Fall Favorites: Fair Week

OMG, it's fair week.

I love fair week; I know there's a lot of locals that hate it because school is off all week and the increased traffic and the general inability to drive through downtown in a reasonable amount of time and being unable to find parking anywhere in town, but I LOVE the fair.

I had never been to the fair prior to going to college and the first year my (not yet at the time) husband and I went, we walked down from the university. The fairgrounds are at the complete opposite end of town. Getting down wasn't too bad... it was all downhill. Coming back was another story.

After we moved back here when my student teaching was done, we didn't live in town, so we would drive into town, find parking and then walk from there. After we bought our house, the first year we still did this, because I thought it was too far to walk. The 2nd year, we started walking a lot as part of my weight loss plan and I realized that the fairgrounds are less than 2 miles from our house and decided to walk to the fair that year (and then it was canceled due to extreme flooding from Hurricane Lee); last year ended up being the first year we walked down each day we went and it was surprisingly easy.

We went down on Tuesday and have plans to go tomorrow and Saturday as well.

Those that know me know that I love food. Food is probably my favorite part of the fair; I'll hit up some of the exhibits tomorrow (especially to go and see the rabbits!), but for me (and a lot of people) it's definitely about the food.

Cheese steaks, ice cream, french fries, apple cider, candy... you name it they have it. Those were all things I ate on Tuesday alone, by the way. There are fried pickles and fried Oreos and gyros in my future as well. If I can find a place with deep fried candy bars, I'm out to try one of those this year too.

There's just something wonderful about fair week. As I said to Jake as we strolled down on Tuesday (strolled because I've still got the head cold of doom and couldn't keep up at my normal walking pace), I love fair week; it's finally starting to feel like fall here and fall is my favorite season. The fair is fun, and not just for stuffing myself with everything fried on a stick - the people watching is amazing and we always run into so many people, some of which we only see once a year at the fair.

Yay, fair week!

And here's some of the delicious-ness that we had on Tuesday:

Cheese steak from Vince's! Steak, cheese, onions, mushrooms, sweet peppers, and hot peppers.

Jake's grilled beef and cheddar with mushrooms, onions, bbq sauce, and horseradish from Lora's Grilled Beef and Cheddar Sandwiches

Head Colds

Inevitably, if someone comes into the office with a cold, I end up with it.

I'm the administrative assistant. Everything in the office passes through my hands. Everybody uses my desk as a communal space. Everybody stops to talk to me.

I think the only thing worse is being a teacher during cold and flu season; I spent most of the semester that I was student teaching nursing a persistent head cold.

It sucks. One person in the office manages to get both myself and my husband sick. If I somehow manage to dodge the disease bullet at the office, my husband gets it. And then I get it from him.

Hooray for cold meds.

I'm going to listen to high school football stream online and knit until my cold meds knock me out.

Fall Favorites: Football

I think fall is my favorite season. There's just so much to LOVE about fall: cooler weather, fun holidays, eating comfort food because it's the perfect season for it...

And football.

For those that don't know me that well, I love football. High school, college, pro, doesn't matter. I've been known to spend entire weekends from Friday evening to Sunday evening (and sometimes Thursdays and Mondays) consuming football. It's not really a surprise that my husband sometimes says that I'm the "man" of the house, since he couldn't care less about football (or really, any other sports, which makes baseball season also difficult in this household).

I stream radio coverage of my high school games on Friday nights, since going in person isn't always an option, although I do try to get to at least one game each year (aiming for homecoming this year...). On Saturdays when I have nothing to do I'll flip between college games and same on Sunday for pro games.

Right now, I'm watching the Eagles while I'm typing. And when I'm done typing, I'll pick up my knitting project and work on that while I watch football.

Only thing that would make this even better would be some kitty snuggles and an Italian sub...

A Space for Me

Another day, another blog. What's the point this time?

The need for a space for me. A place that I can put my thoughts down about anything and everything, without being constrained by a theme, a topic; without being constrained by character limits or oddly enforced policies.

A place where I can post sketches and half finished projects without feeling that I'm neglecting anything.

A place where I can ramble on and on about how much I love whichever fandom has my interest today.

Just a place for me.

So, be warned; this space will be random, sometimes neglected, sometimes overwhelmed, sometimes chaotic, because it's me.