Yesterday we decided to take a ride around the place. Stopped at this cool 1940's style diner for lunch. They don't have a menu per se, it's on a board above the counter. They have breakfast items all day long - thin Norwegian pancakes, a baked German pancake, French toast stuffed with fruit and of course the traditional bacon and eggs. They have a few sandwiches including a PBLT - lightly battered perch fish with bacon, lettuce and tomato - their most popular sandwich. And then there is the daily blue plate specials. I had a hard time deciding - finally went for the soup and sandwich - a lovely roasted red pepper goulash soup and a grilled cheese and tomato on a hearty bread. He threw in some bacon on the sandwhich which was interesting. But it was DELICIOUS.
DH had the thin Norwegian pancakes with fresh lemon and jalapenos (right up Annie's alley). Said they were really good. The diner uses alot of local, sustainable foods - fresh berries from the organic farms nearby, a local bakery with awesome breads and veggies from the local farms too. We would definitely go back again. And the people were soooo nice - the servers were all friendly and the cook talked to us in between cooking up orders. The place is small and I imagine it gets really busy on the weekends but we went about 2pm after the crowds and had no problems. In fact, I got the last bowl of soup they had left. We then drove to a place I saw in the paper that was supposed to be a most picturesque lake. It was a long ride but not anything particularly spectacular we both agreed. On the way out of there we passed an intersection that looked interesting so we doubled back.
How's this for a bench?
The bench sits on a strip of land with a bridge and water on both sides. This is one side
And there is a bridge you stand on (where the road is). Under the bridge is a bunch of big rocks where the water flows and makes the most peaceful gurgling sounds. I do have a picture of the other side of the bridge but I was facing the sun and it's kind of washed out. It was a nice outing.
About to head out in a bit to run around town and do some errands.
I don't think BF is too timing. We did the same thing - got our eye exams where we liked the doctor and then got glasses some place else. Tried both the chains and the doctor's office and even Costco (whose prices are really low but then again, so is the selection). Can't say one place did a better job than the other. Geez Louise - is the weather ever going to break for you? Will probably be a bad autumn color season too - I'll bet the poor trees are really stressed out, like all vegetation. I dread what this is going to do to gasoline and food prices shortly. Although we are getting fantastic sweet corn up this way from local farms. 
My former manager did Jenny for a while - she said she didn't think it was bad if you only had to feed one person in the household although you still have to buy your fresh dairy, fruits and vegetable in addition to the program foods. So for me because I still have to feed DH, it would double my grocery bill. I guess it comes back to the old "time or money" thing. Either you pay out the nose for convienience or it takes alot (and I mean ALOT) of time to prep the meal program, cook it up, portion it out and track it. And even though you can buy alot of foods individually, I still find it hard to cook in small enough batches for one person. 
Are the apartments all ready to get rented out? 
Although it sounds like you might not have much room in the baby stuff suitcase for anything else. Funny you should mention Rugby. My director plays on a local amateur Rugby team, and he also coaches girls Rugby. And a coworker is dating a guy who plays on the same Rugby team as our director. I don't know/understand much about Rugby other than the scrums look brutal. 
You go, Ceejay! You can do this! 
