Just Another Saturday

It was supposed to be a simple cross-country meet. It was being held in Rochester at Seneca Park by the zoo. I decided to take the kids to watch L run in her race, and then we would go to the zoo for a couple hours. Then, we had planned to go into the village and see the Scarecrow Festival and visit the Open House at the Fire Hall, where Don was helping out with the other fire fighters.

We made it to Seneca Park just in time to see L's race start. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The parking lot at the park was full, so I decided to park on the side of the road. That turned out not to be such a great idea. It was muddy on the side of the road - very muddy. So muddy the car immediately got stuck. In fact it sunk up to the top of the front wheel well.

Needless to say, we didn't make it to the zoo or the Scarecrow Festival or the Open House at the Fire Hall. We did see L's race and the kids enjoyed playing around the park, but the only animals we saw looked something like this:

Don came to our rescue and pulled us out of the mud. We returned home and the kids and I enjoyed a quiet afternoon around the house while Don helped a friend redo his roof. While our previously planned day probably would have been a lot of fun, getting stuck in the mud was really a blessing in disguise. Our lives on Saturdays are always so busy - overbooked. It was nice to just throw all the plans out and just hang out together around the house.