This weekend can go down in the record books as “really sweet”

Saturday night was Double Dutch 2006 v2.0. Caitlin took some photos which you can find here.

We had a huge turn out. About 20 jumpers stopped by for excessive jumping action.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Ryan Schenk’s vault over TimBaird into the fury of ropes
Nicole on Jay’s Shoulders, jumping single rope
Danielle jumping single rope inside bigger jumping ropes
My getting in, and holding the Double Dutch for a solid 15-20 seconds
Bisol’s Dbl Dutch entrance pose
Infinity’s double dutch debut
Jon Abad’s track suit
Ben’s music and Joe Havelick’s truck
Pushup jumprope
Katrina. Just in general.
Tom & Mykal’s timed entrance attempts into the two rope craze
Cupcakes.
Single Rope Swingers entrance swings

And so much more.

if you’re reading this, and did NOT attend DD2006v2.0, don’t worry. The next one will be in April.

Sunday was spent cooking with Tom, Mykal, and Mandy. We made homemade ravioli. The sauce was epic. EPIC.

And yesterday I went to Alicia’s performance with the FIREBIRD ENSEMBLE. Violin, Viola, Chello, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Piano, and Drums — covering Rock and Roll music. There was disturbed. There was Rage Against the Machine. There was a flute solo that put Anchorman to SHAME. SHAAAAME. I am going to go to more of their shows. this is certain. And they should put out a CD. I would buy it in a second.

I left the place after my mom won me two hamburger patties. Rumor has it that Kurt, who went to the show right after us, also won a prize.

It was a wonderful weekend. Thanks to everyone who participated.

I drove the acclaim to work today.

After a wild week last week, I was doing a final inspection of the Acclaim friday night when I noticed something unnerving. There was a huge leak in the brake lines. The kind of leak that made a mini-Niagra whenever the brake pedal was pressed. Being that I had a full weekend planned, I caved in and brought it to my favorite brake place. They were able to finish everything up by this morning and the acclaim was triumphant on the ride to work this morning.

I still need to do some clean up work. I wasn’t able to tighten a few of the bolts as much as I would like… and the oil needs changing. But I think the car will do just fine until the weekend. Heavens I love that car. Despite last week, she’s been so reliable for the 8 years that I’ve had the opportunity to drive her. I love that car.