Last weekend...
So if anyone wants to read, this is the lowdown on last weekend (long weekend) ... I haven't been able to post b/c of work not letting me post big ones, and the library also now seems to not let me log in to blogger :S
Friday after work I came back & cleaned the bathroom & swept, then Lou took the bus to Brantford for 5:15pm, so I drove the 35-minute drive there to pick her up. The rest of the people (Matt, Janet, Brian & Yuhui) didn’t get in till 11:30ish, since 3 of them came from Ottawa (7 hours away) and they picked up Janet in Mississauga. So Lou & I went grocery shopping & came back to BBQ corn. We also set up tents, and hung out. We knew there was a U2 tribute band at the Brig (which is the bar/stage below the Norfolk Tavern – my bar here!) So we knew they weren’t getting here till midnight-ish, so we decided to go for a bit around 10pm. I messaged Janet around 11pm, to find out where they were, and they were about 25 minutes away. So we stayed for a little while more – we didn’t really want to leave, since we were having fun, but left around 11:28pm, to come back to my place & find people there! I had left the door unlocked (it *is* Port Dover, so I wasn’t worried!) so they let themselves in. We hung out here for a bit – got them set up & such, then Lou & I wanted to go back to the band. The boys didn’t want to go, so Janet, Lou & I headed back. The bouncers at the door recognized us, which was cool – and some other guy welcomed us back. I love small towns! The second set was the more dance-y half, with the faster songs, so we grabbed some drinkies & hit the floor. There was this one bald dude (the one who welcomed us back) who decided to stick around us & dance with us – I think b/c we were having fun, and b/c I knew the words to a lot of songs. The song “Bad” came on, and I knew some of the words (I never know *all* the words to a song), so I started singing, and he turns to me and he says “Hey! Another real U2 fan!” There was this other guy there who was just dancing around randomly, so he was with us when “With or Without You” came on – we all were given Coors Light glow things around our neck, so during that song, since it’s a bit slower, I held it up like a lighter. Then this guy took out his 2 glow sticks & was dancing around with them all night. He was amusing! The singer also seemed to really like our group – he came and sang to us & with us a lot of the time – during a lot of songs, he would hold the mic up to people to sing – so we did that a couple times! And he dedicated their last song to the 3 of us! Overall, the band was really good – they even looked like U2, especially the singer looked like Bono!
After the show, around 2am, we decided to go for a walk along the beach, and went out to the pier/lighthouse. There was obviously no one there, so we were sitting on the edge, singing & dancing. Good times! Went back around 3am – walking down the middle of the road (a busy road during the day, but not so much at 3am) singing! :) Got to bed around 4am.
The next day, painfully got up around 9:30am, b/c the guys were awake – it was pretty hot in the tents too! And noisy – I live with my yard facing a busy road. Made breakfast, and people discovered the pile of games that we have – well, they’re not ours, they belong to the cottage, but we were playing a similar game to Hungry Hungry Hippos – but instead of hippos, it had frogs! Got ready, and around noon, we headed to the beach. 4 hours of sun & swimming & football & Frisbee & eating chips & playing in the sand (Lou made a kickass turtle, as well as a face!) The beach is extra-seaweedy, so Lou decided to make a tiara, and wore it out of the water. Matt was laughing his ass off at this, and apparently, there were these girls who thought she was funny, and wanted a picture with her! B/c of her seaweed crown! LOL The boys left early (silly boys getting burnt) and us girls left shortly after. It was a good afternoon (especially for those of us who didn’t get burnt!) We went back, chilled a bit, then went for dinner at Callahan’s, which is a really nice patio restaurant on the beach.
That night (after a nap!) we headed to the Turkey Point Hotel which is a bar/club/patio about 25km away. I should have talked to my roommate (as I found this out after the fact) but we got there at 11pm-ish (usually never a problem in Waterloo!) but it’s definitely a place that you get to before 10 if you want to get in. We waited around for 2 hours, then finally left (after seeing a fight first – some guy broke a bottle over a bouncer’s head) During the wait, we were talking at one point about music, and the quote of the day (coming from Lou) was “Life is too short for Christina Aguilera!” YES LOU, YES! LOL Came back to my place & set a fire & drank there & roasted marshmallows. To bed at 4am again!
Got up later on Sunday morning (several hours after other people though, as I decided to crash in my own bed…oops for getting up so late!) and we ended up just lounging around my place all day. People were burnt, so they didn’t feel like going to the beach. Played cards & drank all afternoon. Went for dinner, which was very good, then went for a walk to the beach & saw the sun set off the pier. That was gorgeous! I took a bunch of pics, and while the colours look nice there, you can never fully capture a sunset with a camera. Got ice cream, then came back & had another campfire. And roasted marshmallows & corn. Around 1am, decided to go back to the pier – not many people by the lighthouse, so we sat there, and sang, and danced. I think we scared off the people that were on the pier! People who know me know I can’t sing worth shit, and yet I enjoy singing, and I sing too much for their liking (or their hearing!) Anyhoo, that was our night! Not an overly exciting day, but quite relaxing.
Monday morning, people left by 10:30am, since they were meeting other people for lunch in Waterloo, then Matt/Brian/Yuhoi had to get back to Ottawa. Again, I slept later while they packed up, but Yuhoi, being a supernice guy, washed all the plates & cups :D That was so nice of him, b/c I had a lot of other stuff to clean up. Got that all done (except for the rest of the dishes, since I was going to make more during the day, so I just did them later) by 1:30pm, then I read & chilled the rest of the day. Finished Harry Potter - cried after done reading :S Started my other book (Prey, by Michael Crichton), had dinner, watched some tv, talked to the parents, and that was about all I did all day. Laid outside for a bit last night, until I discovered it’s now skunk season – there was one about 10feet from me. They don’t bother me as long as they don’t spray, but I’m a little worried about getting sprayed. I went into the house after I saw that!
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend – good times, good friends :) I think they had a good time…I hope they did.
Friday after work I came back & cleaned the bathroom & swept, then Lou took the bus to Brantford for 5:15pm, so I drove the 35-minute drive there to pick her up. The rest of the people (Matt, Janet, Brian & Yuhui) didn’t get in till 11:30ish, since 3 of them came from Ottawa (7 hours away) and they picked up Janet in Mississauga. So Lou & I went grocery shopping & came back to BBQ corn. We also set up tents, and hung out. We knew there was a U2 tribute band at the Brig (which is the bar/stage below the Norfolk Tavern – my bar here!) So we knew they weren’t getting here till midnight-ish, so we decided to go for a bit around 10pm. I messaged Janet around 11pm, to find out where they were, and they were about 25 minutes away. So we stayed for a little while more – we didn’t really want to leave, since we were having fun, but left around 11:28pm, to come back to my place & find people there! I had left the door unlocked (it *is* Port Dover, so I wasn’t worried!) so they let themselves in. We hung out here for a bit – got them set up & such, then Lou & I wanted to go back to the band. The boys didn’t want to go, so Janet, Lou & I headed back. The bouncers at the door recognized us, which was cool – and some other guy welcomed us back. I love small towns! The second set was the more dance-y half, with the faster songs, so we grabbed some drinkies & hit the floor. There was this one bald dude (the one who welcomed us back) who decided to stick around us & dance with us – I think b/c we were having fun, and b/c I knew the words to a lot of songs. The song “Bad” came on, and I knew some of the words (I never know *all* the words to a song), so I started singing, and he turns to me and he says “Hey! Another real U2 fan!” There was this other guy there who was just dancing around randomly, so he was with us when “With or Without You” came on – we all were given Coors Light glow things around our neck, so during that song, since it’s a bit slower, I held it up like a lighter. Then this guy took out his 2 glow sticks & was dancing around with them all night. He was amusing! The singer also seemed to really like our group – he came and sang to us & with us a lot of the time – during a lot of songs, he would hold the mic up to people to sing – so we did that a couple times! And he dedicated their last song to the 3 of us! Overall, the band was really good – they even looked like U2, especially the singer looked like Bono!
After the show, around 2am, we decided to go for a walk along the beach, and went out to the pier/lighthouse. There was obviously no one there, so we were sitting on the edge, singing & dancing. Good times! Went back around 3am – walking down the middle of the road (a busy road during the day, but not so much at 3am) singing! :) Got to bed around 4am.
The next day, painfully got up around 9:30am, b/c the guys were awake – it was pretty hot in the tents too! And noisy – I live with my yard facing a busy road. Made breakfast, and people discovered the pile of games that we have – well, they’re not ours, they belong to the cottage, but we were playing a similar game to Hungry Hungry Hippos – but instead of hippos, it had frogs! Got ready, and around noon, we headed to the beach. 4 hours of sun & swimming & football & Frisbee & eating chips & playing in the sand (Lou made a kickass turtle, as well as a face!) The beach is extra-seaweedy, so Lou decided to make a tiara, and wore it out of the water. Matt was laughing his ass off at this, and apparently, there were these girls who thought she was funny, and wanted a picture with her! B/c of her seaweed crown! LOL The boys left early (silly boys getting burnt) and us girls left shortly after. It was a good afternoon (especially for those of us who didn’t get burnt!) We went back, chilled a bit, then went for dinner at Callahan’s, which is a really nice patio restaurant on the beach.
That night (after a nap!) we headed to the Turkey Point Hotel which is a bar/club/patio about 25km away. I should have talked to my roommate (as I found this out after the fact) but we got there at 11pm-ish (usually never a problem in Waterloo!) but it’s definitely a place that you get to before 10 if you want to get in. We waited around for 2 hours, then finally left (after seeing a fight first – some guy broke a bottle over a bouncer’s head) During the wait, we were talking at one point about music, and the quote of the day (coming from Lou) was “Life is too short for Christina Aguilera!” YES LOU, YES! LOL Came back to my place & set a fire & drank there & roasted marshmallows. To bed at 4am again!
Got up later on Sunday morning (several hours after other people though, as I decided to crash in my own bed…oops for getting up so late!) and we ended up just lounging around my place all day. People were burnt, so they didn’t feel like going to the beach. Played cards & drank all afternoon. Went for dinner, which was very good, then went for a walk to the beach & saw the sun set off the pier. That was gorgeous! I took a bunch of pics, and while the colours look nice there, you can never fully capture a sunset with a camera. Got ice cream, then came back & had another campfire. And roasted marshmallows & corn. Around 1am, decided to go back to the pier – not many people by the lighthouse, so we sat there, and sang, and danced. I think we scared off the people that were on the pier! People who know me know I can’t sing worth shit, and yet I enjoy singing, and I sing too much for their liking (or their hearing!) Anyhoo, that was our night! Not an overly exciting day, but quite relaxing.
Monday morning, people left by 10:30am, since they were meeting other people for lunch in Waterloo, then Matt/Brian/Yuhoi had to get back to Ottawa. Again, I slept later while they packed up, but Yuhoi, being a supernice guy, washed all the plates & cups :D That was so nice of him, b/c I had a lot of other stuff to clean up. Got that all done (except for the rest of the dishes, since I was going to make more during the day, so I just did them later) by 1:30pm, then I read & chilled the rest of the day. Finished Harry Potter - cried after done reading :S Started my other book (Prey, by Michael Crichton), had dinner, watched some tv, talked to the parents, and that was about all I did all day. Laid outside for a bit last night, until I discovered it’s now skunk season – there was one about 10feet from me. They don’t bother me as long as they don’t spray, but I’m a little worried about getting sprayed. I went into the house after I saw that!
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend – good times, good friends :) I think they had a good time…I hope they did.
posted by Jill at
12:00:00 p.m.
3 Comments:
I had a great time :D
post something about your wedding weekend too!!
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'lue, at 7:12 a.m.
Good good :)
I'll try to...unfortunately, I can't seem to post big stuff at work, nor can I log in anymore at the library (b/c cookies aren't enabled, and I"m not admin thus I have no power to enable them :S)
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Jill, at 7:24 a.m.
don't you love her as she's walking out the door........... like she did one thousand times before....
I LOVE EETTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!
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'lue, at 7:37 a.m.
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