Call it what you will, but I've not worked for a full week. It doesn't seem like it because I've been twice as busy since I've been out. Good thing it started off on a holiday weekend.The Independence Day weekend was fantastic. I had lots to do and got to see a lot of people.
Thursday July 1, brought a new tattoo courtesy of Naomi Fuller at Thrill Vulture Tattoo. I got the date of my wedding anniversary inked on my ring finger, so my ring can't ever be taken away from me. It's that important.
Friday July 2, a big group of my friends got together at Bob's Bar in Clintonville. There were friends from the library, skateboarding friends, and old friends from back when I moved to Columbus. It was a really good time and I got to see some old faces that I hadn't seen in years. We closed the place down and didn't get home until 3:00am. Special shout-out to my homeboy Tim for taking one for the team and being the evening's designated driver.
Saturday July 3 found me doing the following: got up and walked 4 miles because I wasn't too hung over, too Miranda to All-Start softball practice, went to Plain City for lunch, went to the zoo, went and saw the movie "Kick-Ass." We even got an unexpected fireworks display by just stepping out into the back yard. Apparently, we can watch the Dublin fireworks without even leaving home. You'd think that I'd know that after living here almost seven years.
Sunday July 4 was an Independence Day spectacular. We woke up and went to the NCIL All-Star Game Pot Luck breakfast. The NCIL Girls Senior softball league hosts a pot luck on Independence day before the All-Star game. It's a good opportunity for the girls and parents from all of the teams to have a chance to get together and mingle. Miranda has been elected to represent the Athletics two years running by her peers. Unfortunately the Blue team fell to the Red team by one run in the bottom half of the last inning. On a brighter note, Miranda played one of the best games that she's played. She fielded and hit great. I was really proud of her. My parents and sister came to Columbus to watch the game too. Afterwards we went over to my mother-in-law's house for lunch. We came home after lunch and rested. For Independence Day fireworks, we went to see the Worthington fireworks which has become somewhat of a tradition in our house. The evening ended with Miranda being angry at me because I wouldn't let her use her cell phone while we were there. If you want to know the REAL reason she was angry, you'll have to ask her.
The next few days found me doing thing but not quite as busy. Monday evening I was honored to be able to chaperone a group of Worthington Library's finest librarians to see the vampire movie. I here it's the first time that a male has been privileged to witness the bookworm response to the cinematic rendition of a teenage boy without his shirt. I didn't realize that was such a huge event. Tuesday I had another biopsy performed, because not enough material was extracted the first time. I pretty much fatbacked around the house all day but I did get to see one of Miranda's classmates play baseball for his travel team in the evening and met Tim and Dan for dinner. Dan broke down Boston for us so we didn't waste time there. Other than that, we're just prepping for the Great Bukkit Tour of 2010. Coming soon to the East Coast.
