Another summer starts
If I ever ask myself: Where was I in the summer of 2009? I can come back here and look it up.
I was in Ocean City, Lynchburg, Appomatox, and Richmond. All in about a week and a half.
I drove up to grandma's last Monday with Brad. At the last minute I decided bringing Sully and Mel would be too much going on for grandma. A little low key beach and sun seemed more appealing to me anyway. Besides,... Sully would've been bored without his Xbox and too broke to actually have fun up there. He was kinda hoping he didn't go. lol.
I saw dad the Thursday before all of this. We met up after my middle school match outside Richmond and stayed at Uno's drinking and talking about the usual until the place closed on us at 11. He also gave me the surf fishing poles and, using the dust on the back of his Ford, drew a quick lesson on how to rig the lines.
I talked Brad into going fishing on Wed. An hour and a half after me and Brad got the beach, an old redneck wearing a Harley Davidson vest took his cig out of his mouth and asked, "You catch anything yet?" To which I replied, "Well, we haven't cast yet." After all that time, I had finally rigged both poles and baited one of them. lol.
The guy held out his hand and said "Let me do that for ya." And he did.
Another hour and a half went by. I got through one beer. And three couples walked by us, each time the guy asked, "You catchin anything?"
I caught a little sun, which was fine with me. My back is almost a solid colors now. My legs? Well, that's still another story.
And the next time I want to go to the beach, I'm going straight to Assateague. No hotels, no crowed beach, no civilization except a restroom and a shower station. My kind of beach.
Grandma took us out to dinner to Captain's galley for some crabcakes. And she kinda complained a lot about how we never got up before 11am. She's doin alright though. Not as good as she used to but hell she's 82 now? and she's still doing pretty darn well.
I left for Lynchburg on Saturday, ate a free dinner at rachel's rehersal dinner, followed by Bdubs with the bridal party and her friends from out of town, then spent the night at Wendy's watching Twilight. (Really dumb movie. It kinda upsets me that it's so BIG because it was really quite terrible and predictable.) The wedding was on Sunday night, outdoors, at Glencliff Manor. To spare myself the chore of typing all about it, I'll just say it was pretty awesome. Fancy, but relaxed. They chose a song from Ocean's 11 for the Groom's party walk out, and "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge for the Bridal party walk out. and "Walking on Sunshine" as the newly weds walked down the isle together and the bridal party all danced their way back behind them. I swear, everyone I met was so awesome. It's a shame none of them live in Richmond. In 24 hours I made really good friends with almost the entire bridal party and her friends. lol. Marisa from Canada is my hero!
Monday I drove out to Appomattox to see the trailer Heather and Tyler are movin into. Not too shabby! And about 4pm we all drove over to Heather's parents for a memorial day cook out. We played volleyball for 2 straight hours. I'm pretty sure I tore a muscle in my arm. That ball hurts!
I was in Ocean City, Lynchburg, Appomatox, and Richmond. All in about a week and a half.
I drove up to grandma's last Monday with Brad. At the last minute I decided bringing Sully and Mel would be too much going on for grandma. A little low key beach and sun seemed more appealing to me anyway. Besides,... Sully would've been bored without his Xbox and too broke to actually have fun up there. He was kinda hoping he didn't go. lol.
I saw dad the Thursday before all of this. We met up after my middle school match outside Richmond and stayed at Uno's drinking and talking about the usual until the place closed on us at 11. He also gave me the surf fishing poles and, using the dust on the back of his Ford, drew a quick lesson on how to rig the lines.
I talked Brad into going fishing on Wed. An hour and a half after me and Brad got the beach, an old redneck wearing a Harley Davidson vest took his cig out of his mouth and asked, "You catch anything yet?" To which I replied, "Well, we haven't cast yet." After all that time, I had finally rigged both poles and baited one of them. lol.
The guy held out his hand and said "Let me do that for ya." And he did.
Another hour and a half went by. I got through one beer. And three couples walked by us, each time the guy asked, "You catchin anything?"
I caught a little sun, which was fine with me. My back is almost a solid colors now. My legs? Well, that's still another story.
And the next time I want to go to the beach, I'm going straight to Assateague. No hotels, no crowed beach, no civilization except a restroom and a shower station. My kind of beach.
Grandma took us out to dinner to Captain's galley for some crabcakes. And she kinda complained a lot about how we never got up before 11am. She's doin alright though. Not as good as she used to but hell she's 82 now? and she's still doing pretty darn well.
I left for Lynchburg on Saturday, ate a free dinner at rachel's rehersal dinner, followed by Bdubs with the bridal party and her friends from out of town, then spent the night at Wendy's watching Twilight. (Really dumb movie. It kinda upsets me that it's so BIG because it was really quite terrible and predictable.) The wedding was on Sunday night, outdoors, at Glencliff Manor. To spare myself the chore of typing all about it, I'll just say it was pretty awesome. Fancy, but relaxed. They chose a song from Ocean's 11 for the Groom's party walk out, and "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge for the Bridal party walk out. and "Walking on Sunshine" as the newly weds walked down the isle together and the bridal party all danced their way back behind them. I swear, everyone I met was so awesome. It's a shame none of them live in Richmond. In 24 hours I made really good friends with almost the entire bridal party and her friends. lol. Marisa from Canada is my hero!
Monday I drove out to Appomattox to see the trailer Heather and Tyler are movin into. Not too shabby! And about 4pm we all drove over to Heather's parents for a memorial day cook out. We played volleyball for 2 straight hours. I'm pretty sure I tore a muscle in my arm. That ball hurts!