As it happens, my wife's birthday is 7 days after Gabes. So this weekend was a double birthday party with about a dozen guests. We had 3 cakes... lol.
The gift haul was Monty. That means we got a lot of gifts to any non-geeks.
It was a great time and it's always nice to see all the grandparents. Gabe got a bicycle even! Of course he is completely scared of it, but I bet he'll come around.
Also new this weekend is a new car... well a new used car. The Ford F-150 I owned was just 20' of gaz guzzling high payment. So I traded it at Carmax. The experience was alright. Carmax is pretty "no fuss" about stuff, but no matter how you slice it, buying a car is a pain. I now own a nice petite Volkswagon Jetta (2000). It's black with cloth grey interior and a sun roof. Very zippy compared to a truck. I've never really experience german engineering first hand and I gotta say my initial impression is "hey, nice!" The little sucker goes to 105 at 5000 RPM in 5th gear and handles like it's only going 60. No wiggle or float. That's kinda fun. Of course the truck was a white-knuckle drive at 85. After 85 it drifted all over the road and felt like it would flip from air flow at any moment--even when loaded with 700 pounds of sand. But then it was a truck after all.
Anyways... life is good in Lake Woebegon. See y'all soon (digitally speaking).
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