Suburbia, USA: Weekend Updates

Being born and raised in a small suburban town in New Jersey, I thought I had seen all that "Suburbia" had to offer. Apparently, I was wrong. On Saturday, I attended my first ever wetdown. In case you also didn't know what it was: 

1. A wetdown is a ritual celebrated by many volunteer fire departments in the United States in which squads of firefighters from neighboring towns ritualistically commission a new fire apparatus by anointing it with water sprayed from the visitors' firefighting equipment.

They had food, bouncy houses and park stuff for the kids, and a beer garden for adults. For $15, you got a mug and it was all you can drink. The brand new fire truck was parked in the front area, and sporadically you'd hear the sirens coming from a neighboring town to spray the new truck for good luck. It was really cute, especially to see all kids jumping around and the kids of some fire fighters getting to hold the hose. I also bumped into a few people from high school that I didn't hate, so that was cool too. All in all, it made for a great Saturday! 

On Sunday we headed over to Red Lobster for Crabfest. (And also because we had credit card reward points/gift card and a a coupon-save those dollas!) Then we headed to our friend's daughter's going away party. She's headed to boot camp for the Marines. Her mom is going to lose it because she won't be able to get in touch with her for months, only by letters, and they said even that was slow. She can't bring anything other than the clothes on her back- it's crazy!

We ended the night with Fear The Walking Dead. Did you watch? Honestly, I'm not even caught up on TWD, but I figured I'd watch this one from the beginning. I don't really get it, but I won't go into details here- I hate spoilers! I will note that it's weird seeing some actors in different roles; the whole time I was thinking, "But that's Matt Saracen's mom!" (From Friday Night Lights, which I'm still chugging through). 


So, how was your weekend?