Ok .. lucky for whoever, I don't have a lot of time right now .. I just got home a while ago and I have laundry and chores to do before calling it a night!!
Here's a recap of the weekend ...
I left work at 4 on Friday, ran home to let the kids out, then Becky, Jen, Chris, and I headed to Cincy for the evening (my sisters and step brother). We went to see Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, and Against All Authority.
Ok .. let me rephrase that ... my baby sister, as always, got completely shitfaced and, as always, forced us to conform our night to babysitting her. Needless to say, we only saw Streetlight Manifesto and Less Than Jake before packing a passed out drunk girl 2 blocks to the car.
Chris had his first experience being around a drunk person, because he's not necessarily young, but his father is a big guy in OVW wrestling, so Chris hangs out with them all the time and he's a pretty good guy in general. I think after Friday night he'll never drink because he was pretty traumatized. So .. he's a good size guy, he's about 6'4"-ish and manages to pack Jen about a block - block and a half. Since dead weight is MUCH worse than someone being conscious, me and him both packed her the rest of the way to the car.
Then, there was the ride home, which I'm not getting into, but needless to say my sister Becky was very upset about the whole experience.
Has their been an apology call since Friday night? Of course not. My sister Jen is one of the most self-centered, self involved people out there, and like my father, the word sorry, or any admission of guilt does not exist in her vocabulary. But, since she makes this a habit, after ruining the night for us this is not something that is going to just go away.
As you can tell I'm pretty sick of her doing that .. it's basically been going on for years now and she does this expecting other people to bail her out .. with their never being an apology the next day.
Anyway ... so we went to the Kentucky State Fair the next day. It was Becky, my Niece, Paula, Darren, their kids, Heather, Charlie, and their son. So .. while Paula takes photos as well, it's only when we're out and not when it's a family gathering. So while I packed the cameras around, they were barely used.
I think we were there from about 1pm - 8:30pm, because we HAD to be at GameStop before 9pm when they closed. My sister gave my niece $10 to spend on games (in addition to rides) so she'd no ahead of time that she was not allowed to just spend an obscene amound of money at the fair. My niece realized that instead of games she could use that money and get a game for her GBA, and so that's what she did. Smart kid.
Yea, real smart kid, she also conned me into buying Harvest Moon DS, which I haven't played much as it's just not catching my interest. But, I bought Animal Crossing and Rayman DS (which is OK but it was real cheap) the other day and i'm currently obsessed with Animal Crossing.
On that note, a quick detour ... I'm starting to SUCK with the DS and the Wii .. I'm playing the darn things all the time!! Now my friend Lele is getting a DS and so she's going to try and match some of my games so that we can play each other! She lives in Seattle so it will be fun to play with her on the DS since she's so far away.
Ok .. so today I went out to take photos .. I was all over Louisville today, from the far West End, to downtown, to the Southern part, then NorthEastern and to the East .. I wish I would have kept track of how many miles I drove!
So, I ran into someone while at the Nature Center who gave me great tips on good places to go to. With two of them being in Louisville, I went to them today... Wow .. I was amazed!! I now have new great spots to go to!!
In addition, while in these new spots I ended up meeting a guy that is apparently a future date. He seemed really cool and easy to get along with, but while I don't doubt people off the bat, I try no to think much past things I don't know about a person. So I guess I'll be hanging out with him this week or weekend and I'm curious how that goes. He walked with me for a while when I was taking pictures and so that's a good thing because he was pretty interested in general even though he lacked the camera in hand.
Well, that's all their is to report .. I have laundry to tend to.
On a side note, I'll be working some OT this week and in addition .. I'm back in school as of Monday ... AAAAAAWWWW!!! If I take 2 classes a semester I should be done with my Master's degree come the end of summer. While it's not required at my job, I'm going back for two reasons, (1) I've already invested in it so why not finish it, and (2) the career opportunities at my current employer are faster / better just by having that extra degree.
So it's final I guess ... sadly .. :o(
Here's a recap of the weekend ...
I left work at 4 on Friday, ran home to let the kids out, then Becky, Jen, Chris, and I headed to Cincy for the evening (my sisters and step brother). We went to see Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, and Against All Authority.
Ok .. let me rephrase that ... my baby sister, as always, got completely shitfaced and, as always, forced us to conform our night to babysitting her. Needless to say, we only saw Streetlight Manifesto and Less Than Jake before packing a passed out drunk girl 2 blocks to the car.
Chris had his first experience being around a drunk person, because he's not necessarily young, but his father is a big guy in OVW wrestling, so Chris hangs out with them all the time and he's a pretty good guy in general. I think after Friday night he'll never drink because he was pretty traumatized. So .. he's a good size guy, he's about 6'4"-ish and manages to pack Jen about a block - block and a half. Since dead weight is MUCH worse than someone being conscious, me and him both packed her the rest of the way to the car.
Then, there was the ride home, which I'm not getting into, but needless to say my sister Becky was very upset about the whole experience.
Has their been an apology call since Friday night? Of course not. My sister Jen is one of the most self-centered, self involved people out there, and like my father, the word sorry, or any admission of guilt does not exist in her vocabulary. But, since she makes this a habit, after ruining the night for us this is not something that is going to just go away.
As you can tell I'm pretty sick of her doing that .. it's basically been going on for years now and she does this expecting other people to bail her out .. with their never being an apology the next day.
Anyway ... so we went to the Kentucky State Fair the next day. It was Becky, my Niece, Paula, Darren, their kids, Heather, Charlie, and their son. So .. while Paula takes photos as well, it's only when we're out and not when it's a family gathering. So while I packed the cameras around, they were barely used.
I think we were there from about 1pm - 8:30pm, because we HAD to be at GameStop before 9pm when they closed. My sister gave my niece $10 to spend on games (in addition to rides) so she'd no ahead of time that she was not allowed to just spend an obscene amound of money at the fair. My niece realized that instead of games she could use that money and get a game for her GBA, and so that's what she did. Smart kid.
Yea, real smart kid, she also conned me into buying Harvest Moon DS, which I haven't played much as it's just not catching my interest. But, I bought Animal Crossing and Rayman DS (which is OK but it was real cheap) the other day and i'm currently obsessed with Animal Crossing.
On that note, a quick detour ... I'm starting to SUCK with the DS and the Wii .. I'm playing the darn things all the time!! Now my friend Lele is getting a DS and so she's going to try and match some of my games so that we can play each other! She lives in Seattle so it will be fun to play with her on the DS since she's so far away.
Ok .. so today I went out to take photos .. I was all over Louisville today, from the far West End, to downtown, to the Southern part, then NorthEastern and to the East .. I wish I would have kept track of how many miles I drove!
So, I ran into someone while at the Nature Center who gave me great tips on good places to go to. With two of them being in Louisville, I went to them today... Wow .. I was amazed!! I now have new great spots to go to!!
In addition, while in these new spots I ended up meeting a guy that is apparently a future date. He seemed really cool and easy to get along with, but while I don't doubt people off the bat, I try no to think much past things I don't know about a person. So I guess I'll be hanging out with him this week or weekend and I'm curious how that goes. He walked with me for a while when I was taking pictures and so that's a good thing because he was pretty interested in general even though he lacked the camera in hand.
Well, that's all their is to report .. I have laundry to tend to.
On a side note, I'll be working some OT this week and in addition .. I'm back in school as of Monday ... AAAAAAWWWW!!! If I take 2 classes a semester I should be done with my Master's degree come the end of summer. While it's not required at my job, I'm going back for two reasons, (1) I've already invested in it so why not finish it, and (2) the career opportunities at my current employer are faster / better just by having that extra degree.
So it's final I guess ... sadly .. :o(
