A walk in the park

Last night, Cas and I took his mother to the tree-lighting event at Vitruvian Park in Addison. It was a pretty neat little event. There was stuff there for the kids, like an opportunity to get a photo with Santa and a guy who makes balloon animals. There was a band- a pretty good one, and there were food trucks.

We picked up Jeanne. I thought we'd have Dave with us, as well, but evidently, he had to work until nine. Ten hours a day, four days a week. Yuck. 

So, rather than a double date, it was a little more like Cas and I had a chaperone. It wasn't a typical chaperone situation, though. We each had a glass of wine. 

The lights were pretty, the band was good and the evening was a lot of fun. I think it's probably good that the three of us got out together. Whatever opinions she may have had of me are probably rock solid, now, good or bad. 

We were supposed to go to some party today with Cas' uncles on his dad's side, but we're officially skipping it. He's been kind of exhausted and overwhelmed lately, and it may be for the best to cut back on big events for the remainder of the weekend. 

Maybe I can talk him into decorating my Christmas tree with me and enjoying some pizza, instead. It could be our personal tree-lighting ceremony.