The 1 Day Weekend

This weekend was everything that I thought it would be...busy and tiring (and not in a good way). It started off with a movie with friends (Ben and his fiancé) that I rather enjoyed. “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People” was a delight. Simon Pegg was funny as all get out, but it was Megan Fox in a see through dress (and later in the movie her underwear) that stole the show for me. Ben and Tina later alluded me to the fact that the man in the film, who was British (Ben is also British), was pretty accurate, even their selection of strippers...you know what I’m talking about, Ben! On another funny note, me and the wife ran into my wife’s sister at the theater. She saw us there and asked us if we were stalking her. I responded, “Yes, we invite our friends to go stalking.”

Anyway, the next day (Saturday) was the day that things got crazy. The wife and I woke up at around 9:30 in the morning and were supposed to be on the road to nowhere. Well, we got ready and my sister arrived at our house. It turned out that we didn’t leave Richmond until around noon, which meant that we wouldn’t be getting to nowhere until 3 in the afternoon. It wasn’t a bad trip there, but it wasn’t that fun either. Once we got there, we were forced to sit around and wait for things to happen. We were at my grandmother’s house but we were supposed to stay at my aunt’s house. As we find out, my aunt is out at a charity event for the Altavista fire department and wont be home until late, so me and the wife have to wait and watch the grass grow! HOW BORING!!! Finally at around 7pm, we get so tired of waiting that we just go to her house anyway and risk waiting longer. It turns out that that was a good move because she had just gotten home five minutes before we got there. We watched a couple of movies and then went to bed (that was the most enjoyment that we had all weekend in Gretna/Altavista).

The next morning, after a very uncomfortable sleep, the wife and I woke-up and leisurely got ready for my grandmothers party. We tried to delay our getting there until after it started to avoid getting hooked into doing anything. We succeeded in one way and failed in another. Within three minutes of us arriving at the party, I was asked to take pictures on someone else’s camera, and the wife was asked to lead the party in singing “Happy Birthday.” At least we succeeded in showing up after the party started.

At around 3 pm, the wife and I left the party to go to Powhatan to have dinner with the wife’s family. We arrived at 5:20 perfect time for me to watch the rest of the Cowboys game. We ate dinner, and talked and at around 8 pm we left and headed for home. We didn’t get home from our trip until 9:20. All in all, our weekend kind of melted into a very long road trip. I am looking forward to resting next weekend.