It worked out alright, because I came home to Canfield to spend time with family and celebrate my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary.
I flew home with my iPod full of new music and my carry on full of more clothing than necessary. I left my car at long term parking. Thankfully the Salt Lake airport and the Denver airport both have free wifi, so I was kept occupied during my layover. Southwest also had a promo going with a cable company and I was able to watch live tv on the iPad without purchasing the in-flight wifi.
I was kind of strange being alone in the airport. I'm used to being with Ryan so that oner of us can watch bags while the other one uses the restroom, I had to keep lugging all my stuff in there with me.
I arrived in Pittsburgh around 11:30pm and my mom and Greg were there to pick me up. Complete with White House Fruit Farm peaches and no-bake cookies in the back seat for me.
The next day we had breakfast at home and met Aunt Noreen and Jen at the fair. Mom and I got a caricature drawn while we waited for them to arrive. It was fun, but the drawing ended up looking pretty generic. We walked around with them, took a few pictures, Jen had some nachos, and I got an Antone's salad. It was nice to be at the fair, as its been about 5 years since I've gone.
Saturday was the anniversary dinner at The Lake Club, aunt Noreen's boyfriend is a member. It was a really nice dinner. We had a long table with a nice view, there was a large floral display in the middle of the table, biscotti favors, and a pretty cake. I even (barely) got everyone together for a family picture.
The food was good and everyone had a good time, we even sat outside for a bit before leaving.
Sunday we met Baba at a Croatian home in Youngstown. Her band played, a kids group sang and danced, and the headlining act, a band on tour from Croatia, performed. Their name is Drako, Djako or something like that. They were nice to listen to, and we had some snacks while we sat with Baba.
Sunday night Train played at the fair, and my mom bought tickets for us. It was really fun, and Train played a lot of songs that I knew. We sat in the very last row (intentionally) and had plenty of room and a nice view.
Aunt Cindy and Kaleigh were there too, but right in front of the stage. Before the encore, we managed to get down there and see them, and talk a little at the end of the show. You should have seen the young girls begging for guitar picks and drumsticks after the band threw a few from the stage.
Monday morning Grandma and Grandpa had everyone meet for a thank you breakfast at Thano's restaurant in Canfield. It was nice and the food was good.
The rest of the week was spent Zumba-ing, running in the park, meeting Kaleigh and Jen for dinner, meeting Baba for dinner, meeting grandma and grandpa for lunch, doing a little shopping in Boardman, and heading down to Columbus to visit Ang and Stef, and say hi to Trillium.
Stef and I ate lunch at Cafe Mimi's just outside Polaris mall. We met a friend of hers to try on some bridesmaid dresses at a shop in Worthington. The favorite of the 3 or 4 we tried is really pretty.
After the dress shop, my mom picked me up and dropped me off at Trillium to visit with some of my former residents for a bit. It was really nice to say hello and update a few of them on how things are in Salt Lake.
Ang picked me up at the hotel and we got caught up over sushi in Westerville before walking around Polaris for a bit.
Sunday morning we met Billy at Bob Evans for some breakfast and had a chance to see his apartment, which is a lot more spacious thanI anticipated for a one bedroom.
We stopped at Cabella's before heading back to Canfield.
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