Thursday, March 13, 2008

Here we are again (Part 2)


I started this post last week, intent on getting it done while at work in San Diego. Here I am though, one week later and no further than I was a week ago. Let's see where I left off.....

Wisconsin Rapids

Joe invited me to join him in Wisconsin Rapids for a weekend of fun in the snow and sun with some of his firefighter buddies. The weather was perfect, the food was awesome and the drinks were flowing. All in all, it was a really fun weekend.

Joe showed off his snowboarding skills as he was pulled around the lake by Chris and his 4-wheeler. Then we took a turn at tubing behind the 4 wheeler together. It didn't last long though because the snow was blowing up into our faces and was pretty chilly. The rest of our time there was spent eating an awesome dinner and playing a board game called Apples to Apples.

On our way home Sunday, we stopped at Mirror Lake to go XC-skiing. The weather was nice and the snow conditions were perfect. After about an hour though, we were both tired.

Bowling with the Firefighters

The following weekend involved more fun times with the Janesville FD. This time we spent our time indoors bowling and drinking our brains out. The night before the big tournament I became the proud owner of a new bowling ball, shoes and a bag. Of course we had to try it out and bowled 5 games the night before the tournament. Needless to say, I was a little sore going into Saturday.

I was expecting to bowl only 3 games in the 9-pin Tap tournament that was intended for spouses/significant others. 2 of Joe's teammates didn't show up so I got to bowl in the regular tournament as well. 6 more games of bowling. It was lots of fun. My bowling was so-so, but that's ok, I'm still learning. There was plenty of drinking going on which added an element of fun to the day.

So, you are pretty much caught up now, short of talking about my work trip to San Diego last week. All I can about that is that the weather was amazing. It was great to be in t-shirt weather for 5 days, especially after the winter we've had. Now I'm back and trying to get back into the swing of things - training, time with Joe, work, etc...

I promise to get into the blogging a little more often. I know, I've been a slacker.

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