Labor Day Weekend Plus Some

My weekend did a bit of flip flopping. I went from not having plans to having plans to not having plans, back to having plans again. I also entered it with a little less optimism than I would have liked, but it all turned out ok.

I originally didn't have anything going on at all. Then some guys from the job site (one is a late 30's township inspector who rides a cruiser bike and the other is a late 20s Columbian machine operator who rides one of the fastest sport bikes you can buy) asked if I wanted to go for a ride with them Saturday morning, so I did. And it was fun. (Plus a fairly unique mix of company and bikes, hah.) And I figured since I was riding I would just finish by going down to Philly and meeting up with Jeff/Liz/Rob/Joe/Tom for this big Red Bull Flugtag event that was going on in Camden, hangout for the night, and then shoot east to meet my parents in LBI for the rest of the weekend.

Well like I said, the morning motorcycle ride went well, but from there it was all down hill. The ride down to Camden was super windy and not fun on the interstate. Then I made a wrong turn in Camden and ended up in the VERY NOT GOOD area of Camden and freaked out a little bit. But I managed my way back to the event just to find out that there was absolutely no parking left unless I went a mile away and left my bike on a random street, which I was not about to do. Plus the screws that held my muffler on ended up some how coming loose and I just needed to get out of there. So Philly was a bust.

Instead I headed east to my grandparent's house and chatted with them for a bit, which was really nice. I lost interest in going to the beach at that point though (Just haven't been in a beachy mood this summer), so I tightened my muffler and headed home.

So then again I had no plans.

I ended up hanging out with Brett, Alanna and Ozzy and watched Greenberg. I really did not enjoy the movie much at all but had a nice time nonetheless. Walked around downtown Somerville late at night in the cool weather afterwards, which was enjoyable and then headed home.

Sunday brought a really comforting phone call, and a bike ride that ended up being harder than I thought. There were two hills in particular that killed me, and the ride was only 42 miles or so instead of 50 like I had planned, but I was still really happy with what I had done. Maybe next weekend those hills will be a little bit easier.

Then that night I went to Polar Cub with Mike Colonel and Laura and I watched the original Tron movie which was SO COOL and now I'm so excited for the new one to come out in December.

Then I woke up early Sunday, cleaned the whole house to give my Dad a nice coming home welcome from the beach, and also built a mini patio for the grill out of old bricks from the back yard. It felt really good doing real work around the house. It really really really makes me want own/build my own house some day. Then I ended up watching Up In the Air with Laura and Angela last night. MC was supposed to come but ended up having cooler things to do or something. Lame.

So it ended up being a good weekend after all. Then today was MC's birthday so I met up with everyone at the Royal for a bit.

And that's all. Wow, that was a really long post. I hope my life isn't too boring.

I also hope everyone is safe and happy:) And enjoying this beautiful weather.