My Summer Vacation, as written by Frances McCarthy

As promised, here is my update about my week off from work. You already heard all about the shower and bachlorette party, of course, but here is the rest of what I did.

Monday - this was my least favorite day of vacation. This is the day our computer died. Everything I could think of that I wanted to do involved the computer, so I went shopping and dropped like, two bones. Monday night, we went to Mike and Holly's for some BBQ and beers.

Tuesday - in the morning, I went to my work friend Beth's house, where I met up with some other lovely ladies from work. We kicked it at the poolside lounge with some sun, margaritas, and smut novels. That night, we kidnapped Cima and made him, Katie, and Scott go to Acme for Ladies' Night.

Wednesday - in the morning, I went to the library to check my email *sigh*. For lunch, Chris and I went to Dinosaur BBQ! Mmmm. That night, we drank some beers on Chris' porch with Sean from work, and Katie. Sean premiered his new beer cozy that he fashioned out of a giant Hulk hand! We ended up going to Mex for a bit, and I finished the night off with some street meats.

Thursday - we met up with Mike, Holly, and Micah, and we went to Ryan H's 3rd of July party on Cayuga lake. It was a pretty killer party. There was even karaoke! Pat, Mike, Holly, and I sang We Like to Party by the Venga Boys and I think we were a real hit. The fireworks were awesome.

Friday - we went to Food Mike and Ian's 4th of July party in Cornhill. We ate lots of good food and talked about fun stuff like making Miller High Life slushies and planning Scott's birthday. That night, we walked over to see Rochester's kickass fireworks show. After the fireworks, we headed out on the town with Cima. Our two favorite bars were closed, so we went to the not-so-popular Metro Grill, which was totally bizarro because it's supposed to be a nice restaurant, but there were all of these gansta types there. Mike and Holly met us out there, and we enjoyed the nice night on the Metro's porch.

Saturday - we had to go to the country club where we are having our reception to have a tasting, and we finalized our menu. After the tasting, I went to get my practice wedding hair done, which really didn't go as planned. I had a very specific idea of what I wanted, and the end product was nothing like my vision. It was definitely wedding hair, but that wasn't really the look I was going for. On to Plan B. After that, my brother and his girlfriend Becky came over to my parent's house, where we had an early birthday celebration for my mom. We went to a new restaurant in Skaneateles, and then Patty and I headed home. In case you hadn't noticed, Pat and I had been hitting the booze fairly hard all week, so we needed at least a night of detox, so we just rented Old School and called it a night.

Sunday - we just kind of laid low. We made a cake with fondant frosting. Pat was the head chef and I was the assistant. Sound dirty? A lot of love was put into that cake. ;-) That night, our vacation came full circle, and we went to Mike and Holly's for more BBQ fun.

All in all, it was a very unproductive, but fun vacation.

-Fran