while working friday night, i was pulled over by a policeman and given a ticket for having expired plates (by a month and a half). i was completely unaware as to when my plates were do to be re-registered as i've not received the little card that comes in the mail each year. ben said he's not seen it in the mail either. i was upset at having been given a ticket for the offense. grrr... it was a late night and i arrived home a little before 1am. i went straight to bed.
saturday, i awoke with a ton of things i was anxious to do, but was having difficulty at choosing which things to do, and consequently, which things i wouldn't get to do. grace chapel was having a pancacke feed as a part of the missions conference they were holding. i was not going to miss pancakes. a few people spoke about the missions trips they'd either been on or were planning, a video was shown, and there was a raffle. tickets to the nebraska football spring game were prizes, and there was a nebraska t-shirt to be won, and even a mystery envelope. turns out the mystery envelope had a dollar bill in it. lol! i won the t-shirt and was really excited as i was eyeing it more than the other prizes.
tanya, pastor mike's wife, approached me and asked if i would drive her, mike, and the kids to the spring game as they had tickets and really wanted to go. i was stoked to be able to help them out. so i dropped them off and awaited their call to return for the pick up. meanwhile, jake was unexpectedly in town and i hung out with him because i'd neither seen him nor hung out with him for awhile. so i took detailing the car off the list of things i'd be doing that day. jake and i explored some drainage tunnels around town. it was a blast! we also followed a creek in town and enjoyed the nice weather. jake was looking for fish and crawdads. i was very happy just taking everything in and exploring. there were minnows in the water, but no bigger fish. we did see some ducks. they flew off before i was able to take a photo of them. a little past where the ducks were, i discovered an old, beat up bicycle stuck in the bank. i had to further investigate. someone had taken a lot of time to beat up this bike. wow! it was mangled - too mangled to be salvaged. i loosened it from the bank and gave it a proper burial at sea. jake and i then headed back. we had some ice cream at dairy queen and each remarked how boring the inside of that dairy queen was. the ice cream was amazing as dairy queen's always is. it was a nice treat. when we finished, we made our way back to grace chapel where jake's car was. on the way, mike hsu called and said the fam was awaiting pick up.
here are some pics of the creek.
after saying goodbye to jake, getting the hsu family, and returning to my home, i played a game of chess online and got slaughtered. becca then called and was on her way over. we were going to grill out. we went to the store and picked up supplies ie: buns, salad makings, cheese, etc. our meal consisted of morningstar burgers, baked beans, potato salad (yuck!), cole slaw, and spinach salad. we were then pretty stuffed and we watched a few episodes of arrested developement. as we finished them up, ben, josh, micah, josh, lisa, elijah, loren, and jay showed up. i was not expecting such a crowd. they all came over to play poker. someone who had gotten out in poker had turned on the playstation and there began somewhat of a street fighter II tournament. i grew up playing that game as a kid and so, went undefeated for a good stretch of time. i took myself away from the crowd and called sarah. we chatted for a bit. people were then beginning to leave. and it turns out becca won at the poker game.
i worked on sunday. the weather was so nice! tips were really good and i was thankful for them. i was able to leave early too. i arrived home and changed clothes and ate a little bit. then it was off to kopeli's for game night. we were playing phase 10. since we got started late, i had to leave before the game ended to meet up with some people at 80's night. lots of my friends were there and it was a good time. but it was really hot and everyone was sweating. becca came over to 80's night which was unexpected. her and i left a little early and headed over to jimmy john's. she ordered a sandwhich and her and i talked a bit. then i left to go home. i checked my mobile and saw that my manager had called. she was also at 80's night. i called her back and discovered she needed a ride home. upon reaching where she was, i discovered that two of her friends also needed rides home. it was no trouble at all and i happily played taxi. i arrived home tired and slept really well.
oh, and i discovered this weekend that amelia likes paper grocery bags too.
cheers!
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