Labor Day BBQ (warning: not as good as 4th of July BBQ)

It was awesome to be invited to a Labor Day BBQ, especially since we have no friends here. Our "friend" Chris, who is a friend of our friends John and Heidi Fisher in Chicago, invited us over for some friend meeting and connection making (he's an editor for TV). But alas, this was a royal bummer. It was well over 100 degrees in the Valley last Monday NIGHT (yes even after the sun went down). So people holed up in their apartment instead of down on the patio. This made for many groups of unapproachable people who already knew each other and were sitting. Mingling standing adults: much easier to walk up to. A bedroom full of loungers: NOT. So we left without one phone number. And now we are going to have to wait until Christmas (or maybe Halloween if we're lucky) for the next social invite. Bummer. But we are thinking of trying Chris' church, seeing as most of the loungers were indeed very nice and all go to his church. I'll keep you posted (pun intended).