This Blessed Plot, This Earth, This Realm: Aaaaaaaand I've done it again...

I've let myself get totally behind with posting. So here goes a massive amount of crazy posts about my life lately. Let's start with things I've been doing with friends. A few weeks ago, MB turned 29 so we got together to celebrate his life. We started off on Abbey's patio and Jon drank his Coronas that he brought in a plastic bag. From there we headed downtown to Flatbread. We didnt' have enough seats in the car so one of us sat in the trunk of Bobcat's SUV. No names to protect the slightly ridiculous. We originally wanted to go to Casanova Pizza but it closed at 9. What place closes at 9 on a Saturday night? Also ridiculous. So Flatbread it was and we ordered a few pizzas to share, which were, as usual, delicious. It was a great dinner except for Jon mocked my cider and sometimes it took Matt, Jon and Abbey 18 tries to get a good picture. Don't worry, I haven't posted them all....

the birthday boy and Jon

Jon mocking my cider

Chicago 2011 Marathoners

me, Kassi and our pole

and Bobcat

Next we went off to the Bistro since Matt knew someone there and they were hoping for free drinks. They didn't get any but Jon did maybe perhaps dance with a man... No confirmation but it was hysterical to watch him sweat and see him and Abbey try to figure out if it really was a man or a woman. From there we went to the Basque Center. But this time, there was no party so it was a lot quieter. In fact, we were the ones making the most noise. Typical. We pretty much closed the place down and everyone was jealous that they weren't at our table.

all of us at the Bistro

Abbey and Jon

me and Jon

the "woman" Jon danced with

MY and MB

he may or may not be in the trunk...

The major discussion of the night was Matt's almost 30 bucket-list. We promised that if he completed everything on the list, we would get him a hotel suite in Vegas to celebrate the big 3-0. Let's see if he makes it happen....

the list...

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Saturday was a gorgeous, gorgeous day and Abbey, Michael and I met up at Jon’s house to ride out to Lucky 13. They all had their fancy mountain bikes but I held my own with my gear-less cruiser. I personally had ridden down from Brooke and Kevin’s to Lael and Josh’s for book club and then down the greenbelt and across a bridge to get to Jon’s. We were able to ride the green belt the entire time and it wasn’t took busy or bumpy. The river was just gorgeous and the sun wasn’t too hot, which was so nice. We made it to Lucky 13 a little early for lunch, so we doubled-back to go to Brown's Landing where we met up with Megan and Elsa the dog. We got some sweet potato fries at Boise Fry Co, chattered, teased each other as we usually do, and then biked over to Barber Park to lie in the grass and play some Frisbee until we were hungry enough to go get lunch. Lucky 13 is always a great place to eat and this time we all tried out their sandwiches (although next time I think we’ll get a pizza to share- much better). The ride home wasn’t bad either, just a little sunnier, and Michael greeted every single person we passed with an “afternoon!” The worst part of the whole day was riding uphill back to Brooke and Kevin’s. They actually passed me by the golf course and pulled over to give me a ride. The bike didn’t quite fit in the back so Kevin hopped on and took off down the street. When he finally made it home ten minutes later, he asked me how on earth I rode 26 miles with no gears. In actuality, most of the ride was pretty flat- it was just that last bit that killed me. All in all, though, such a great time and so proud of my cruiser for holding its own against the geared bikes. Can’t wait to do it again!