Back Again

It's been a while since my last post so I decided it's time for an update. Tonight was Huron's "Riverfest" with rides, games, food, live bands, and fireworks down at the boat basin. I went down and checked it out for about an hour or so and the band was pretty good but I decided not to stay for the fireworks. It was your basic carnival/fair with a beer tent, elephant ears and french fries.

This week at work was a bit busy. I have a new boss as of this past Monday as my last boss took another position. New boss doesn't quite have the hang of things yet and understandably so but it just makes life for the other employees a little tougher. The fact that I came back from vacation this week did NOT help matters at all but hey, it's Friday now and the weekend is here. Cheers for having the next two days off. The good part about being back in Ohio and back to work is that I'm back in my normal routine. I like that. The YMCA missed me.

I enjoyed my time in Florida/Georgia a lot. I enjoyed Amy and Brian's wedding and the short stay in Orlando. I hope those of you who witnessed my air guitar solo enjoyed it. I'm pretty positive I hit every note perfectly. I also have to comment on the chicken I had for dinner at the reception. It was delicious. It was cool to see Grandpa Cook out there dancing at 91. What a trooper. I also would like to take time now to apologize to the girl who asked me to dance as I do not remember your name. I'm 72% positive your name was Pam. I know you won't be reading this but I'm sorry anyway. The morning after it was onward to Georgia. I must say it's nice to not wake up to an alarm and when you do wake up you don't have to go anywhere or do anything (except watch Price Is Right and fish). I plan on doing a lot more of that since I bought a lottery ticket tonight and will be retiring very soon. Riiiiiight. I bought a scratch-off ticket tonight too and was one number away from winning $500 dollars but I came away with nothing except 2 less dollars in my pocket. Such is life.

On the road trip home from Georgia, we decided we'd discover our redneck side a bit. Not only did we listen to country music for about 9 or 10 hours but we also stayed at a Super 8 motel in Kentucky, watched almost an entire NASCAR race while mom drank wine out of a plastic hotel cup, and stayed across the hall from what appeared to be a dirty looking trucker man and his trusty bassett hound (straight out of Smokey and the Bandit). Oh good times. We did however have a nice dinner at the Red Lobster across the street from the motel which doesn't quite fit into previously mentioned redneck activities but we had to find a little bit of balance somewhere.

So what can we possibly do to follow up a day like that? If you guessed: Hit up the free breakfast in the motel lobby and head straight for a flea market you are correct my friend. That is exactly what we did. Dad totally called his shot the night before we hit up the flea market. "I'm looking for an air conditioning gauge, it's got 3 different colored tubes coming out of it." So after being there for almost 2 hours, Mom and I find each other and figured we were done so we find Dad who comes strolling up with none other than: The exact item he set out looking for. Probably the only one in the whole flea market and he got it. I myself walked away with 2 golf clubs and then we were back on the road.

We made a stop in Findlay, Ohio to buy chocolate and ice cream from Dietsch's (not sure on the spelling). They do quite a business for being a small little shop. After that we headed on home to Michigan and unloaded all our stuff. That's when it really sets in that you have to go back to work the next day. Oh well, I will be looking forward to next month when I head out to California for a couple days. I'll leave my air guitar at home though, I don't think the west coast is ready for that.

What's a blog without a little sports action? The 78th MLB All-Star game
was played on Tuesday night and once again the American League won. That's like 9 or 10 years in a row now. I mean I always root for the American league but it's getting a little ridiculous now. In basketball news, the Detroit Pistons reached an agreement with Chauncey Billups so it appears he'll be around for another 5 years. Yahoo.

I think that's all for now, if anyone wants to come down and ride rollercoasters this weekend let me know. Have a great weekend!