Dinner

Yesterday we went to the shooting range and had ourselves a grand old time firing round after round of ammunition into paper targets downrange from us.  It was one of those moments where you realize it was completely unnecessary but it was fun and the people around us were fun to laugh at.  We took two people who had never fired a weapon before so watching them shoot anything for the first time was kind of a riot.  After that, we started inviting people over for dinner and quickly realized we may have gone too big too fast.

There were 15 people who ended up taking us up on our invitation and headed our way yesterday evening.  I decided at around five that I needed to go to Sam’s because there was no way for me to feed that many people with the slim pickings that were available in the house.  We made a quick trip over there while I was on the phone trying to get some good recipes that would feed a lot of people quickly.

All the running around was worth it and made for a lot of fun with a lot of people.  After dinner we all sat down and played some Catchphrase.  Hearing some attempts at trying to get a disparate group of people to say some of the phrases was incredibly humorous and we were all laughing by the end no matter if you were on the losing or winning team.

I found out my car won’t be ready this weekend as was the original plan, so I had to change my plane ticket.  Thankfully the new date works out just as well and makes for a fun weekend with some people I know.  I won’t be sad to get my car back though.  It’s been over a month and the work seems to be going kind of slowly.  My mom says that what happens in small towns like the one my car is currently residing in.

Volleyball has been going really well.  I have to go sometime to pick up some knee pads for the games because hitting the gym floor with your bare knees is a great way to end up with no skin on your knees and blood all over the floor (neither of which is condoned or encouraged by the gym).

We’ve been dog/house sitting this past week.  I’ve been sleeping on the couch and the dog we are sitting sleeps with me.  There is an L shaped couch and I start on the long side and Vader (the bull terrier) starts on the short side.  By the time I wake up, he has shoved himself beside me and is starting to nearly push me off.  As a bull terrier, he is really solidly built and compact, so there isn’t a lot you can do just by shoving; you have to pick him up and put him somewhere else to move him.