Time with My Boy

It is not lost on me that time alone with either of my boys is a special gift. This weekend with Drake was another present for me. After easy travels to Cincinnati, I met him uptown at Bagel and Deli around midnight after I got into town. 

Friday was filled with breakfast at Patterson's Cafe, cleaning the room, laundry and picking stuff up at the store. We walked over to Armstrong and grabbed some food at Red Zone while we waited for the Wrights to finish up with their tour. We showed them a couple more things on campus and then walked them uptown and down to Drake's fraternity while Drake talked about his Miami experience. We took them to their car via a tour through Western Campus. Regardless of Benji's decision, it was fun to show them Drake's home for the last 2+ years. 

We made the two hour trip to Columbus and met the Smileys and their friend for dinner. So funny we saw two good Colorado friends in Ohio! 

Saturday night we took a tour of Columbus (thanks to recommendations from coworkers). Stops included Germantown, a crazy traffic situation around North Market, dinner and skee ball (I lost) at Budd Dairy Hall and a stop at Jeni's ice cream in Dublin. 

Sunday took us to downtown historic Dublin for coffee and pastries at Fox in the Snow Cafe and a walk through Indian Falls Park. We wrapped up our time in Columbus with a trip to North Market (an old public market) for lunch. Glad that Drake recommended we go back! 

Drake voted on our drive back to Oxford and I made a quick pit stop in Oxford before driving to Indy to catch my 7:00 flight. Currently listening to the Ohio Road Trip station Drake shared with me on Spotify as I ride the bus home. ❤️