Tim has to work late tonight unexpectedly. So here I am at home kind of wondering what to do with myself. I guess, I am doing the same things I would have done if Tim had been home....no that isn't true. My plan for the afternoon was to go to my last TKD for a month, bake squash, walk the dog and watch Hero's, and maybe carve a pumpkin. What I did though -- was came home chatted briefly with Hilary and then took a nap -- only to be woken up by the phone ringing. I was dreaming something was ringing ... it was Tim telling me that the install he did last weekend went wrong and he had to stay and try to fix it. Poor darling. I know that sick gut feeling when you've made a big error.

So, I overslept TKD, Tim wasn't coming home, we werne't gonna pick up vegetables from Laima and so I decided to carve the pumpkins myself, bake the rest of the cookies and eat three, and roast pumpkin seeds. I also made myself an egg sandwich and watched Deal or No Deal (a show I hate to admit I like) and chat with Jen. We have had an amazingly similiar day.

I decided not to take Pluto for a walk even though it's gorgeous outside because it is the day before Halloween and I didn't want to mess with hooligans by myself. I was also holding out hope that Tim would be back soon to walk with him. But it looks like that isn't gonna happen.

This weekend was really good. On Friday we loaded the car and I drove to Menomonie! Yeah, I drove. I found out -- I like driving long distances because it's the perfect busy work for being in the car. Listening to music and driving -- I can't read in a car or do any kind of hobby work because I get motion sick. Usually I just sit there and try to think of things to talk about. This time I got to listen to music and just enjoy the ride. Tim really enjoyed reading, and napping.

The visit with my Mom, Frank, Josh and Shane was good. We had some taco dip, diet coke and chatted about hobbies. Mom showed me what she was working on, Frank showed us the lean-to he built, Josh talked about video games and Shane even came out to visit. It was nice. Mom got a new hair cut and it looked awesome.

Then we headed out to visit my friend Jessie. We had a delicious chicken casserole and chicken nuggets, salad, bread, wine and cake and had a good old fashioned visit. I saw puppies and was amazed how much smaller her house was. Seriously, the last time I was there was when I was a kid. I finally got to experience how much smaller a place can be to a grownup. Since I had never went to back to any place I lived in my childhood (except my Dad's -- but he got a huge addition put on), I had kinda of thought that whole "it seemed so much bigger" was a myth. Not so! Oh my, the star sky that Jessie has is something to jealous over. Stupid light pollution.

Saturday morning we checked out the free breakfast at the Super 8 and decided it sucked. So we walked over to Perkins and had a wonderful breakfast before driving to Minneapolis to check into our hotel and then go off to visit Karen and Dave and their new baby Sam. She was adorable! We had pie, coffee and caught up.

[Pumpkin seeds are out of the oven and delicious!]

After the visit we headed back to the hotel so I could change and get ready for Carrie's costume themed wedding. She got married in her backyard with a wonderful carved pumpkin display, and most guests in costume. She looked radiant as a 1920's bride, and then we went inside for vegan food and more catching up. I hadn't seen some of these people since High School! I also found out that apparently there WAS a 10 year reunion -- I just wasn't invited. :( I took lots of pictures, so I'll let that do the story telling when I upload them. I can imagine that Carrie would probably like to see them so I'll make an effort to do that tomorrow.

After the wedding we went back to the hotel to change again, and then met up with Adele at a place called CC...I think? Yeah, CC. We drank, visited, Molly came and we visited with her. It was a good visit. Adele said she'll be around this neck of the woods in December -- I hope she finds time to stop by and hang out.

I was glad of the time change because it meant we weren't rushed to leave the hotel the next day. We paid for the breakfast, ate to our heart's delight and then Tim drove us out of Minnesota before I took the wheel to drive us to Tomah. We stopped because we needed gas, and then Tim was mean and was making me drive manual (still new folks!) in a busy traveling center...I got mad, he took the wheel and we proceeded to get into a wonderful conversation about the meaning of life that was interupted by Bekah (Tim's sister) calling to chat. We got home, Tim resumed the chat and also talked to Mark, and his Mom! It was a weekend to catch up with family I guess.

Sunday afternoon we raked the back yard until it got dark, Tim went to get Pluto, I wasn't feeling too hot and napped. Then later we ordered pizza and played Marvel before going to bed.

Today we went to work, I came home -- Tim so far has not, and I think that brings us up to now.