Busy Weekend

It's midnight on Sunday and I'm completely exhausted. Too much activity this weekend!

Saturday afternoon, we headed to Wayland to meet up with Mom, Dad and Becky to drop off some DVDs and take Mom out for her birthday lunch. I'm not sure she'd have picked Maria's at Green Lake, but I know I've been jonesing for my favorite sandwich there. Even talked the table into ordering canoli's, 'cause I haven't had those in awhile either. So, Mom's set for entertainment for the summer break -- dropped off lots of TV series' for her.

Saturday night we went to Rivertown Crossings mall to catch The Dark Knight. WOW! I didn't think the theatre would be that busy this far into opening weekend, but there were a metric buttload (it's an international standard of measurement, look it up!) of people for the 10pm showing. We ended up in the 2nd row, craning our neck to catch the action. It wasn't nearly as disorienting as trying to watch Batman Begins on the IMAX, but it was close. Heath Ledger was incredible as The Joker. I'm still laughing about Christian Bales' voice as Batman. It's somewhere close to Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby.. gravely, whispered threats, really. I'm going to try working that voice in to my routine, randomly ordering drive-thru food as Batman.

Sunday we headed over to Dee-troit for Elyse and Colette's birthday party. First stop was Mike and Denise's for some REALLY YUMMY cupcakes. The frosting was so close to Cool Whip, I was in heaven. From there, we headed to The Palace for a Detroit Shock basketball game. Mike and Denise had somehow managed to get a suite for the game and catered in food and drinks. It was an awesome time and put me right into sugar shock from all the junk food I consumed -- salad, chicken strips, baked pita chips, soft pretzel, popcorn, and cotton candy.

Elyse is just absolutely the most adorable little girl I've ever met. If we had a kid, she'd be the ideal. Hilariously playful and eyes that make you just swoon. Mike's gonna have a hard time ever saying "no" to that kid, 'cause I think she'll sucker you in to damn near anything. I tried convincing her and Colette that my name was "Bobbay" (complete with a funny pronunciation), but I was told that they thought I was "pulling their leg."

The Shock game was pretty good, but my enjoyment was sort of overshadowed by my dislike for their coach, Bill Laimbeer. The guy's a schlub. Dressed like a used car salesman, and apparently still adored by the Dee-troit fans. Can't understand that at all.

We left at the end of the 3rd quarter, 'cause we still had a two hour drive home. We stopped at the Palace store on our way out so I could pick up a hooded sweatshirt I liked and Lynn could pick up a hat. Once in the car, we hit a gas station for road pops and headed home. Lynn finally let on that it would be OK for me to sleep, so I dozed from Detroit to Portland (thanks sweetie!).

Good thing it's an empty house next weekend, 'cause I need to catch up on my sleep!!!