Mutual Weirdness

Two weeks ago we went to the State Fair and these metal flowers were my impulse buy for the day. They are sitting beside my front door.

Labor Day Weekend. The holiday here in the States where you are supposed to get a day off of work to relax because you work so hard the rest of the year. And the beginning of September is a wonderful time for it as it is still quite warm out but most of the high temperatures are fading to fall. I only wish my Labor Day was so relaxing. My parents bought a small cabin at Table Rock lake in Missouri which is about 5.5 hours from where we live. They decided they wanted the entire family to travel there for the long weekend and having no other plans, my husband and I agreed. My parents and one of my sisters left early Friday afternoon. My other sister and her family were on the road by about 5:30. Since I did not get off work until 5 and still had to pack, my husband and I were not on the road until about 6:45. This put us arriving at the cabin just about 11pm. But this story starts before we even arrive. The last good sized town on the trip was called Aurora and we went through it about a