WHEW! WHAT A WEEKEND!

Our Friday night baseball game was dampened by awful weather, but we managed to have fun anyway, and my Rich did something very very special for me:

This popped up at the mid-point of the second inning, and I was just so...grateful.

I got to see Swoop (he was the mascot of the previous team here called the Silver Hawks), and then the new mascot (of the South Bend Cubs)...named Stu! He's named for Studebaker, but I call him Stewie!

Rain, rain, go away:

We left the ballpark and headed to the restaurant in front of CS2 for snacks and some cocktails. I made up my new favorite cocktail...cranberry juice shaken with ice and served in a martini glass with a wedge of lime! Next time I'll get crazy and have them put a splash of club soda for some bubbles!

Saturday was the football game, so we tailgated, enjoyed a sunny and HOT afternoon, and then tailgated some more:

Sara and Jacqueline (and part of Jacqueline's husband Blake):

Denise, Jeff, Sara, me, Rich, Jacqueline, and Blake:

After all of these festivities, we headed over to the Grotto and Basilica for Mass, and watched the picture-taking of the Ordination that had just taken place! Three new priests were ordained into the Church, and believe it or not...I actually knew one of them! His name is Gabrielle, and we share the same major (GreatBooks). I met Gabe a little while ago and chatted with him about a book he was writing on how the Great Books continue to impact us after graduation.

I received a special blessing from him...one of his firsts as a new priest!

Saturday night was interesting. We waited at one place for a table for an hour, and then ended up going to another instead. Unfortunately, they placed us in a small room with a family that had little ones that insisted on shreiking at the volume of a jet engine for the duration of our dinner. It. Was. Loud.  It was so loud that I'm pretty sure my god daughters re-arranged any plans they had for starting a family, and Denise and Jeff probably calculated that they have a long time yet to be grandparents.

Today was breakfast and goodbyes, and I came home after and took a five hour nap. I'm absolutely positively worn out, but I can't imagine missing the last few days. If nothing else, it has given me HUGE motivation to get in shape so I can enjoy more of these weekends!

I hope your weekend was wonderful! Come tell me all about it!