Oh hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! I have not abandoned my trip report, I promise!!! I've just been busy, busy, busy!
We had a small realignment of things at work, and even though I've always loved my current job, it is now even better! I've been working a lot of hours and you know things are good when a 12-hour day is FUN.
Plus, the cooler summer has been an absolute Godsend for me.
I've been doing things.
With
people.
It's sooo weird.
I apologize to those who have already seen most of this!
My last update was ended rather abruptly, because as I was typing it out, a friend texted to see if I wanted to go to ChalkFest. And hello! That was wicked fun! A section of a street in downtown Buffalo was closed off and people could buy a portion of the street to make chalk drawings! The theme was Dr Seuss, but you could do whatever you wanted. They also had a huge open area that you could draw in for free. Almost everything was washed away that day because it rained. I wound up quoting Mary Poppins (well, Bert actually) on Facebook but I don't think anyone got it.
They had a professional chalk artist there who created this. In CHALK.
This was my contribution:
On a related note, I just bought tickets to see American Authors on November 3rd and I am SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's see... I spent two days at the fair and had a great time!! I have amazing childhood memories of the fair, and I go at least once every year. This year was so much fun I had to go back for more.
On my first day, I managed to feed:
Myself
Monarch butterflies
Goats
Llamas
A donkey
and... wait for it....
A Bengal tiger!!!!
So ridiculously cool!!!
I spent an obnoxious of time in the animal barns, making lots of new friends!
Ummm... what else?
I saw Frozen on the big board at the ballpark! That was SO cool, because everyone sang along to the songs!
Also saw "Guardians of the Galaxy" and fell in love with Groot.
I got emotional watching the baseball AND the football Hall of Fame inductions. The football one was a pretty intense thing for us here in good old Western New York!
Went out for dinner several times.
I took the ALS ice bucket challenge, and obviously threw a little bit of Disney into it! Here I am, after dumping ice water over my head!
I originally thought this was a silly idea, but after reading/watching so many videos from people affected by this horrific disease I totally got it. Of course, I've read other reports where people weren't participating for various reason and that's okay too. But it totally got to me. Partly because it was a year ago right now that I was in the hospital myself. Hard to believe! But wow... what an awful illness. And I know more about it now, and it's raised a ton of money, and most importantly (from my perspective at least) it's showing support for those who are dealing with it.
Anyway... last night I went to see Daughtry and my hometown Buffalo boys, the Goo Goo Dolls in concert! That was pretty spectacular. My throat hurts and my ears are ringing! Buffalo loves the Goos. And it's very, very clear that the Goos love Buffalo. In fact, John Rzeznik made it pretty clear last night.
Tonight, I'm going to dinner AGAIN and to the last Bisons baseball game of the season with a bunch of work peeps.
And tomorrow is my fantasy football draft! (And, apologies to anyone who likes the New England Patriots (or more specifically, Tom Brady)... my team name wins! Revis and Butthead. *giggle*)
Whew.
I think I need a nap
I'm probably going to catch up on everyone else's reports before I make another update to mine, because I know I've missed a lot!!!!
Have a GREAT weekend everyone!!
So I'll have to start planning another Disney trip to combat the sadness I guess. 
I was seriously starting to question myself! Haha. I am encouraged by a poll that was done earlier today and over half the people who voted said that the magic is still alive and well. Having a bad time was simply not an option for me, so unless I actually got sick (which I *was* worried about) I just knew this trip would be magical.
Must correct that on my next trip!
