It's been years since I last went to Scarecrow Fest. However, when Laura asks if I want to get together--in part because she had no big or little people in her life for a couple days--and says, you wanna go to the fest? You jump at the chance to hang out with her. Though you do request to go early to avoid the throngs of people since you've been ( Read more... )

It's become tradition to go to Scarecrow Fest with Laura, and now her family, and this year was no different. Things were a little iffy last night as the munchkin possibly was coming down with something, and truthfully so was I. I let Laura know that if it worked out, great; if it didn't, that was fine too. Luckily munchkin's "illness" was a ( Read more... )

It's Scarecrow Fest time again, and as is tradition, Laura and I planned to meet up. She suggested going early, more for her daughter's sake than anything, but that worked out as the weather didn't cooperate for very long ( Read more... )

Laura and I haven't gotten together since Swedish Days. She and her munchkin had invited me over during the summer, an open invitation some weekend when we were both free, but since my summers suck and then so does the early fall, it didn't happen. By the time I had time--last weekend--we realized Scarecrow Fest was this weekend, so we'd just ( Read more... )

When I saw Laura on Sunday, she said she was going to be in town today for an appointment, so if her family was going to do Scarecrow Fest this weekend, today would be the day. When I hadn't heard from her by 11-ish, not quite remembering when her appointment was, I--gasp--sent her a text. She was already there and would let me know when she was ( Read more... )

Laura's wedding is inching closer, meaning it'll be harder to see or talk to her in the upcoming weeks. However, it's the weekend of Scarecrow Fest, her hometown festival, and I figured if there was something she and I could do together before the wedding, this would be it. However, it wasn't looking promising. I got a series of emails that ( Read more... )

This was from yesterday, but seeing as I have nothing else to say and plan on spending the rest of my Monday off from band watching Harry Potter, as I am tired and unmotivated, here you go ( Read more... )

Laura and I haven't seen each other in a while, but one thing we can count on--so long as we're both in town--is attending some of the local festivals, even if she's not entirely local any longer. We met up today to check out this year's scarecrows and to see what the theme might be--there's always an unintentional theme--and, on my end, to lament ( Read more... )

In checking my entries here, it looks like the last time I went to Scarecrow Fest was back in 2010, the last year Laura would have gone. I know in 2011, that was the weekend after my uncle died, plus it was the weekend my high school had its open house, and since it was a once-in-a-lifetime deal, I chose to do that. Besides, with Laura gone, what ( Read more... )

The other big reason I spent yesterday outside was because Laura and I went to Scarecrow Fest. I've been attending since 2007; at no point has the weather been seasonal. Last year it was somewhere in the 40s; every other year, it's been at least 80. At least. Chicago set a record high of 86 yesterday--and my car read 90 on the way home. Phew ( Read more... )