It’s nice outside so I am going to make this quick…Thurs night went and watched the flames at Bry’s on his new 53. Nice TV. Bry had chips and dips and whatnots and Ponch brought the beer. Still hungry so we ordered up some chicken for the third period and George and Al went for more beer. Left there with a sore tummy and another month away from my speedo.
Friday night I had hockey and then I went to find Shan at an all night Cancer walk-a-thon she was doing at Red River Ex grounds. It was raining after my game so I figured her team (the Bay) might be getting pretty wet if they were not prepared so I brought another rain jacket and some hip waders. There were lots of people and it was dark and raining so it took some time to find them but they were happy to see me and the extra rain jacket so it was worth the trip. It was nice to see Shan with all her buds, especially Tara.(1) Tara seems like the kind of friend who always has your back. I did one lap and then took off home to do some reading for this for this challenge exam(2) I had on Saturday.
After the exam I went and picked up Erin for a little hanging out session. We went out for lunch unch and and then to my parents place to take my mom for some flowers. Mom just got a new planter in the front yard where my dad cut down her tree. I won’t get into that battle but my mom seems excited to get this planter going to liven up the front yard so all the power to her. From there Erin and I came back home to pick up Shan and then we spent the afternoon at the Zoo. Let’s be honest, Winnipeg has the worst Zoo(3) ever but you know what to expect when you go there and make the best of it. They’ve been hyping up these white tigers and yesterday they just looked like all the other lumps of fur clumped over in their phoney habitat. But we had fun.
After taking Erin home Shan and I met Mike, Tara, KK, Jordy and Tim for dinner at JD’s. No JD though because as soon as it gets nice he is at the lake and more importantly in his glory. Mike and Tara whipped up an amazing chicken dinner and then we all watched the big game. It was cool seeing how into the game Jordan was. Once again I found myself envious of Mike and his family. Thinking about sitting around watching a game with “the boy”.(4)
It’s chore day today…
(1) – Tara Kaplik has always been a good friend to Shan. The type of friend who is always there to help.
(2) – In 2004 I did the HTML challenge exam at Red River so that I could put it on my resume.
(3) – I am not sure the Zoo is that much better since 2004 but it has seen much renovation. We have also seen dinosaurs and penguins there, and BOO at the Zoo seems to make it back every year. I think it cost $60 per person last year.
(4) – Sometimes Ashlyn and Lexi watch hockey with me. When I first wrote this it was just 5 years from when Lexi was born and I am so thankful to be a girl dad. Ashlyn said she can’t picture me as a boy dad anyway.