Man week....begin!

So this is the first I've mentioned of man week in case you were confused and thought it was something you should know about. Basically, all you need to know is that my mom and my sister are in Florida visiting mom's cousin and family this week. Therefore, dad and I have the house to ourselves and we don't have to get nagged by the women all week. The only downside is that while dad is at work, the cats will bug me for attention, which they usually do to mom or Kathryn. Aside from that, this coming week should be good. I can't wait to get to my new classes (well ok I can wait, but I realize the sooner I start, the sooner summer will bring people back to me). This spring break was ok. The parts I was away from my computer desk to see were pretty cool. Now I shall commence to tell you how I pissed away my break.

Monday:
I spent the day just playing some games here and there and being slightly sad that I was not going to see Rachel for a while and also at the realization that it would be another long while before I got a girlfriend. The feelings of sadness were quickly destroyed when I did something else, like play Starcraft or Ocarina of Time. That night at midnight, I went to the airport to pick up dad, his boss, and his boss' wife from their vegas trip. Mom had come back on an earlier flight so she could get Kathryn to her dance classes and stuff. Dad's boss and his wife were cool. They have also joined the club of people that think dad and I look alike. We don't really see it, but apparently it's obvious to almost every person we meet.

Tuesday:
I begun working on the Starcraft theme park (see post below). I spent 7 hours between 12pm and 8pm working on it before taking a tv break and then working on it again for about an hour.

Wednesday:
I spent another 6 hours working on the theme park. Not much else happened that day.

Thursday:
I went to meet grandpa at the mall because he wasn't answering his home phone and I figured I knew where he was at. I learned that though I might have inherited my dad's looks, I've definitely inherited my grandpa's personality. He is a slave to routine and I walked right into the mall and he was there where he always is. It was an easy find. I also got to meet his arch nemesis. She's a very strange lady he rides the bus with. Apparently she's really annoying and he doesn't like her, but he bought her an ice cream cone because it was her birthday. That was something I had to laugh at because I would have done the same thing if I was him. We are such pushovers. Anyway, we went to Costco and had our lunch and got some groceries, then we went to the hardware store to get some stuff to fix this chair he found at the mall. I had to drill some new holes in it (he took it home by the way) and we got the top half of the swivel attatched to the seat. Eventually, I'll have to go finish the thing later this week. After that, I went to frisbee practice with Steven where a couple other alumni had shown up and then we showed the team how to play. Eventually, we had to go easy on them, then we had to mix the teams. It was fun/fair after we did that. After frisbee, I put the finishing touches on my theme park with some careful editing help from Steven and I submitted it, only to discover more contests to join!

Friday:
I began work on my second contest and spent about 2 hours drawing before I got tired of it and stopped for the day. I spent the rest of the day working on some videogames.

Saturday:
Mom and Kathryn left at 4am and they woke me up on their way out, but I fell asleep again. Around noon, dad and I met grandpa at Costco for lunch and then we got some groceries and took him home. Dad had to go to my aunt's house to talk to her about some stuff. Before I forget, that reminds me I should clue you guys in on this.

So they're building that senior living community south of the northgate mall. My grandpa will be moving in there when it is completed. It is perfect for him since he goes to the mall every day and he will now be closer to it, he doesn't need all the space he has now, the place will take him to doctors appointments, the fair, etc. My aunt decided to sell her house and move into grandpa's because her house is old and has stairs which she will soon need to avoid using. Also, grandpa's house was remodeled by our family 3 years ago to make it a better place to have large family get-togethers. My aunt's place is not good for that, so on almost all accounts, it's a better idea for her to move in there. Now we have to get pods to store stuff from grandpa's house so she can move in. I'm in charge of cleaning out and organizing grandpa's crap because I'm the only one he trusts with it. We aren't working on that yet though because we're just clearing space in the house for it. Ok back to the post.

So dad had to talk to my aunt about selling her house and what to do to fix it up. In the meantime, I went to grandpa's house and organized his CD collection and some other stuff until dad came over. When he did, we started loading some furniture that he will not need into the pod. While cleaning out some drawers, we encountered a deck of cards that helped prove that my grandpa and I are very similar.

*dad finds naked lady deck of cards with ace of spades displayed on the pack*
Dad: Hey, check out these cards.
Me: Wow, if that's the ace of spades, I wonder what the joker looks like.
*I leave and get grandpa about 5 minutes later*
*grandpa and I come in 5 minutes later*
Grandpa: Hey you found my old cards!
Dad: Yeah they were in this drawer over here.
Grandpa: Hoo wee, if that's the ace of spades, I wanna see the joker.

That was pretty funny to see how we think alike and it was disturbing at the same time. So we cleaned out that room, then Dad and I went to go see Watchmen. I liked it. It got out late though so I didn't home until 1am.

Today:
Today I haven't done much. I spent the day so far playing Ocarina of time and realizing that my break is almost over and I only really saw Steven. Oh well. Last quarter went by rather quickly and I assume that this quarter will pass equally quickly because I have an hour less of class each week now. It's going to be a good quarter with 2 band trips. One in April to Texas and one in May to Victoria. Davis had good things to say about the new Jazz Band guy, so this could be good. Until my next post a week from tomorrow, peace out.