memorial day weekend

My weekend started early on Thursday with the aforementioned funeral. Friday came along and I took the day off and decided to do some lawn work, which in my terms means, cutting the lawn. Once done, I got an email from a friend looking to do something in the evening. We decided on eating some grub at Chili’s and then catching a flick. We decided on the much anticipated The Day After Tomorrow. Let me tell you what, talk about upset. This movie is full of left wing propaganda. “An environmental whacko global warming fanatical movie” about sums it up. Yuck.

Saturday I woke up a little later than I wanted, since my younger cousin was getting married at 3 and I wanted to get in a good workout first. I felt pretty good, so at the last second I decided to go swimming and then run. After showering up and driving to the church I made it to the wedding with minutes to spare! The wedding went well, and the ceremony was just under a half hour. The minister was a boob, which really doesn’t surprise me any more. I figure 95% of them have to be misled, which is scary because of the implications of false teaching. Anyways, they got married in an old Catholic church, so it was quite beautiful with all the marble and such. The reception followed afterwards at a nice reception hall on the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. The reception was nice, but a little different then I’m used to. No booze. And by no booze, I mean none. No champagne toast, no cash bar – nothing. In hindsight it was ok, but as expected, most of the people left earlier since dancing sober doesn’t interest a lot of people.

Sunday was a great day. Slight rain, overcast, a perfect day for… wheeling!! For the second year, I headed to Dresser WI for the 35th annual 2004 Total Off-Road Rally. One of my coworkers has a ‘79 High Boy with a 6” lift, Dana 44 axles with Detroit lockers, 32” tires, and he loves playing in the woods. This was actually my second time to Dresser and had another great time! The cool thing about this year was when I drove – I didn’t break anything (I broke an axel 2 years ago)!

Monday I got another late start and headed out late to a friends cabin (Jason Meyer). He was in town for the long weekend, so I skipped the second day at Dresser to drive the hour out to the lake. I arrived out around noon and to my surprise his car was gone! I walked in the front door and his mom, Joann says, “NO! You JUST missed him! He left 5 minutes ago!”. I must have passed him on the drive in! Oh well. I ended up sticking around till 4:30 bs’ing with his parents and younger brother. It’s always nice catching up with his family – such a friendly group.

Well, 2 more days and then the weekend begins again!