I Am The Messenger

This weekend was pretty busy or at least it felt busy. I’ll start with Friday I suppose. After a busy day of work, I stopped by the lisencing office and got a new drivers lisence. That was good. I then went over to Borders after picking Megan up and got some money back on a book I recently bought with a coupon I got in my email. Saving 25% is good. Megan and I hung out the rest of the night, and after she went to bed, I went downstairs in our house and hung out with Grant and Rachel until about 2:30am. I didn’t know it was 2:30am cause Rachel had a broken clock in her living room that says it’s 11:35 all the time. 

On Saturday I woke up at about 10:30am. I rolled out of bed and called my parents. I had wanted to be out of the house by 10am to head up to Snoqualmie falls with them and Megan, but by 10am I was still stuck in a bad dream in which I had to pee really badly. The reality of the situation was that I really did have to pee so badly that my bladder, in an effort to survive explosion from overflow, decided to become the forefront of my dream subject matter. This also happened a couple of nights beforehand. Anyways, I started to get ready to leave. We didn’t make it out of the house until after 11:45. When we had made it to Division ave. I realized that wearing long pants was going to be a bad decision. So, we turned around and I changed. So, we actually didn’t leave the house till a little after 12pm. About 15 minutes out my dad called to see where the heck we were. We arrived at the parents house at about 12:30 and proceeded to Auburn where we ate at Jackpot Teriyaki. A family friend owns the resteraunt, and it was the first time I had eaten there. It was very tasty. There was a friendly old guy there with very hiked up pants, suspenders, and a white mustache. He had on a hat that said “Jesus is my boss”. He seemed like one of those guys you could have a long conversation with, even though you didn’t know who the heck he was.

After lunch we made it to Snoqualmie falls. It was a very nice day, so it was really crowded. We decided to do the 1/2 mile hike down to the observation area at ground level. Megan alluded to hearing an ambulance siren echoeing throughout the woods “kind of takes the feeling away from being outdoors and away from it all.” I added “not too mention the hundreds of people on this overcrowded trail.

Snoqualmie falls was fun, and as I learned from Megan, Snoqalmie fall is actually higher than Niagra Falls. It’s just not as cool, especially since Superman had never saved a kid at Snoqualmie falls as he had at Niagra.

Sunday was supposed to be my brother and his friends 6th annual softball game, but it got rained out. We hung out at his place anyways which was cool and had a BBQ. My parents were there too. Afterwards, Megan and I went up to Lynnwood and had dinner with her sister and her husband Aaron. Kathy is due to have a baby in a few days, so it was cool to see them pre-baby one more time. Then we watched the closing ceremonies for the Olympics. I have to admit that this years Olympics were one of the best I had ever watched. The venues that China built this year were all amazing looking. We bought a new antenna for our t.v., so on Saturday night I couldn’t stop watching the games. I stayed up until 3am watching ping pong.

Anyways, it was a good weekend.

I am now twenty seven. I have officially reached the twilight of my days.

My birthday was on the 16th. Megan and I had people over where we played games, ate pizza and cupcakes, and talked. It was a lot of fun. Later on in the evening we went to Parkland Putters and mini-golfed. If you have never been to Parkland Putters before, then you are missing out on a pretty good time. The 18th hole is an uphill shot into a PVC pipe. If you make it into the hole, you get either a trophy or a free 18 hole game. I have never made the shot yet. I did have a perfect putt that fell just short in front of the hole, but it didn’t go in; however a friend of mine, Rachel, did. She better treasure that trophy.

For my birthday, Megan got me a box of Allen and Ginter cards by Topps. Allen and Ginter make art cards featuring basball players and historical/current icons of today. It’s definitely a fun set. My favorite cards include: Joey Chestnut (hot dog eating champion), The Golden Gate Bridge, The Grand Canyon, and a David Wright autographed card.
 
Megan also allowed me to get a new t.v! Now we can actually watch t.v. shows and the Olympics. This can only be good.