Lots of Driving, Lots of Eating, Lots of Celebrating
This past weekend Kirsten and I put plenty of miles on the Jeep. We started off on Friday by driving up to Rochester, MN to visit her sister Erika for the evening. It was also Olive's first long road trip. She did well during the four and half hour ordeal spending most of the time in her kennel. She even saved the vomiting until we got to Erika's place (sorry again!). The standard Domino's pizza was ordered and enjoyed. I still don't know how those Nelson girls eat that so often.
Saturday we drove up to St. Cloud, MN (about 2 more hours of driving) during which time I realized that Minnesota people have GOT to be THE WORST drivers in the world. I can't even explain the frustration of trying to get through "the cities." Apparently, there are no traffic standards up there. And I'm not talking about laws, I'm talking about normal every day things. For example, don't pass me and then pull in front of me and slow down. I can't even tell you how many times that happened. Just ridiculous.
So we get to St. Cloud and seek refuge at the Holiday Inn. This was the location of "the surprise." It was (actually is, today) Kirsten's Mom's 50th birthday so people came from afar to surprise her and eat a lot. We came from Milwaukee, her sisters and parents came from Bismark, ND and plenty of people in between. The biggest question that surrounded the event was whether or not she would suprised and happy(?) or surprised and start swinging at relatives like Steven Segal in those 17 movies where he beats up like 20 people at one time. It was entirely possible in this case. Luckily for us, she was happy. Good times were had and plenty of food and drink enjoyed.
Sunday the immediate family (plus me) went to Buca's in Minneapolis at which much more food was enjoyed. Such a great place. And even more enjoyable when her Dad fixed the fuse in the Christmas lights they had hanging just to give the back corner we were sitting in more ambience.
Monday we drove to Merrill, WI to check out some land we are thinking about purchasing. It's 10 acres near Tug Lake up there. This was another 4 hours of driving. The decision the land is pending. After that, we started the trip back home. A short 3 and a half hour jaunt from Merrill. By the time we made it to Milwaukee, I think we were both over tired because everything suddenly seemed funny. Like the "Bee Man" driving in front of us. Sorry, you had to be there. I hope you all enjoyed your weekends!
Saturday we drove up to St. Cloud, MN (about 2 more hours of driving) during which time I realized that Minnesota people have GOT to be THE WORST drivers in the world. I can't even explain the frustration of trying to get through "the cities." Apparently, there are no traffic standards up there. And I'm not talking about laws, I'm talking about normal every day things. For example, don't pass me and then pull in front of me and slow down. I can't even tell you how many times that happened. Just ridiculous.
So we get to St. Cloud and seek refuge at the Holiday Inn. This was the location of "the surprise." It was (actually is, today) Kirsten's Mom's 50th birthday so people came from afar to surprise her and eat a lot. We came from Milwaukee, her sisters and parents came from Bismark, ND and plenty of people in between. The biggest question that surrounded the event was whether or not she would suprised and happy(?) or surprised and start swinging at relatives like Steven Segal in those 17 movies where he beats up like 20 people at one time. It was entirely possible in this case. Luckily for us, she was happy. Good times were had and plenty of food and drink enjoyed.
Sunday the immediate family (plus me) went to Buca's in Minneapolis at which much more food was enjoyed. Such a great place. And even more enjoyable when her Dad fixed the fuse in the Christmas lights they had hanging just to give the back corner we were sitting in more ambience.
Monday we drove to Merrill, WI to check out some land we are thinking about purchasing. It's 10 acres near Tug Lake up there. This was another 4 hours of driving. The decision the land is pending. After that, we started the trip back home. A short 3 and a half hour jaunt from Merrill. By the time we made it to Milwaukee, I think we were both over tired because everything suddenly seemed funny. Like the "Bee Man" driving in front of us. Sorry, you had to be there. I hope you all enjoyed your weekends!
posted by Derek at 2:04 PM
3 Comments:
Hey now, take care to love ur neighbor. The tact of passing then going in front serves two purposes. 1. Self rightiousness, the person wants to show you that they can pass your percieved ass.
2. Just to fuck with someone with WI plates.
Not my philosophy btw.
welcome to our glorious state! Please dont let the drivers be an indicator of how great it is here, but rather our football team. :)
you mean you didn't like it wheni cut you off? it was just my way of saying welcome to our state. if you had stopped by our place in rochester, we would have welcomed you with warm embrace and shared our stomach flu with you...'minnesota nice'
Thinking about buying some land? How cool!
You think MN drivers are worse than IL drivers? I don't think that's possible!
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