As written in my AIM profile:

What is it with guys and slapping each others’ butts during sports events to say “good game?” I mean, so okay. I watched as Todd and Joshua tried their darndest to tell Abe “good game.” But Abe was having none of it. In fact, Abe went as far to slap his own butt several times so that everyone could know that he indeed, played a good game. Of volleyball, that is.

Tonight was another Volleyball/Ultimate Frisbee Monday for the crowd. There was a HUGE turnout this week, which was awesome. I showed up late, just in time for the mosquitoes to come out. I wasn’t sure I was going to go, but my presence had been requested by Joshua, and I figured I’d better not let him down. Besides, he told me that my presence was a blessing. How could I resist that??

Anyway, Aidan and I sat on the blanket and watched them play. As if I was going to join in. Those people are hard core. ha ha! Then a few of the frisbee players got done and people started to head to Dairy Queen, or Dizzle Quizzle, as Matt (not to be confused with Mr. Matt who sometimes comments here) likes to call it. So, I packed up Aidan and collected Ruthie and we went. I ran over a curb and scared poor Ruthie. Aidan thought it was funny.

My favorite quote of the night came from non other than Mr. Matt. To set the story up, the invite that went out regarding tonight’s events said “Your Invited” instead of the correct “You’re Invited.” Christen, who is from Germany, was wondering why we were discussing it. We were explaining to her the difference in the forms of that particular homonym. (Homophone? Whatever. I get them all mixed up.) And to put it bluntly, Mr. Matt explained the difference as: “Your machete. You’re going to die.” Sweet.

And yeah, the butt slapping thing. Why do guys do that? And I didn’t realize there was ETIQUETTE involved. Todd and I determined that it’s probably best not to rub and go “Heyyyyyyy, good game.” But it would be pretty funny if it happened, heehee.

Okay, I’m a dork, and I need to go to bed. G’night! 🙂

Had some good times this evening. 🙂 We drove up to Craig’s parents’ place for a party. There was a pool, a hot tub, a playground and tons of toys for Aidan, and FOOD. We had fun. It ended up being me, Chris, Craig, his sister Alissa, the dog Ali, Aidan (heehee), David, and Shuree. I’d never met Shuree before, but I’d heard a lot about her. I like her a lot. I liked Alissa as well.

One day, I MUST own a hot tub. WOW. I mean, WOW. It was simply heavenly. Seriously heavenly.

And now I’m tired, so I’m going to shower and go to bed. Night. 🙂

I had dinner at Katie’s (live4himalways) tonight. It was so much fun. Just girls. Me, Katie, and her mom. Well, Aidan too. He’s not a girl, but he’s a baby, sort of. ANYWAY. Katie’s mom is an EXCELLENT cook. I mean WOW. Dinner was so yummy. We had beef and noodles and yummy sour dough biscuits. I’d been looking forward to it all day–the good food and the time with Katie and her mom.

Guess what? I played a chord on the guitar. YES! I played a D. A GOOD D! And I played 2 notes on Katie’s flute, but I don’t know which ones they were. When I was leaving, Katie’s mom said “Katie loves you, and I can see why.” 🙂

So, Katie and her mom warned me of the painful sacrifices I’m going to have to make to learn guitar. I hope I can hang when it gets really tough. The chords sound like the easy part. It’s the callous development that I’m scared of. Eep.

Tomorrow, I get to hang out with Emily (yoimemily). Should be some good times. Especially if we go to Maggie Moo’s. 🙂 I’m looking forward to spending time with her. It’s been too long since I’ve seen her!