A Most Needed Friday Afternoon

Normally on Fridays there is always a a Happy Hour to where the teachers are invited. Normally I choose not to go because of my distance I need to travel home or because of errands I need to run. Usually my boyfriend and I have plans and like to be home and ready before he comes by.

But this Friday was different. My boyfriend is taking a trip with his family for the entire weekend. Due to my fathers belief in no pre-marital vacations I was not granted permission to attend and sleep with his grandmother. But I guess four days without him is a good test on our relationship considering we have seen each other close to everyday since we've been dating.

So back to kicking back on Fridays after work with my fellow teachers...

As I was saying, today seemed like a great night to go out. Firstly, the destination was not at a random bar for Happy Hour. It was a big event called the "Fall Equinox" where a teacher was holding a wine and cheese event at his house. Every attendee brings a bottle of wine or a cheese.

Well upon I arrival my friend and I were in awe of the extravagant set-up of a tent, sophisticated music, glasses and cheese platters. I have to say that I was impressed. I am now re-conisdering the notion of kicking back on Friday.

1.errand: a short trip taken in order to complete a task
2.equinox: one of the two times a year when day and night are the same amount of time
3.distance: space between two points
4.usually: normally or ordinarily
5.due: because of
6.grant: allow to have
7.permission: approval
8.attend: go to
9.destination: a place
10.belief: opinion
11.event: something that happens
12.attendee: someone who participates in a meeting or event

errand equinox distance usually due grant permission attend destination belief event attendee

1. The ________ to the meeting all arrived on time.
2. Each religion has its own ________.
3. The daughter asked her father for ________ to go to the prom.
4. I want to ________ the party but I am unfortunately not able to make it.
5. We have to drive a long time before reaching our _________.
6. There are two _________ each year.
7. We _________ don't eat dessert but for my birthday we are making an execption.
8. The _________ between my home and school is very far.
9. I must run all my _______ before having fun tonight.
10. ________ to raising cost of fuel, I don't have a lot of money to spend on luxuries.
11. The genie wants to ________ you three wishes.
12. There is a big _______ at the school that is celebrating all the tenure teachers.

A verb is a process in a sentence.

Try to gues from the context what the following idiomatic expression means:
"kicking back"