What a weekend!

Today my dad had a big engineering test to take down in Santa Fe. Kevin and I helped him study last night by watching The Count of Monte Cristo in the same room. I guess it must have helped, because he called home this afternoon to tell us he'd passed! Yay Daddy!

To celebrate, we're heading over to the pool for a BBQ. And if he'd failed, we would have headed over to the pool to commiserate. We've always been suckers for free food at the pool-- even when it is just mediocre hotdogs, Wonderbread buns, watery kool-aid, and wet chips. Who needs vegetables? KETCHUP is made from tomatoes, which are legally imported as vegetables, despite their actual being fruits. And if we're lucky, maybe they will have pickle relish, which is also partially made of vinegar and sugar-- I mean, vegetables.