Ivanhoe's

I left this morning with Paula, Mary and Wendy to visit Debbi in central Indiana.  They had picked Ivanhoe's in Upland as our meeting place.  I had never heard of it, but several of the women had been there and really liked it.  It was originally a drive-in catering to nearby Taylor University students.  Today, it was an absolutely packed restaurant with a large menu of ice cream sundaes and shakes. 

Everyone ordered a sandwich to start and we found a booth in the back.  Wendy wasn't feeling the best, so she decided to lie down for a little while on the benches outside.  The rest of us spent the next two hours catching up.  Paula and I talked a lot about Gabby and Meg's experiences as camp counselors.  From what we had heard from both girls, they would definitely like to be back at Camp Crosley next summer.  Mary updated us on her position as either coach or teacher for the upcoming school year.  Unfortunately, administration still hadn't heard about the grant to retain her as a coach.  Thus, she may not know until school starts exactly what she would be doing.  Paula also gave us the details on her room at the high school.  She was excited about the transition.  Although it had been challenging, Debbi stayed with her job as a social worker.  She said that it wasn't much different than teaching, but it sounded hard to me.  As I was not used to sitting inside for an afternoon I asked everyone if we could move out to the benches to enjoy the fresh air.  Wendy was feeling better and everyone agreed that it would be nice to be outside.  Before we left we ordered Ivanhoe's ice cream.  The dessert list was long and hard to read, but everyone who wanted something found a shake or sundae to try. 

I was hoping to be home at 6:30, but we didn't leave until after 5.  Wendy felt awful on the way home, so we stopped more than normal making our return trip longer than expected.  None of us minded, we just felt bad for Wendy.  I made it home at 7:30.  Doug didn't mind as he had the house to himself.  Cam was at First Friday's in Goshen.  Doug and I chose Hacienda for dinner so that we could pick Cam up on our way back.  It was hard to sit again, but it was nice to spend some quiet time with Doug and fill him in on my day.  Even with all of the downtime today, I was still able to get my 10,000 steps in before calling it a night.  Cam helped out with the last 1,000 as we walked the neighborhood together after dark.