as beautiful as today. Ah, come December, we’re going to waste more time than anyone. And start reading fiction again.

	A lovely summer sunset on Wednesday night. Emily was driving home from class, wishing she had a camera, and when she pulled into the driveway, Chris was already out there getting a few shots. Great minds Wednesday, 07/09/2008 09:31 PM tags:
	Big shoes to fill. Reliving his glory days, he had on two medals, big sneakers, and a devilish grin. On the other side of the door, Emily tries in vain to use the bathroom in peace. Sunday, 07/13/2008 08:45 AM tags:
	Real champions drink milk Sunday, 07/13/2008 08:48 AM tags:
	Real champions apparently also lose their balance and fall down while wearing big shoes outside in dew-covered grass Sunday, 07/13/2008 08:50 AM tags:
	It might actually be August before we actually get to eatanything out of the garden, but we do have a ton of blooms on our zucchini and squash plants. There might eventually be tomatoes, too Sunday, 07/13/2008 08:51 AM tags:
	One of the butterfly bushes Paul bought a few weeks ago. we haven’t seen too many butterflies this summer, and the hummingbirds have been pretty sparse as well. It’s all because of climate change, man Sunday, 07/13/2008 08:56 AM tags:
	Sitting on a pile of books on Chris’s side of the bed (most of them about fatherhood, ironically enough), David plays with his “computer” (the weather radio) and presses the buttons that make the automated voice come on and tell us that the record low for this date was in 1976 and it was 49 degrees. The things you learn when David gets into things he shouldn’t get into Sunday, 07/13/2008 09:08 AM tags:
	Emily and David took a quick trip up to Conner Prairie and spent a good deal of time in the Animal Encounters Barn. Our first new friend was a big awesome duck Sunday, 07/13/2008 11:48 AM tags:
	He made the best quacking sound, and unlike last summer, David was eager to get up to him and pet him Sunday, 07/13/2008 11:49 AM tags:
	Baah. I’m not quite sure how this ram could see with his horns in front of his eyes Sunday, 07/13/2008 11:50 AM tags: