Colorado Springs: Chapter Two

So, the 4th of July went well. Then came Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday was spent sleeping in and relaxing. Michael and Alycia were very good hang-out partners while Thayne was at work. In fact, I'm invited back to the Springs around Thanksgiving time. Why? Because the whole group of friends got along with me. Which is unusual - apparently, there's always at least one of the friends who doesn't like someone new. But not me! I'm special... :)

Friday, Thayne and I went out to dinner with Lori and Colleen (Lori is Thayne's Mom). We've always gotten along, so it was really good to see them! Colleen looked great - as she is now the head basketball coach! They were about to head up to Canada (Lake something or other) and have a little log cabin get-away = fishing, eating, sleeping. Rinse, wash, repeat. But I guess up at that lake in particular, you catch your own food. But the food at Zio's was delish!

As was the mini-golf afterwards! I tied Thayne, Lori beat Colleen by one point. But I think that's an unfair advantage: Lori golfs more regularly than the rest of us. But mini-golf is always fun - except if you forget your camera there. Oops. At least I remembered where it was the next day before heading to the airport... Ha!


Here's Lori putting through an active volcano.


Thayne putting. If he didn't make the hole, he did this little frustrated dance. Hard to get a good picture of a jerking leg and fist.


Thayne and I fencing. Notice I'm protecting my very important body parts.


Sorry it's not right side up, but we decided to look cute with our golf putters for once.

After mini-golf, Thayne was talking to his friend Tim for a bit. I put my headphones on since it seemed to be a not-so-light conversation. He seemed really tired after that phone call, so it was just Michael and me who went to the hookah bar. It was then that I noticed I didn't have my camera with me. Hence, no cool photos of anyone blowing smoke. And yes, smoke is cool, but only hookah. Met some of Michael's friends, who tried to teach me how to blow O's, but the sexual connotations were too much for me to handle. So, I failed miserably.

It was great to get out and meet people but feel relaxed at the same time. And anyone who can go out and smoke hookah is a friend of mine. (Jacob, Shawn - are you reading this?) That was a late night, but completely worth it. Michael and I stayed up and watched an episode of "The OC" - to which Michael is addicted. Go figure. But Saturday morning came around, so Thayne and I had to leave to go see "Transformers"!!!!!

F**king awesome!! I would see it ten times over, the special effects were so out of this world! And Shia is becoming his own little rockstar. Thayne liked the girl of course... But they kept the original sound the Transformers make when they're transforming. Also, they kept the very cheesy way of speaking the Autobots have - especially when Prime and Megatron are sparring. But the human humor was great - Anthony Anderson anyone? Giggle. Go see it! It's the best kind of blockbuster summer movie! And you'll be singing the old-school theme song in your head as you leave the cinema.

And then, I had to leave. :(

My flight to Chicago was uneventful. Peanuts, headphones, darkness. I worried that I couldn't get a hold of Emily since my phone was truly dead and out of batteries. But I got my backpack, waddled outside (man, was it humid!) and Emily was right there. Just pulling up to my exact corner. What rockstars we are!