make glemonade

I used to laugh and laugh as Eric, Pace, John, and Mikey would recap their intramural basketball games. We'd drive home, I'd make dinner, paint a room, and do a reading assignment by the time they finished. Honestly, the recap usually last the length of the game itself. And that is the reason I've put off blogging this summer. It was jam-packed and I fear it may take me as long to analyze play-by-play as it did to actually enjoy it. In April, which was, granted, before I last blogged, we went to Las Vegas with our good friends, Mikey and Melissa. We had a great time, even though it was only a weekend. We hit up Hash House a Go Go, Gold and Silver Pawn (Pawn Stars), saw Cirque de Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio, and spent a night in old town, which we love. I did get spanked with a whip by a girl in a thong when Melissa and I were headed back to meet up with the boys... but I guess I'll put that in the win column, cuz I still got it. We had wanted to go ...

It seems like everyone stops blogging in the summer, and I say good for us! I say good riddance to blogging when it's gorgeous outside. We've got to use the time while we can. However, I can feel school and fall in the air, starting the beginning of last week. It just happened, just like it always does. For E and me, it has been a rather uneventful summer. We have been working our butts off and that's about it. I think it's been difficult for both of us. This may be the first time we feel like we didn't accomplish what we set out to do. But we worked really hard so I guess that is something. We did do a few things: In it to Win It indoor soccer team (DBA In it to Win In-- a misread registration form leading to a name that doesn't make sense on the schedule and our ID cards). Yes, I played on an organized athletic team. Please don't die of shock. And anyways, I resent your surprise, I played volleyball in 7th and 8th grade AND got the MVP award for the JV tea...

Summer goes by so quickly. I thought when I finished school I would finally have time to work out, read, play my guitar... and I do. A little. Here and there. But we have hardly had a night to sit down and do nothing. Here are a few reasons why we've been so busy: I've worked with Eric a few times at The Mug now, and it is a blast! It's been really busy the whole month of July, and Eric is there pretty much everyday. Mom and Kelli came out two weekends ago to visit and we spent most of our Saturday up there. We became aware that "tiger's blood" is a mix of something and coconut. Boo. Everybody loves it so I told Kelli to try it and it was a travesty. How do so many people enjoy coconut?! The hotdogs are delicious and the help are sweet as pie. Another part of being busy is our one night a week bowling league. If you have the means, I highly recommend joining one. Ours is a very casual league, thankfully. We are doing really well, I think our team has only lo...