A wild and wooly weekend, it was. With wetness and warmth and, uh, white people, and, uh, whimsy. Ha HA! W.
The completion of my 28th year was rife with enjoyment, starting with a hockey game on Friday. Brian managed to hook me up with a couple tickets to see the Philadelphia Phantoms play the Hershey Bears, so I picked up my father (aka Grumps) and we drove up to the Spectrum, where we took advantage of reserve parking and headed inside to drink beer.
The game was superb; the Phantoms started out down 3-1, but recovered to tie the game at 4 in the third period and send it to overtime. The overtime period was uneventful, but then the Phantoms won in the shootout. It was freakin’ sweet. As an added bonus, because of the overtime, the Sixers game going on across the parking lot in the Wachovia Center ended before the hockey game did, so when we finally got out of there the traffic wasn’t bad at all. We got out in about 3 minutes.
The only downside was that the game was very well attended, so it was hard to upgrade one’s seats. My dad and I started out in pretty good seats, but we had a railing in our view and a couple of jerk Bears fans sitting behind us, so we moved over. We were there about 90 seconds before people arrived and took their seats back. So we moved, and then the same thing happened again. Finally we said screw it and went to get some more beer.
Saturday I slept in, and helped HW clean the house for the party that evening. HW overworked herself and threw out her back, but the party ended up being a hit anyway. I got Dance Dance Revolution for my birthday, so we played that while drinking. It was very, very hard. At about midnight, I decided it would be a good idea to watch “Ocean’s 12,” and managed to stay awake for the whole thing, but was far too inebriated to understand it.
Sunday morning we skipped church, and God punished us by having our upstairs toilet start leaking water all over the bathroom. Totally rad. I took it apart and discovered some of the seals were pretty worn, but we had been planning to go to Home Depot anyway to get some paint and other stuff. I grabbed the necessary bolts and seals. Then we went to my parents for Turkey Lurkey Murkey and cheesecake and presents, and then home. I repaired the toilet, watched 24, and passed out.
Today I’m going back to work. I’m so thrilled.
