I woke Friday to what appeared to be an overcast day, although darkness prevented living proof. Despite drinking a few beers the night before, I felt no worse for the wear. I went about my morning routine and stayed on schedule to be at work by 8am.
As I left for work, the kids were eager to wake Glenn, who was sleeping in the guest room. Mindy had promised to make his breakfast sometime around 10am. When I spoke with her mid-morning, she let me know that they had decided to head to the hilltop pool later in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t very conducive to swimming. The high temp wasn’t expected to top 80 degrees and the sun wasn’t shining.
Glenn hung out around the house with Jacob while Mindy went grocery shopping. I was surprised that Jacob warmed up to him so quickly. Meanwhile, work was very busy and we were lightly staffed. I finally got out for my run around 1pm. As I stated earlier, the sky was gray and the temperature in the upper 70’s.
As the day wore on, the excitement of the coming weekend began to take hold. We would be visiting Barley’s tonight and attending the fair tomorrow. As 5:10pm arrived, I packed my gear and headed for home. Once at home, I did my usual thing then found my way onto the deck to visit with Glenn and Mindy. At first, I turned down a cold beer, but later decided that it sounded good. I just didn’t want to be buzzed driving to Barleys. Some time around 6pm my dad showed up on the deck and stayed for a visit until practically 8pm. At 8pm we readied for Barleys.
We arrived at Barleys at 8:30pm. Today’s firkin was Pale Ale. I had the Double Dog Dare Imperial IPA, but Glenn ordered the firkin. We introduced Glenn to numerous friends and hung out for a couple of hours. Around 10pm a couple showed up that looked awfully familiar. It was Kevin and Deanna Sweeney from the band, No Such Fate (formerly known as The Deanna Sweeney Band). Deanna is a good friend of mine. And in a unique twist of fate, it turns out that Deanna is a friend of Mindy’s older brother and sister. Apparently they played in the school band together and hung out quite a bit. Her maiden name was Deanna Ward and lived right around the corner. Small World!
We tentatively agreed to attend their live performance next Friday at On The Rocks (OTR) in Dublin.
After loads of fun, we bagged Barleys and headed for home. There we got in the hot tub and drank another beer along with a few shots of raspberry vodka. Mindy was beat and buzzed. She went to bed at 12:30am. Glenn and I stayed up until just after 1am. Actually, Glenn stayed up longer than I.
I woke Friday to what appeared to be an overcast day, although darkness prevented living proof. Despite drinking a few beers the night before, I felt no worse for the wear. I went about my morning routine and stayed on schedule to be at work by 8am.
As I left for work, the kids were eager to wake Glenn, who was sleeping in the guest room. Mindy had promised to make his breakfast sometime around 10am. When I spoke with her mid-morning, she let me know that they had decided to head to the hilltop pool later in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t very conducive to swimming. The high temp wasn’t expected to top 80 degrees and the sun wasn’t shining.
Glenn hung out around the house with Jacob while Mindy went grocery shopping. I was surprised that Jacob warmed up to him so quickly. Meanwhile, work was very busy and we were lightly staffed. I finally got out for my run around 1pm. As I stated earlier, the sky was gray and the temperature in the upper 70’s.
As the day wore on, the excitement of the coming weekend began to take hold. We would be visiting Barley’s tonight and attending the fair tomorrow. As 5:10pm arrived, I packed my gear and headed for home. Once at home, I did my usual thing then found my way onto the deck to visit with Glenn and Mindy. At first, I turned down a cold beer, but later decided that it sounded good. I just didn’t want to be buzzed driving to Barleys. Some time around 6pm my dad showed up on the deck and stayed for a visit until practically 8pm. At 8pm we readied for Barleys.
We arrived at Barleys at 8:30pm. Today’s firkin was Pale Ale. I had the Double Dog Dare Imperial IPA, but Glenn ordered the firkin. We introduced Glenn to numerous friends and hung out for a couple of hours. Around 10pm a couple showed up that looked awfully familiar. It was Kevin and Deanna Sweeney from the band, No Such Fate (formerly known as The Deanna Sweeney Band). Deanna is a good friend of mine. And in a unique twist of fate, it turns out that Deanna is a friend of Mindy’s older brother and sister. Apparently they played in the school band together and hung out quite a bit. Her maiden name was Deanna Ward and lived right around the corner. Small World!
We tentatively agreed to attend their live performance next Friday at On The Rocks (OTR) in Dublin.
After loads of fun, we bagged Barleys and headed for home. There we got in the hot tub and drank another beer along with a few shots of raspberry vodka. Mindy was beat and buzzed. She went to bed at 12:30am. Glenn and I stayed up until just after 1am. Actually, Glenn stayed up longer than I.
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