Vacation (day 2)

So, here we are at day 2 of my vacation and I haven't gotten the shakes too much from being away from work. I woke up to the UPS guy dropping off my bundles of JR Cuban Alternative Bolivar Belicoso cigars.

Kim and I went to see Bob and Lisa at the Skyline RV campgrounds. It's a nice campground, we got to see Kim's Aunt and Uncle who have a permanent site there. We couldn't have asked for a better day, it wasn't too hot or anything. Lisa's cousin Sam was there with Ron and their son R.J. and it's always cool to talk to them and see R.J. (Holy crap is that kid strong.)

Camping is all about one thing friends and food. And yeah, we had a ton of great food...
Kim made some noodle salad, we had cheesy 'tater salad, chicken, potatoes on the grill and ribs. Everything was great. Normally I don't like ribs that much, but goddamn if those ribs weren't incredible. When I asked Lisa about the ribs she told me that she did the ribs with Jack Daniels Barbaque Sauce. I thought that she just told me it was the JD BBQ sauce just to be funny.

Something else happened which shocked the shit out of me. I was within 50 feet of fireworks without freakin' out (much). Hell, I actually had a couple of sparklers and it's probably been about 25 years since I even held one in my hand. Bob, Lisa and Kim wanted to make sure that I was cool with the fireworks and probably asked me about 10 times if I was okay. Bob told me that he'd stop doing blowing off the fireworks if it bothered me too much. I think that helped too since most of the time any other time I'm around fireworks there's a shitload of 'em, they're loud, and usually no end in sight. (Which is why I never stick around too long.) Everything probably would have been fine, if Skyline's cracker jack security team hadn't stepped in and made him stop. Monday is going to be a good test since Kim and I are going over to my buddy's parents house for their annual 4th of July party. (Hopefully I won't just stay in their garage and eat.)

After Sam, Ron and RJ left, Kim and I went with Bob and Lisa up to the cabin to listen to music. I had my usual La Gloria Cubana Serie R Number 6 cigar.

When Kim and I left, we came back to my house and I got to show her family pictures including when I was a baby. It's funny because those pictures brought back alot of memories (duh). The thing is before seeing those pictures, I didn't have many childhood memories just the really strong ones of my Gramma Jean in Indiana and my other relatives in Indiana. With all of the drugs that I took as a kid for epilepsy my memory probably isn't as good as other people have. I was actually surprised to see how many pictures that there were of me in the photo albums because of the hockey helmet I had to wear in case I fell down and had a seizure. My parents never wanted me to look back and see how much I had my good old yellow Cooper hockey helmet on.

I know that Kim and I both had fun today. Tomorrow we're gonna go see Michelle and Bryan at their family cabin at Sherkston Shores which should be fun.