Sunshine and Light

The Banquet

We had a very out of character outing this weekend. We went to (gasp) a bar. Ok more specifically, there was an end of the year "banquet" (aka, heavy hors d'oeuvres, awards, retire to a bar), which was a complete blast. Everyone got buzzed, and talked and found out things about each other that you just don't learn sporting helmets and jerseys. We found out the tall, skinny master's racer used to be a bouncer. He was giving me pointers on how to throw a punch since our friend who's into punk rock decided that that night was my first time to throw a punch. (I didn't). We found out that my hubby's joizy friend is moving to Colorado at the end of February. We found out that hubby isn't the only one to quit the road team he was on, and essentially the other people leaving quit for the same reasons. We gave another joizy friend a hard time because he was text messaging his new girlfriend on the way home from the party - about 30 times in half an hour. It was a great time. Hubby was the only one not buzzed and silly, but he still enjoyed the silliness anyway.

We were also lucky to stay with a friend and his family, and really enjoyed seeing them. We were very close to a big park, and Saturday I figured I'd get Fred out for a long walk in the wet/rain. Alas, we were 10 minutes in when I got the call from the bike ride. Three guys went out, and got 6 flats. Can you say unheard of? Each had brought one tube, and a rescue was needed. The good news is that from the park, it was closer to where the guys were. The bad news is I already had a mountain bike and a dog. So we crammed four bikes, four people, a HUGE race bag, and an antsy dog into an Accord with a roof rack for two. Truly an impressive add for Honda. And fun and silly as well.

And now the temperature has officially dropped and we can declare winter back.

posted by MyHusbandRules @ 6:21 AM