Camping, Birthday Parties and an Unexpected Houseguest.
The past week has been crazy. I took a few days off work to go camping with my old Boy Scout troop. However. We ended up having to leave early when half the camp came down with Norovirus. It sure made for a much less relaxing experience than I had planned for but I still had fun for the most part and I did manage to finally catch up on several manga series that I had fallen behind on reading.
Coming back on Friday instead of Saturday should’ve been helpful in having me get ready for throwing Yager a 23rd Birthday party. However, when one partygoer ended up arriving a day early, that extra time was quickly eaten up since I then had set-up for having a houseguest for the weekend (he lives far enough away that I couldn’t just say, “come back tomorrow.”).
At the same time that was happening, I also ended up having a nasty argument with my mother, which was made worse by my being frazzled by trying to throw a party and putting up for an unexpected houseguest. Of course, after a few hours of doing other things, the argument ended in the usual way, with my Dad telling my Mom that she’s lost her sense of perspective and the two of us apologizing, her for blowing everything out of proportion and me for whatever caused the argument in the first place (since the argument was almost certainly about me either forgetting to do something or not doing it the way my Mom wanted me to).
While I was waiting for my Dad to talk sense into my Mom, I ended up at the movie theatre with Scott and Stephen H. watching Knocked Up. It’s a hilarious movie and well worth watching.
The party went well on Sunday. I rented a whole lot of movies and we ended up watching The Prestige and House of Flying Daggers. While I enjoyed both movies (I did like the The Prestige as it was “Wolverine vs. Batman…with MAGIC!”), I had some difficulty watching them because while I enjoy having snarky friends, they really make it difficult to watch movies when they TALK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING!!! I couldn’t even put on subtitles because Scott would then attack whoever had the remote since he hates subtitles, and yet Scott was the main reason why we would put them on in the first place.
The only downside to Sunday was when it turned out my accidental house guest messed up the train schedule and ended up missing the last train of the night. He stayed for another night and I drove him to the train station on my way to work this morning.
So, yeah, eventful week for me. Fun for the most part (except in the obvious places) but not something I hope to repeat anytime soon.
Coming back on Friday instead of Saturday should’ve been helpful in having me get ready for throwing Yager a 23rd Birthday party. However, when one partygoer ended up arriving a day early, that extra time was quickly eaten up since I then had set-up for having a houseguest for the weekend (he lives far enough away that I couldn’t just say, “come back tomorrow.”).
At the same time that was happening, I also ended up having a nasty argument with my mother, which was made worse by my being frazzled by trying to throw a party and putting up for an unexpected houseguest. Of course, after a few hours of doing other things, the argument ended in the usual way, with my Dad telling my Mom that she’s lost her sense of perspective and the two of us apologizing, her for blowing everything out of proportion and me for whatever caused the argument in the first place (since the argument was almost certainly about me either forgetting to do something or not doing it the way my Mom wanted me to).
While I was waiting for my Dad to talk sense into my Mom, I ended up at the movie theatre with Scott and Stephen H. watching Knocked Up. It’s a hilarious movie and well worth watching.
The party went well on Sunday. I rented a whole lot of movies and we ended up watching The Prestige and House of Flying Daggers. While I enjoyed both movies (I did like the The Prestige as it was “Wolverine vs. Batman…with MAGIC!”), I had some difficulty watching them because while I enjoy having snarky friends, they really make it difficult to watch movies when they TALK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING!!! I couldn’t even put on subtitles because Scott would then attack whoever had the remote since he hates subtitles, and yet Scott was the main reason why we would put them on in the first place.
The only downside to Sunday was when it turned out my accidental house guest messed up the train schedule and ended up missing the last train of the night. He stayed for another night and I drove him to the train station on my way to work this morning.
So, yeah, eventful week for me. Fun for the most part (except in the obvious places) but not something I hope to repeat anytime soon.