Late Night With Jon

It's very late at night and we're back from Kansas City following one of the most exhausting weekends ever. Carly just finished 2 papers for her classes and I can't sleep. So, I thought, "Aw, heck. I'll blog!" This, my friends, is the result:

Our weekend itinerary:

Thursday

Went to school and rocked out on my Biology test. (score was 102 out of 100. You may applaud now. Go on. I'll wait......)

Came home and CLEANED! We had Sara R coming over as a house guest tomorrow and both Carly and I wanted to make sure she didn't think we were filthy, filthy people or catch some sort of funk by touching a door handle.

Carly's brother, Nick and the other Sara came into town with their new awesome baby girl, Ella. That means she's my niece! I have an awesome niece! Now, you may be asking: "Jon, you herculean slice of eye candy, how awesome is your niece?". I would answer you with, "Why, I'll tell you, marginally attractive reader."

In a bit. First, back to Thursday.

We had dinner with them, which was a catered affair. Pizza Hut is nummy. I ate too much.

I helped change Ella (by that I mean, I watched the "diaper changing tutorial") and watched her get a bath ("baby bathing tutorial"). I got to feed the little tyke and was rewarded for my efforts by her spitting up all over my hand. Babies are so cute.

Sleep.

Friday:

I had to work (boo!). I was supposed to get off at 7pm which meant that I would miss out on the family dinner with Sara, Sara, Nick, Carly, Connie, Mike, Ella, and Kate (yay, Kate came to town!). But, my nice co-worker, Tonya, and my nice boss, Jamie, let me go home early enough to even have a quick shower before going! (had to get all the old people funk off of me.) So, I got to have dinner with all those wonderful people mentioned above. If your name is not on the list, please assume that you are also wonderful, unless you do not leave comments on this blog. Shame on you!

We had pot roast, marshmellow fluff, veggies, muffins, and the best darn corn casserole I think I've had. Pot roast is nummy. I ate too much. Again.

We bumed around, played some Wii, made total fools of ourselves and a good time was had by all!

Sleep.

Saturday (night's all right for fightin'):

Sara R scares me with her "running on the treadmill" nonsense. Just because we have a treadmill in the basement doesn't mean we actually use it. It's like Chunk from the Goonies tied up down there. We know it's down there, trapped, but we don't really acknowledege it.

Carly's baby shower is today. While all of that is going on, Nick and I scamper away to rock out on some Guitar Hero: Metallica. We came back a bit early, crashed the party, raided the food, watched the end of the NASCAR race, and a good time was had by all.

They had fruit, cranberry/orange dip, cake, and baked goods. Fruit is nummy. I ate too much. Yet again.

Carly, Sara R, and I had originally decided to go to the local rodeo today, but after all the rocking and NASCAR, and pink, and baby, and stuff, we decided we were too tired to go. So, we had steak instead. It's an ample substitute, if you think about it. And here we are, in what amounts to the middle of nowhere at the local steakhouse, and they ask us if we have reservations. No, of course not. "Well, it's going to be a wait then. About 15-20 minutes." Ok, say we. I mean, who drives there, and refuses to wait 15-20 minutes for steak? It's not like McDonald's is a good alternative for that, right? To answer our question, in walks 4 guys, they ask us if we're waiting, and find out from us that there is a 20 minute wait. "Forget that! To McDonald's!" they say.

We go home, play a few hands of a awesome card game Sara R brought, and I listened to stories from Carly's college days. And a good time was had by all.

Sleep.

Sunday:

Up at 5:30. Or that was the plan at least. I usually get up about that time during the week to get to school on time. Or that's the plan at least. I usually snooze for about 10-20 minutes beacuse I don't have reservations for waking up. I tell you this because I snoozed for my normal 10-20 minutes when we needed to be out the door and on the road by 6:30. I thought it was a school day. Carly, in her best singing voice with birds in her hair and flowers all around her kindly informs me of this fact before gaily dancing off to the shower leaving the heady scent of strawberries in the air.

So, I scramble to get out of the door, running around like a chicken that has seemed to have suffered the unfortunate bit of bad luck of misplacing its wallet and head.

On the road, making it to the church in Kansas City for Ella's baptisim. Lovely service and I really like their pastor. Also, really nice Hampton Inn there.

We had lunch at a local bistro brunchy place in Liberty and it's really quite good. I had the fish and chips lunch while Carly finally got her chicken fried steak. Fish is nummy. I ate too much. I have a problem.

Sara E's sister's wedding shower. Nick and I scamper away to an arcade and play the heck outta some Time Crises 3 and racing games. Come back, take pictures and a good time was had by all.

Back to the hotel for dinner. We had some Pizza Shoppe pizza and beer and great company. Pizza Shoppe is nummy. I ate too much. My stomach decided enough was enough and checked me into rehab.

And now, we're back home. LONG weekend of family and fun. Exhausting.

So, how awesome is my niece? Well, you are in for a treat! I have a simple and easy way to recreate the experence of hanging around my super awesome niece in the comfort of your own home! Just follow this recipe!

How to make an awesome niece (Ella style)!
Add and mix together in 1/2 qt casserole dish:
1/2 cup liquid awesome
2 drained cans of cut awesome
1 can cream of awesome soup
a dash of awesome sauce

Bake at 350 until golden and awesome.
Sprinkle on fried awesome.

And there you have one awesome niece!

Or green bean casserole.

Whichever. Both are pretty awesome.

Green bean casserole is nummy...