I love this town

I had a very hectic afternoon. One that involved dentist appointments for the kids, dropping off a kid and peach cakes at school, driving my mother to Bed, Bath and Beyond when I really didn't have time, driving like a mad woman to the office for a consult, driving home even faster and more mad to pick up little E only to get to school in time to start our Girl Scout meeting that me and my pal co-leader worked out just what the heck we were going to do with 7 screechy girls for an hour and 45 minutes a mere hour before the meeting began. Ack.
Drove a fellow Girl Scout home, quickly created a receipt for a summer client who needed a receipt to claim to their insurance company and THEN,
met said client, her husband, their two adorable children and other friends at our right-up-the-block Corner Brewery for a mug of beer and yummy pizza.
The kids played scrappy board games and we enjoyed the packed brewery, which was packed tonight because our so-smart Farmer's Market relocated their Tuesday afternoon market from a cold, open parking lot behind the bank to the Brewery for the get-your-last ingredients before Thanksgiving extravaganza.

I only had $14. I pitched in $4 for the already ordered and slightly cold pizza that was left over. I spent $6 on 6 enormous sweet potatoes. I spent $2 on 6 delectable Buckeye Balls. I loaned $2 in addition to my pal Amy's $7 so that we could get our absent friend Kate a $9 pumpkin pie (Kate couldn't come, but she called to request a pie pick-up). So after delivering the pie to Kate's husband, I came home full, far more relaxed, and very pleased that our town is very cool most of the time. The people are for the most part, really good and kind. The taxes are outrageous, the public services are constantly in threat of being taken away for lack of resources... but we have awesome coffee shops, restaurants, Farmer's Markets, libraries, parks, bakeries, a kick-ass food co-op and a Brewery that is really family friendly and serves tasty, fresh and local beer.