Dad said the day before that we could go to 9:00am mass if we all got up in time. I got up at 8:20am and decided to skip a shower and washed my face and brushed my teeth. I was ready in plenty of time.

The church we always go to, St. Joan of Arc has a cry room if we needed it but we decided to sit with the rest of the congregation. Lillian behaved pretty well for the mass. There were a ton of other babies there so one of them was bound to act even worse.

After mass I ate leftover fried chicken for lunch and Debbie went down to the basement to help take photos. I texted Justin and Suzi and asked if they’d be around at 2pm - no problem. Debbie came up to feed Lillian around 2pm and then she and Patti were taking the kids to target to get their photos taken together.

I got to Justin and Suzi’s place on Indianola at around 2:25pm and went in. I was greeted by my two favorite people in Columbus and their dog and then we jumped in the car and went to the Cup O’ Joe on High Street. I checked out the array of extra products they sold (Dagoba Xocotl spicy hot chocolate, Oregan Chai Mix, etc). Then we placed out orders. Justin got some kind of smoothie, Suzi got some kind of caffeinated drink with soy milk and I got a medium chai. We tried to get a chocolate brownie dessert thing but all that was left was the display model. We opted for a white chocolate raspberry cake and it was awesome and awesomely presented.

We spent the next hour and half talking about finding body parts in hot dogs, I told my yakking story from the day before and we saw a guy taking eBay photos of a Nikon N65 he was going to sell. Eventually the conversation shifted to foods that make Justin sleepy: Turkey, some soy products and sushi. Just as he mentioned sushi he mentioned how he could really eat some sushi right then. I thought that was a great idea so we piled into the car and headed over to Bento GoGo. The lot behind Bento was full except for 3 spaced that were reserved for Buckeye Computing. I got out to see if they were open and they weren’t so I took the spot. Inside Justin and I ordered a sushi deluxe and a spicy tuna roll and a couple of hot green teas. We all went and sat outside.

Afterwards I drove them back and Suzi gave me some Starbucks melon syrup (the same kind they use in the green tea frappuchinos) and a book and off I went.

Debbie and I had planned to hit Schmidt’s Sausage House for dinner with the family. Instead they offered to watch Lillian while we went by ourselves as an anniversary present. That sounded great to me as it would be out first dinner out along together. We put Lillian to bed early, prayed that she would sleep the enitire time we were gone and left at 7:40pm.

Schmidt’s was actually reviewed as an out-of-town hot dog entry over at HollyEats and it got a 5 grease stain rating. We parkined in the lot behind the restaurant and headed in. We noticed on the board an appetizer balled bratwurst sauerkraut balls and we had to try them. I ordered the Old World Sausage Sampler and Debbie got the Hoffbrau Schnitzel. Everything was delicious. Before we paid we ordered 4 of their gigantic cream puffs to go.

Debbie was good about not constantly checking in on the baby. When we drove home we checked to see if her room light was on. Nope. This was looking good. We went in and didn’t hear any crying. Even better. Then we saw a frazzeled mom. It turns out she woke up right after we left and cried and cried up until 10 minutes before we got back. Dad had to resort to turining on CMT on the tv and that did the trick. This may be the last time they offer to babysit.