This weekend was three-day weekend #1. I have five more three-day weekends and two four-day weekends ahead of me this summer. And I plan to fill them all!
Here was my Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan in ten items or less:
1. Friday night I met up with Nadia for dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Despite the fact that they have the most extensive menu ever we both ended up ordering the same chicken dish (Chicken Costoletta). We got different cheesecakes though. I got the carrot cake cheesecake (YUM) and probably immediately gained back the five pounds I lost from walking around Amsterdam.
2. Saturday morning I left for Emily’s lake house to spend Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan. Three strangers picked me up in the fun-vee. Weirdest coincidence ever: the guy who was driving happed to live right across the alley from me. Crazy.
3. Due to every possible thing-gone-wrong possible we didn’t get to take the boat out. 🙁 But that’s OK. It was a damn relaxing weekend. And I didn’t have to try to brave tubing 🙂
4. Luther is the cutest dog ever. Whenever there is a dog around half my photos are of him.
5. Ian still refuses to let me take a photo of “the face.” Whenever there is an Ian around half my photos are of him.
6. Despite the fact that there was no sacrificial lamb, Tyler’s burgers were damn tasty. Especially when topped with ketchup, cheese, a fried egg, and burnt bacon. Did you know that you can grill bacon? You do now.
7. Floating on an inner tube, drinking a cherry wheat, and soaking up the sun = heavenly.
8. Sunburnt knees = not so heavenly.
9. da da. da da. Nope…no sharks in the lake!
10. “Ian made my crotch all wet!” Ian kept picking fights with me and throwing water balloons at me. He clocked me in the head twice and the lower regions once. Thanks to Tyler’s obsession with my camera I’ve got a great photo of a water balloon exploding on my skull:
The weekend was tons of fun and incredibly relaxing (which was much needed). Can’t wait to crash Em’s lake house again 🙂
More photos from my Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan:
Lounging on the lake – Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Blow up duck pool float – Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Blow up beach ball on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Hot Dog Lunch | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
The Lake at Night | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Sitting by the fire on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Sitting by the fire on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
The Lake at Night | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Sitting by the fire on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Sitting by the fire on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
The Lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Tyler and Luther the dog | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Luther the dog running with his ball | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Luther the dog | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Ian | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Inside of the cheese dip | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Beer Bottle Caps | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Beer and Cigarettes | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Hot dogs on the grill | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Drinking a beer | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Ian threatening me with a water balloon | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Ian threatening me with a water balloon | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Floating on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Beer on the Lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Beer on the Lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Beer on the Lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Preparing the meat to grill | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Ian | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling bacon on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Luther the dog | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Luther the dog and Ian | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Luther the dog | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Grilling on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Hamburger with cheese and grilled bacon | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Sitting by the fire on the lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
The Lake | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
The fire pit | Memorial Day Weekend in Decatur, Michigan
Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.
Lindsay
May 28, 2008at12:03 amIt’s a good thing Emily was not in charge of the grill.
“Turn it on high to clean it.”
“Did you turn it back down now that the burgers are on it?”
Sid
May 29, 2008at2:34 pmthat pic of the water balloon hitting you is amazingly awesome