Les Bonnes Choses

Has my last post got you down? Well then this little vignette from my life is for you! Yesterday we went to the Brookfield Zoo. We bought a family membership late last year, and we want to make sure we get our money's worth. Getting there was a challenge because the heavy rains in the area lead to some localized flooding (thanks Make for the tip), and some of the roads in the area of the zoo were submerged (as was part of the wolf habitat). All in all, it was a good day, and I got to touch a manta ray. I drew the line, however, at paying an extra $2 to feed the damn things.

The day did go long, however, and Jude was ready to leave by the time we passed by the pachyderms. It was only the promise of a carousel ride that kept him interested in staying any longer. By this point in the day, we had long missed the Sunday evening mass, though Jude rode on a mantis in the carousel that he said was praying for something, so that's practically the same thing.

And when we got home, the good people at the Backyard BBQ Shop had assembled and delivered my new BBQ, purchased that morning -- a purchase precipitated by the Friday night power outage that left dinner half-cooked, and drove us from our house to spend the night at Amy's. Never again! It's grilled veggies and steaks from now until the end of August!