Birthday month...and odds and ends month

Andy, Matt, and Nate all have close together birthdays in September. We will take them out to eat at some point. Sunday I think.  I, on the other hand, am counting down the list of what I have left to do before my big trip.  Six things still to go.  I got the luggage squared away thanks to the Russians at Dr. Shoe.  Those guys are not all that loveable, but they know their stuff. One is nicer than the other, but they are so busy there is not time to glad hand.

I made Chuy's (copy cat) marinade for chicken today and have some chicken strips soaking up the luscious concoction. What I am looking forward to is tomorrow night's supper.  
Baked steak, mashed potatoes, and peas.  Old fashioned and delicious. Today I put together a multi-layered tasty salad and sent Andy off to school lunch- satisfied.

Brooks will be home in less than ten days.  I know he will be glad to get out of that hell hole. He and Carly have been planning a spring wedding from afar.

A week from Saturday Joe and Glenda make another appearance along with Kathy.  Kathy, her dad, and Andy will go to the band show, Andy then comes home and Joe and Kathy go off to the game on Andy's season tickets. There will be a steady stream of Cincinnati family coming for the games this fall as they have for several years.

I am in a fall slump which happens nearly every autumn.  I do hate to see the summer fly past me. I'll get over it, but the process is not pretty.