Another Book-Sized Post About Another Great Weekend

I must admit that I'd been looking forward to another long weekend with Teri ever since Memorial Day weekend, and I finally got to have another one with her. It was nice to start the weekend off by both of us getting to leave work early on Thursday so we could get our exercising out of the way to see each other sooner. Since Teri had been wanting to see The Karate Kid for a while and since we both were craving General Tzo's chicken, we spent the evening at her place and watched/ate those things. The Karate Kid was delicious, though chinese food is super boring to look at; it just sits there and does nothing. Maybe we should try it the other way next time. When I was laying on the floor after the movie, Sparky enjoyed sitting on my chest. I think that Teri enjoyed him doing that more than he did though. It's super cute when Teri gets caught up in enjoying things. I really like that.

On Friday morning I met up with Teri and her parents (she stayed at their place Thursday night) for the Upper Arlington July 4th parade. The weather was considerate enough to not be raining too hard at the beginning of the parade and to actually stop raining entirely for most of the rest of it. I think you'll agree from the picture that Teri is indeed teh hawt!! Am I lucky or what? After returning to her parents' hacienda for lunch/scrabble/trivial pursuit, the rain picked back up considerably, and it was nice to be inside.


We then took Sparky back to Teri's place and hung out for a bit before meeting up with Team Kautz for cheese and crackers before heading out on a fireworks excursion to the Park of Roses. Darren had picked up a delicious Spanish blue cheese (because, well, Darren likes Spaniards), and I put a tiny bit on a club cracker for Teri to try. She really didn't like the cheese at all, but I don't care about that. I guess I didn't really expect her to like it anyway. I was super impressed with her for trying it though (she's way braggable). When we got to the park, we just made our best guess for a spot that didn't require a ton of walking and that was open because we didn't know where the pyrotechnics would be set off. We chose poorly and could really only see the higher fireworks. It was a classic rookie mistake, but we know better for next time. Lesson learned. At least we got to see some fireworks. How could you possibly ask if I'd rather be somewhere else Teri? That didn't even make sense to me.

Saturday we got our respective exercising and chores out of the way and Teri and Sparky came over to the house. This was Sparky's first visit to Casa de Hudson, so we took him for a walk before letting him explore inside so that his bowels would be empty and he could get as excited as he wanted. That was a good plan on Teri's part (again, she's pretty braggable), because get excited he did exploring the place. I don't think his tail slowed below what could be best described as a breakneck wagging pace. It was also fun to see him slide around unable to gain traction on the floors downstairs. There was some shopping and errand running in the afternoon before Teri and I rented Batman Returns (so we can be prepared for the next one to come out in a couple weeks) and picked up a sausage pizza and salad from Donato's (don't read that part Melissa, you'll just get jealous). It was such a nice relaxing day hanging out at the house. We should do that more often...like every day forever.

Sunday we went to Teri's church and I met a couple guys afterward from the local VW club. Not only was Teri not anti-social like one of the ladies, but she participated in the conversation with excitement and enthusiasm (do you see how braggable she is?). There is absolutely no doubt that I was by far the luckiest guy participating in that conversation. It wasn't even close. Then after lunch with her parents we went swimming for a bit. It was nice and relaxing. After that Teri took me to ride go-karts (golf carts?) (I really can't brag enough about how amazing she is...for reals). I should probably write that again for added emphasis. Teri took me to go ride go-karts. Then we got cleaned up and ready for Frontporch (whatever that is), and despite my best efforts to ruin the day, Teri reminded me yet again how amazing she really is and how much I need to quit being such an ass. She deserves so much better than that. After Frontporch was over, I set up her digital/analog converter box so she'll be all set February 17th, 2009 for the continued TV viewing, though she should only really have to worry about that for a few months. No Sparky, the remote is not your new toy. Neither are the cables.

Now I'm back at work inundated with the suck that is Titanic Pulbications. It's quite the stark contrast to the past few days. Thank you for such an utterly amazing weekend Teri. Nobody anywhere had a better holiday weekend than I did. If you think differently, you clearly haven't been paying attention. Teri, I miss you already. Is it Labor Day weekend yet? Why not?