So relativly early in the day, we headed to Cedar Rapids. First we stopped by my parents (who were gone, at nordic fest) and chatted with my younger brother Joseph for a while. Then we headed over to Shannon's parents (who were also gone, at work (dad) and at camp (mom)) and dropped of her things and her parent's dolly.

Then we headed over to Wade's Parent's Pool Party. It was kinda fun. There was horseshoes, there was beer, there were lots of snacks and foods and things. And people were actually swimming. I honestly thought it was just a reason for them to drink outside around the pool on a nice summber day. The day wore on, and it was nice in the shade. Wade's younger brother and his friend pretty much had no competition in horseshoes until some older guys came up and taught 'em a lesson or three. It was a fun time.

When the sun was setting, and the bugs were coming out, we decided it was too muggy and buggy to be outside so Richard, Scott, Shannon and myself headed over to Bret's house to play some bridge.

I hadn't forgot as much as I thought I had. And once we started keeping score Scott and I did ok. Shannon wasn't too bored, watching TV and keeping an eye on me. One had pretty much stood out. And because we didn't match well we were under bid at game club. Once Scott laid down his cards, it was fairly evident that unless I purposfully played like a stupid head, there was no way I could not take all the tricks. It was kinda fun :)

I miss playing bridge and hanging out with the guys. I'd play online, but those people are just way to serious, for the not serious game that I wanna play

At about 11:30, all us old folks (Rich being the oldest, then me, then Bret (who just turned 29 (Happy Birthday!), then Scott, we called it a night and headed home. I dropped Shannon off at her parents, and then I headed to my parents.

I chatted with my parents for a bit, and ended up going downstairs and watching some stargate sg-1 with Joseph and then headed to bed.