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Monday July 7, 2008 at 12:13pm busy, recovering Comments (10) »

...your ordinary, less-exciting life.

Not that I'm not somewhat glad for the return to normalcy. The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic. In a good way, but hectic none the less.

My parents came in for a visit last wednesday night and hung out here until yesterday afternoon - making this the longest span of time they've ever been able to stay. It was a lot of fun - my parents are great. :-)

I think I got them a little hooked on the Wii. They're *really* good at the bowling game. We also had a lot of fun with Mario Kart together.

My dad also fixed a few things around the house - something he's compelled to do whenever he's here. We spent most of saturday trying to get sheri's car working. We fixed a few problems with it, but found out that it has a more major issue with the oil pressure that we can't do much for. I think i'm gonna have to take it to the shop.

On thursday we went & played golf out at Buffalo Valley. I only played so-so, but it was still lots of fun. I'm hoping I can go out again soon.

On friday (the 4th), we went to Rucht & McKenna's house to hang out and watch the fireworks. We had a terrific view from the top of the hill across from the field they set them off in. Next year i'm bringing my camera.

Oh, and I learned how to make Lemon Cheese Bars from my mom. Yum.

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So... ...after all the preparation and the Oots meetup and then a couple days of complex development at work and then several days of fun with my parents, things are settling down now. We did have a game session last night which was great. It was the first one in 2 and a half months for that group. We're planning to have another game this week as well, but other than that, not much on the calendar.

It's ok, I can use the rest.

~PS

Da llama! says...

Agreed. Rest can be pleasant every so often.

Evil Penguin says...

Your lemon cheese bars tasted like lemon frosting. Mmm.

Zeb The Troll says...

I know what you mean about the rest. Leaving the meetup and going pretty much straight to SD for the wedding and then coming back to do wrap up stuff, we're still looking for a few moments to stop and catch our breath. The honeymoon this coming weekend at a B&B in Pennsylvania will be nice. It's just a quick drive (couple hours) up there so no worries about planes or planning for travel and then two nights of just us enjoying each other's company. Nice.

Penguinsushi says...

Awesome, Zeb. Congrats again. Hope you two are doing well. ~PS

hippie says...

Just to mix up the 'life called ordinary' I'd like to share a piece of news... I PASSED MY LICENSURE EXAM!!!!! Expect a post about it on Friendly Banter as soon as the forums are back up. Celebrations will be announced soon.

Penguinsushi says...

AWESOME! Congrats, hippie! Glad to hear it! ~PS

Evil Penguin says...

WOOOOOOOOOOOT! Congrats, Hippie!

LLama says...

CONGRATS!!! Celebrations are indeed in order!!

Zeb The Troll says...

Nice job, hippie! I knew you had it in ya! *waits for boards to come back up so he can make a congo rats thread for you* *needs someone to do a congo rats smilie for him*

Alarra says...

Yay! Congrats Hippie!

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