Had a really nice weekend. Friday night I went over to Boychuk’s(1) place for a couple drinks thinking I might take in the Dutiume(2) social that was to follow. Then I found out it wasn’t at G-Wood. Shireen(3) was at Mark’s place when I got there so it was major deja-vu. Nice to catch up though. We watched a bit of grade 11 Spirit Week and then they went to the social and I came home to pick up Shan.
From there we went to “Coyotes” for the Puncher’s birthday. I seemed to know a lot of people there this time so it was good times. I even saw Matt from work who I have been talking about having a beer with for quite some time. He was much more drunk than I so he may not even remember me being there. Once we caught up to the Puncher I noticed she was hardly even drunk and remembered the wedding we went to a few weeks back where on wine cooler got the best of her. Poor little thing prolly only weighs a buck-o-five and can’t handle her booze. So we found Bry and Al and made our way over to perkins for the best meal in Canada.(4) No better way to top off the night.
Saturday I did my chores while Shan was at work and then Al and I went to the Forks for Frozen Yogurt!(5) We saw this amazing balloon animal maker guy. This guy was so good that we stood there and watched him rifle off all kinds of cool things from Spider-Man to wacky balloon hats. He was great with the kiddies too and had all these funny interactive tricks. Check out his website here.
Saturday night and and I BBQ’d a couple steaks for dinner and then Shawn(6) and Lisa came over to play a round of “Chicken Foot”. I have been wanting to hang out with Shawn and Lisa since they have been back but we have both had some crazy schedules. It was a nice relaxing night with good friends and good laughs.
Sunday was a write off. Shan went to work and since all the dishes were done I stayed in my PJ’s all day and watched the “WB Superstar” Marathon on TV. If you are not aware of this program it is a lot like “Canadian/American Idol” except they are looking for the worst singers in America who think they are the bomb. It is quite sad really but I couldn’t help but watch.
(1) – Mark Boychuk (Boych) was a good friend to me in our OG (original Glenwood) days. He did well with the ladies almost to a fault. He used to have one of those motocross style bikes with shocks when we all had the BMX style. He rode the shit out of this thing in the best way possible and I can picture him always bouncing around on that thing. We played G-Wood ball together and it was the ball to me at shortstop and out to him at first base. In Grade 10-11 him and I made the infamous Spirit Week Videos that are still circulating somewhere out there.
(2) – Todd Dutiume was always solid to me growing up. A little bit older, a great athlete, and I looked up to him. Went off to play hockey in Europe, got married, had some kids, and I think he lost his wife to illness or something. I remember reading about it and feeling so bad for him. Bad things really do happen to good people and I hope he is out there slaying it right now. He deserves the best in life in my opinion.
(3) – Shireen Douma was a legend back in the day. Hottest girl in school status and still one of the nicest people you will ever meet. None of this mean girl shit.
(4) – Patty Melt Spicey Fries please.
(5) – It’s not like I was feeding it to him.
(6) – Shawn Buchanan, who I loved hanging out with and haven’t seen in a long time. I remember the Star Wars sheets in his car and hitting him hard in the nards with a slap shot playing street hockey. One of the funniest guys I ever met.