Surprises are my absolute favorite, and this weekend has been chalk full of them. A few weeks ago I heard from my amazing friend Andrea who lives on the east coast & blogs her deliciously gourmet food adventures. She was taking a trip west and had scheduled a lay over in the prairies so we could meet for the first time! On Friday I picked up Andrea & her boy from the airport and got to have dinner with them, and it was wonderful and surreal! She’s my first blog friend who has come to the prairies, and by the end of our visit I was daydreaming of visiting the east coast.

On Saturday the summer cold I’ve been fighting off finally caught up with me & levelled me. It’s never fun being sick, but a 24 hour bug was a great excuse to chat to my twitter friends, knit, nap and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And I maintain that popcorn for lunch can make anyone feel better. :)

My second surprise was that late last week Mister found last minute tickets to the first show in the Something Corporate reunion tour! It means that we left yesterday on a road trip to Minneapolis, and I’m so thankful that I’m feeling well enough to see them! I hadn’t seen them live when their lead singer was diagnosed with leukemia, and now that he’s in remission I’m really excited  to be able to support them in person, especially because they were such a big part of my high school soundtrack.

Minneapolis is gorgeous, as ever, and is brimming with great food and good people. We’re only down for a heartbeat, but I’ll be blogging from the road, I can’t wait to show you the sights!