I was dressed for dinner, make-up on, hair down with natural curl on display. Supper was at six, at some restaurant I just "had to" try. Then his dad lost his keys and he had to deliver the spares about 40 minutes out of town. And her cell phone died and she needed me to stay home so she could use mine to get it re-connected.
And so, as so often happens with plans in life, all our expectations did a 180.
"Well, what do you want to do now? The fair is in town. There are tractor pulls..."
"Is this something I should bring my camera to???"
Just like that, I was in leggings and a tank-top, hair pulled up into some kind of mess at the back of my head, tennis shoes on my feet, camera bag in hand, and we were off into the smokey evening to the Josephine County Fairgrounds for something a little different.
My technical masterpiece of the night:
That's not post-processing: that's some serious panning skills right there!
We spent the rest of the evening at the fair, playing prize games, enjoying rides I hadn't been on in 20 years, and finally getting my first taste of that american delicacy: the elephant ear. Back at home, we played cards until the wee hours of the morning, and I was reminded to be grateful for the pretty spectacular people in my life, even when plans go astray, and no matter what it is we do with the time we spend together.
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