Getting ready...
I hate waking up early on days that already promise to be long days. I'd planned on waking up at 8:00 this morning, but alas... At 7:00, some "intestinal" promptings forced me out of bed...so here I am.
Today is the day of our church's annual "Pig Out" on the Elk River. Though it sounds like a bunch of rednecks getting together to slaughter some poor animal, it's really just a great time spent with friends...eating ribs, water skiing, listening to music...that sort of thing. No banjos or overalls w'out shirts involved.
I'm supposed to head up there with the setup team at 10:30, and I'll be setting up the sound system. But before I can even do all that, I have to get my kids/myself ready, which, surprisingly, has turned into a long "to-do" list of things I can't forget, since the lake is a full 45 minutes away (and 20 away from anything more than a convenience store).
Oh, well...last year was a blast. This year, it won't be 100+ degrees, either, so it should be even more fun.
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This week was pretty fun overall. Oddly enough, band practice Thursday night was almost an adventure when the A/C malfunctioned in the church building and the room suddenly smelled like fish (literally). Brent remarked it smelled exactly like Captain D's. After a few more minutes (and a distressing strengthening of the odor), everything smelled more like antifreeze. It's hard to concentrate on rehearsal when that happens. That and the random "Exit" sign over one of the doors which suddenly decided to illuminate for the first time in 3 years. Weird.
Went to Ruby Tuesday's afterwards. When the waitress was taking our orders, Brent, who refers to himself as a caveman because of his 'scruffy' appearance and long hair, casually stated, "I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa." Without missing a beat, the waitress replied, "No thanks, I don't have much of an appetite." (If you don't know the significant humor in this conversation, you need to see the Geico caveman commercials). In any event, it made for a riotously funny moment (especially as Jonathan's old age kicked in and started laughing a full 5 seconds after the line was uttered.
Of course, maybe you had to be there... Heh.
Today is the day of our church's annual "Pig Out" on the Elk River. Though it sounds like a bunch of rednecks getting together to slaughter some poor animal, it's really just a great time spent with friends...eating ribs, water skiing, listening to music...that sort of thing. No banjos or overalls w'out shirts involved.
I'm supposed to head up there with the setup team at 10:30, and I'll be setting up the sound system. But before I can even do all that, I have to get my kids/myself ready, which, surprisingly, has turned into a long "to-do" list of things I can't forget, since the lake is a full 45 minutes away (and 20 away from anything more than a convenience store).
Oh, well...last year was a blast. This year, it won't be 100+ degrees, either, so it should be even more fun.
...
This week was pretty fun overall. Oddly enough, band practice Thursday night was almost an adventure when the A/C malfunctioned in the church building and the room suddenly smelled like fish (literally). Brent remarked it smelled exactly like Captain D's. After a few more minutes (and a distressing strengthening of the odor), everything smelled more like antifreeze. It's hard to concentrate on rehearsal when that happens. That and the random "Exit" sign over one of the doors which suddenly decided to illuminate for the first time in 3 years. Weird.
Went to Ruby Tuesday's afterwards. When the waitress was taking our orders, Brent, who refers to himself as a caveman because of his 'scruffy' appearance and long hair, casually stated, "I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa." Without missing a beat, the waitress replied, "No thanks, I don't have much of an appetite." (If you don't know the significant humor in this conversation, you need to see the Geico caveman commercials). In any event, it made for a riotously funny moment (especially as Jonathan's old age kicked in and started laughing a full 5 seconds after the line was uttered.
Of course, maybe you had to be there... Heh.
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