About this time every year I start to feel sad that another summer is coming to an end, which means that my little...scratch that....younger brother Bradley will be leaving to go back to college. Since I don't have summer breaks, I take every chance I get to hang out with him after work, but it's not really enough. Turns out it's true that when you get older you love your siblings and wish you could go back to the days when you all lived in one house.
So, to cope with Brad's departure, I claim a day each August to have Dia del Hermana. For all you gringos, that means day of the sister. We started out going to Astros games and dinner together, but since they weren't in town this year on Dia del Hermana, we were forced to make other plans.
Dia 2008 started with lunch at Chuck E Cheese. See, Emmy is in town and she was going to Chuch E Cheese with our parents, so we tagged along. That mouse is a creepy creepster.
After Chuck E, we went to the movies and saw Batman: The Dark Knight. I had only seen Batman Begins a week earlier so I was pretty into the whole flying cape, batmobile, scratchy voice thing. It's not as scary as I expected, and it didn't make me miss Heath Ledger too much. His role of Joker was played well, and with excellent comedic timing. Excuse me, I want to drive.....
After Batman we made a pitstop at the worst entertainment/media store on earth, aka The City. Then went to a new carwash since the usual had freaked out about a pending tropical storm, closed, and boarded up all it's windows. Don't even get me started on what a let down tropical storm Edouard turned out to be...
After carwash we went to a few guitar stores looking for a new capo for B-rad's guitar. After two failures we moved on to dining. Dinner on Dia del Hermana is no laughing matter, and we don't mess around. Except that this year we did play with our food. We went to the Melting Pot. I LOVE this place, plus we got free chocolate dessert fondue with my birthday coupon. So, we had fun experimenting with new sauces, cooking our own food, burning Brad's fingers and occasionally eating sans utensils. When all else fails, use your pinchers.
Finding ourselves stuffed and broke...we headed back to Fulshear. Dia del Hermana 08 = Great success!
Pictures coming soon...if Brad chooses to give me the rights...
So, to cope with Brad's departure, I claim a day each August to have Dia del Hermana. For all you gringos, that means day of the sister. We started out going to Astros games and dinner together, but since they weren't in town this year on Dia del Hermana, we were forced to make other plans.
Dia 2008 started with lunch at Chuck E Cheese. See, Emmy is in town and she was going to Chuch E Cheese with our parents, so we tagged along. That mouse is a creepy creepster.
After Chuck E, we went to the movies and saw Batman: The Dark Knight. I had only seen Batman Begins a week earlier so I was pretty into the whole flying cape, batmobile, scratchy voice thing. It's not as scary as I expected, and it didn't make me miss Heath Ledger too much. His role of Joker was played well, and with excellent comedic timing. Excuse me, I want to drive.....
After Batman we made a pitstop at the worst entertainment/media store on earth, aka The City. Then went to a new carwash since the usual had freaked out about a pending tropical storm, closed, and boarded up all it's windows. Don't even get me started on what a let down tropical storm Edouard turned out to be...
After carwash we went to a few guitar stores looking for a new capo for B-rad's guitar. After two failures we moved on to dining. Dinner on Dia del Hermana is no laughing matter, and we don't mess around. Except that this year we did play with our food. We went to the Melting Pot. I LOVE this place, plus we got free chocolate dessert fondue with my birthday coupon. So, we had fun experimenting with new sauces, cooking our own food, burning Brad's fingers and occasionally eating sans utensils. When all else fails, use your pinchers.Finding ourselves stuffed and broke...we headed back to Fulshear. Dia del Hermana 08 = Great success!
Pictures coming soon...if Brad chooses to give me the rights...
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