gearing up for the weekend

Father's Day is almost upon us. Which means spending time with Dad, right? WRONG. For us it means running hither and yon to see both my dad and his dad. But it's all good. The weekend's festivities actually begin today - tonight when Rob picks me up at work to go up to Sharrie's house for a BBQ party for her husband as well as her younger daughter, Sheridyn. Good friends, plenty of booze, and I'm sure lots of wonderful food. (I hope they save me a rib!) From there, we go back to Rob's place (he lives with his folks) and stay over there.
Staying over with a boyfriend at his parents place is always a little weird to me. Maybe it's just different for boys and girls... but I can't see my parents being cool with a guy staying over with me. Of course we're both adults, but I don't know. There's still a little bit of high school gal in me, I suppose. Anyway I digress.
We are planning a breakfast with his dad and grandpa, so Rob's doing the gorcery shopping for that this afternoon. Armed with a list ("buy 2 each of the following muffins....get bacon....can you look for par boiled potatoes in the cold deli section?") he will endeavor to get breakfast items. Then it's on to Lexington to visit my Bumpa (my grandfather) and then onto Arlington for a BBQ. (I came to work today complete with a cooler, which contains NY strip steaks and other delicious items) Mom's making strawberry shortcake. YUM.
Let me talk for a second about Dad's gift. My father only wears one type of cologne - Jovan Musk for Men in a hideous orange container. ("Hello the 1970's called, they want their cologne back!") He is panic stricken that they are going to stop selling it (I think he's the only guy who wears it), so in the drawer of his bureau there are **********7*********** bottles, and 3 containers of Jovan deoderant. After looking on eBay ( a new addiction for me) I found Jovan shave cream! He is going to be so excited! I also found Jovan body wash - shower gel, but that's coming from England and jsut will nto make it here in time. Oh well. He'll get a little extra gift after the fact. Mom said that he needed cargo shorts, so she got them for me which is really cool. Should be a fun day. To be honest I cannot wait for the day when I can be in a home and everyone comes to ME instead of running around trying to please everyone on both sides. All part of being in a relationship, I guess. Hey, it could be a lot worse. I'm not complaining.