It was all planned and we were out the door in less than forty-five minutes.
Somehow flipping through a magazine and seeing prosciutto piled on top of a baguette had me thinking that Sean and I should go on a picnic for dinner.
I managed to quickly spend $24 on bread, meats and cheese at the grocery store. Sean packed up our old wagon with our picnic table, cooler and blanket. This might be a good time to explain that our picnic blanket is a light blue satin comforter with dark blue embroidered roses...a wedding gift from one of Sean's great-aunt's. I have to admit it never quite made it onto our bed, but it's our park and beach blanket with lots of sentimental value.
Sean and I walked to a park about a mile and half away and we sat under the shade of the trees eating and talking while my little iPod player had music going for us. This picnic was a good idea.
Then we began to notice the various gaggles of young teens scattered about. Then we saw a fight break out complete with people egging it on and taping it on cell phones. By the time two guys walked by us with an obvious bag of alcohol and handed it over to kids who couldn't have been more than fifteen Sean and I started to pack up and head out.
The picnic was a good idea, just not for Mr. Griffin the junior high teacher and Mac's mom who easily loses sleep thinking about the pitfalls of the teenage years.
But you should really try a little prosciutto with some pear and brie on a piece of baguette. That's always a good idea.
