i guess i should recap all that happened in the last few days what with the holiday and all. so i flew back home on wednesday afternoon hoping that no flights were delayed and i could just go home and relax for a while. and everthing went according to plan. i even decided to go straight home instead of stopping at the office. i figure by the time i get there, i won't have a chance to get anything done so i might as well just go home. and that's what i did.

we decided to stay home instead of going to the beach. we couldn't find any places to stay at the beach and we also figure we could save a little money. so on thursday we had a picnic/barbeque at joe's parents' house. of course that's always fun when grandma is around. she tells stories on end. even the ones you've heard before. we got to play a little bit of the bean bag game and some bocce. i was hoping to bring felony for the picnic but joe said it was too hot for him to be outside.

i can't remember if this all happened on the same day or not but we also hung out with aaron and alisha and their friend clint. we crashed a hippie party and set off some illegal fireworks. in all it was a good day. joe was scared of the hippies. their "self-assurance room" was the tip of the iceberg for him. that was too much. and the hairless cat really turned him off. but aaron put on a good fireworks show and we at least had something to talk about afterwards.

which we did about 30 seconds after we left the party. joe had to make fun of the hippies right away. it was only proper.