Well this was the first actual weekend that Sam has had off in over a year! Until now it was Mondays & Tuesdays. People would always react as if it was some horrible injustice when they heard he didn’t have the actual weekends off. I’ve always said it doesn’t matter to me, which two days he has off as long as they’re consecutive!
You never feel like you can rest if you don’t get two days off in a row and even though people in this country don’t seem to think rest and relaxation are all that important, they ARE essential!! If you have errands to run, the smart thing to do would be to get them out of the way on day one so you can take day two to just veg! But if your days off are split up you are much more likely to run around doing stuff on both days – we’ve had his days off in pretty much all possible combinations including NO days off and EVERY day off – BOTH of those last two SUCK after a while!!
So how did I enjoy the FREE Saturday/Sunday as opposed to Monday/Tuesday?
It’s hard to tell, as this was an abnormally busy weekend. The county fair was this past week (ending Sunday), which brings A LOT of traffic into the whole area (it took Sam over an hour to get home from work Friday night when it should normally take about 30 minutes!) I was just starting to worry about him when he finally pulled in just before 7pm!!
So it took longer to get anywhere or do anything because of the extra congestion. We’ll get a fairer idea of whether we want to venture out on his days off next weekend when we can go out and see how many people are actually out and about on a normal weekend these days.
My current feeling on the pros and cons of NON-weekend days off:
pro – there are A LOT fewer people out on mon. & tues. – A LOT!!
pro – you have a MUCH better chance of finding a table or a comfy chair at Barnes & Noble on a weekday!! And the line to get our grande mocha frappuccino and chocolate chunk cookie is almost non-existent.
pro – the supermarket sales are just starting, so chances are they still have everything you want – and the lines are shorter!!
Pro - If you did want to go to the beach or something there is next to no one there
Pro – not many other people are around to bug you – the phone rings less – etc.
Con – you tend to miss out on weekend activities such as festivals or barbecues
Pros and cons of having the actual weekends days off:
Pro – on the off chance that you actually want to go to that friend’s barbecue you probably can
Pro – festivals, flea markets, yard sales etc. WOO HOO!!!
Con – there is more traffic and more idiots who don’t know how to drive!!
Con – there are more bicyclists riding side by side in the middle of the ‘quaint country road’
Con – the people you run into are ruder and in more of a hurry (so much for a relaxing weekend in the country)
Con – you probably have no real excuse for not going to that barbecue!
Con – you might as well not even waste your time trying to hang out at Barnes & Noble!! L and even if you try they’ll probably be all out of chocolate chunk cookies!!
Con – they raise the price of gas on the weekend!!
So as it stands right now weekdays are winning out for me!
Another thing is…. If you decide to go to that county fair it is MUCH nicer on the Tuesday than on Saturday!! There are far too many people there on the weekend!!
But we went anyway… luckily my sister knows someone so we had two free tickets, which saved us $24!! Actually not really because we never would have gone if we would have had to pay to get in!!
If you get in for free you feel like no matter what you do there you’re getting your moneys worth. We didn’t do too much…. We looked around at a bunch of goofy stuff, ran into my mother who was working there for the week. (She’s been unemployed for 9 months and saw this as her only chance to maybe put some oil in her tank so she wouldn’t freeze to death this winter) but the story of her week selling ride tickets at the county fair is a whole other post in itself!
We didn’t even really eat much… I usually set out to gorge myself on all the super yummy delicious artery-clogging, stroke inducing goodness that the fair has to offer. BUT this year I guess I just wasn’t all that hungry… in fact all I really ate was fruits and veggies while we were there.
We split a thing of tempura veggies and as we were leaving I got myself a frozen banana
Ahh where else can you get batter dipped deep fried vegetables, wash it down with the worlds largest lemonade and chase it with a giant CHOCOLATE dipped banana rolled in nuts?!?!
Now THAT is my idea of getting a full serving of fruits and vegetables!!
In the end I didn’t feel totally disgusting, I would normally have at least added to that, fried dough and possibly some kettle corn. And then I would have at least TRIED to take a big ol’ box of fudge home with me!!
BUT I know I’m gonna be at a flea market in the next few weeks where I can get fried dough… why eat all your horrible food in one day when you can spread the calories out? hehehe plus I can make my own kettle corn and fudge so why pay through the nose for them?? Just for the atmosphere? Sorry but I can create my own atmosphere for next to nothing thank you!
Sam was gonna buy me one of those nifty t-shirts with the old style iron on transfers that were so popular in the 70’s & 80’s – it was sooooo cute and totally ME…. it had two owls (I collect owls) on the chest and underneath them it said ‘NICE HOOTERS’ haaaaaaa but they were all out of that one of course!!
He DID get me a super duper SLICE-O-MATIC it slices it dices it juliennes it even does windows!! Ok well not really but it is super cool and since I can’t afford an actual stainless steel mandolin this is the next best thing. As soon as I got it home I grabbed a potato and started slicing – I can’t wait to make some potato chips or something!! I know I’m a weirdo – not too many people get all excited about goofy kitchen gadgets
So then it was a double fun day because after the fair we went to the drive-in!!
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the drive-in? When I get rich some day I plan on making it my mission to restore as many old drive-in theaters as possible. Or at the very least have one really awesome one!!
We stopped off on the way and picked up a pizza, some wings, garlic knots and a 2 liter of orange soda – it all comes in this neat dinner deal thingy and it’s soooo yummy!! I feel bad about not getting food there but last time I went I got a big ol’ popcorn and a soda so I guess it’s ok!
Anyway the place was PACKED!! They were going around asking people to park better so they could fit more cars in so that’s cool. I was really glad to see it so busy, especially on a full price night and during fair week no less!! But they had a particularly good double feature going on…. Wedding Crashers and The 40 Year Old Virgin
they were both hysterical but I think Wedding Crashers was funnier… Sam said his throat hurt he was laughing so much!! I highly recommend both if you like stupid, mindless, sex related humor!! hehehe
We had a really good time…. and what did it cost us for all that fun & all that food?
A trip to the fair *ching* – tempura veggies *ching* – 2 large lemonades *ching* – a frozen banana *ching* – my super duper slice-o-matic *ching* – one large pizza *ching* – 20 wings *ching* – 8 garlic knots *ching* – a two liter of soda *ching* and TWO movies *ching ching*
The grand total - $82
So it’s true – two people can go out all day and half the night, have all kinds of fun, laugh their asses off and eat till they can’t eat no mo’ for less than $100!!!
PLUS we both had pizza and wings for lunch yesterday and pizza for breakfast today!!
You just can’t beat that deal!!
After all that big fun we just wanted to stay home and veg yesterday so that’s exactly what we did…. We slept in, I made us bacon & eggs – hey we gotta do something with all the eggs those tick eaters are laying!! And we lounged out in the peace and quiet ALL DAY LONG!!
All in all it was a really nice weekend!! :)
Oh and by the way… the ban has been lifted!!