18 AND OVER AT TAPAS

I took a nap in the afternoon even though I felt like I wanted to do some exercise. When I woke up, I was about to get started doing some jump rope when the door bell. It was Kimi and the kids. They were on their way home from Larry's funeral, the father of Juliette.

They said the reception was nice and that it was held at Jerry and Juliette's house. Jared was going to stay tonight so we could play poker tomorrow, but also so he could go out clubbing with Jansen and the rest of our group. He was pumped, but little did he realize the power of a 1st year anniversary. So he bought flowers for Marissa, but as her best friend Kelly texted, "you're going to bring Marissa to a club with your uncle for your 1st anniversary? You're retarded."

So I left him at Adam and Kelly's since he decided to abort the club thing. I left for Jansen's and looked at all the work they were doing with the plumbing issue they've had. Apparently, one of the pipes goes down the side of the house so they've actually had to dig through there too. It's crazy, but what can you do?

Vanessa and Nate came through and all night long, Vanessa was yappin' about work. That's all she ever talked about, so I decided to talk to her about running since she too has been running quite some time. She's up to seven miles now, so I told her that the longer ones are a little more painful. But she's into speed as well, so she doesn't want to go further unless she can run them around 9 minutes or less. Me, I'm all about finishing, but some people are into the competitive aspect of getting a good time.

The club was fun and Jansen and I came a little later because we had to go back to his place to get his passport. We thought about going to Dinn's for a stopover for some yay, but decided against it. We would basically have been gone just as long as we were gone for the passport.

I had forgotten that I'd been to the club before long ago. I recognized the eating area outside. Tonight, they had a little taco bar going for $1 per street taco. Initially, it seems like a pretty good deal, but when you think about how little you're getting, it's really not. The tacos were small and you can eat them up in like two or three bites. Not bad, but not great either.

We left about 12:30AM since people had to work tomorrow. Me? I'm playing poker. I ate a bunch of potato chips on the couch and fell asleep on it.

(written 1/4/11)