I can’t believe it’s Monday. Maybe because I don’t usually do much with my weekends, and this was a fun-filled, jam-packed weekend. Or maybe because I’m daily traumatized by how quickly the time is going and how little work I’ve finished. Regardless, it is Monday and before I force myself back on the road to productivity, I want to share a few highlights from the weekend.

The fabulous Dragonslayer & her hubby were back in town this weekend, which meant much eating, much merrymaking, and then some more eating. Saturday we made the pilgrimage to that glorious emporium of delicious encased meats, Hot Doug’s. The wait was of course insanely long, but it was worth it as usual. I brought my camera to document my glorious, cheese smothered dogs, but as soon as my food arrived, I forgot all about trying to take a picture and wolfed them down. I know, I’m an animal. But I think Hot Doug’s brings out the ravenous animal in all of us.

So Saturday was a brilliant day of eating and chatting in the 2 hour line, in which I got sunburned because my skin hates me. Then the merrymaking continued on Sunday when a group of us made a trek out to the ‘burbs for the most amazing Pig Roast/wedding reception ever!

Yep, there it is. A full roasted pig. Not only was this conceptually amazing–there was this special roaster, with a special pig holding contraption–but the end result was a perfectly tender and juicy roasted pig. Man, it was good stuff!! Not to mention all the other good stuffs that accompanied the pig. There were salads, cheesy potatoes, surprisingly tasty sauerkraut noodles (I’m not a huge sauerkraut fan), corn muffins, fantastic baked beans, and of course desserts! Honestly, just when you had completely stuffed yourself on one course, something else fantastic was unveiled and you had to stuff yourself just a little more.

But the best part, I mean aside from getting to see Dragonslayer and her urban cowboy’s glowing faces, was the bouncy castle! Since this was a big family/neighborhood potluck kind of party, there were a fair number of small kids there, and the hosts wisely decided they would need something to keep the kids occupied. So they rented a bouncy castle. What they may or may not have realized in renting said bouncy castle was that the grown-up kids were eyeing it the whole time, just waiting for the tikes to abandon it, even for an instant, so that we could move in for the bouncy kill! Ah, what fun was had. At least for about a minute and a half before we were all rolling on the ground, huffing and puffing like a bunch of old geezers. But still, it was awesome and ridiculous and topped off what was already a pretty amazing evening.

Today, however, the good times are simply good memories. There’s work to be done, and pig that’s probably still being slowly digested. But it who could ask for anything more than a weekend spent with good food and great friends (and a bouncy castle)?