It's Tuesday already?

Of course it is. Labor Day weekend was a good one. Saturday, Barb & I had our wedding vows renewed, Sunday was spent at Angela's watching Byron make chili. Monday morning we went to the Clarkston Labor Day Parade to finally see Lauren march with her high school band. She just spent a week at band camp so hopefully they look good. They did and so did she. I was surprised to see how serious she takes it. She was eyes forward and never cracked a smile when she marched past us. Her eyes told us that she saw us but she was all concentration. I guess so she didn't mess up her precise steps. It was cool seeing her march though. I hadn't attended a parade in years and didn't realize that everyone parading would be throwing candy to the kids. Wow, the kids cleaned up. We had to laugh when Barb noticed that one of the groups marching was advertising a Dental Service and they threw a ton of candy out.
After the parade, Barb, Dina and I went to our favorite restaurant, The Honeytree for a late breakfast. Sarah who is our favorite waitress waited on us. Since it was already 11:00, we were all pretty hungry but I resisted my normal strawberry jam with my toast. Not losing much weight but I'm not gaining either which is hard when you live with the Jozwik's.
Later in the afternoon, Dina's Aunt Dolly came by so we all hoped in Michael's truck and drove to Motor City Casino in Detroit. This seems to be a favorite past time for the Jozwik's. We drove down through Detroit and I'm always amazed at the number of burnt up or boarded up houses along the freeway. Kind of reminds me of the pictures of Beirut that used to run on the national news. Barb & I kind of broke out even.... well, Barb won $15 and I lost $15. When we met up at 5:30, Dina was hungry so we decided to hit their buffet. $24 a person! We knew that Greektown Casino which is close by offers theirs for $9.99 so we were surprised. Michael said, let's see if our comps will pay for it all. They swiped their card and sure enough, all 5 of us had a free meal. Michael said that a few weeks back, they won $2,800 and that added to their comp points. The food was far superior to Greektown's so we knew why t was more expensive and there were a whole lot of people eating so the question of Michigan's economy came back up for discussion. I am truly amazed that in a state that has 29% unemployment, there are so many people gambling. How is this possible? Mystery of life, I guess.
This morning is overcast and 65 degrees. The weather report calls for mid 70's but rainy for the next 3 days. Time to start thinking about our trip home to Florida. Of course, the weather down there is still mid to upper 80's and thunderstorms so maybe we need to wait until that weather quiets down as well. I can handle mid to upper 70's not so much 80's. Tropical Storm Fred is out in the Atlantic but they project it to stay in the Atlantic so there's no threat of Hurricane right now.