ok….so Monday Craig Broers (aka. Craig of Farrington) called me and asked if it would be possible to get together for dinner up in Kenosha. Now…how do you turn down a red-bearded chap with a tie-dye hat who is calling from the Appalachian mountains on his way to Michigan to see his grandchildren. So after much ado…Gabrielle, John Wholers and I drove up to the Birchwood, a favorite—ewwww were sweaty…in garb or not…I’m exhausted…dehydrated…I gotta pee…OMG the wait staff will tolerate us and our behavior…ooooo salad bar restaurant (so good suggestion Carl —aka Mr. Jezabel).
So…dinner was awesome and per the usual we all had the dinner buffet…nice and tasty. It was a great time catching up on things, cracking jokes at Bob’s expense, having fun with Craig’s new phone, and just generally fostering camaraderie. Now Monday was also Bouncy Jens birthday. Craig being the wonderful person that he is, decided to brighten Jen’s day, as she had to work late, by calling her and singing her a birthday song. Of course the rest of us were in the background as singers…and by the sound of us we needed to be in the background. Well…this just elated Jen and made her day…we passed the phone around and gave our birthday wishes. I can still here the squeals of happiness here in Carol Stream.
Well, I think it was around 9pm and Craig had to get on the road to his next stop…we all hugged…said our goodbyes and Craig was off. Gabrielle, John and I were out of the parking lot next…and Bob…humm….I think he was having phone sex with his Jen as we never saw him again and we all had to go the same direction.
So, we are in the VUE and driving back just generally talking and trying to help John with the song stuck in his head…well actually two songs stuck in his head playing simultaneously. As we are driving we think we see Bob coming up behind us…well he passed us. So Gabrielle and John were urging me to catch up, but I resisted…I mean who knows what state Bob was in after his phone sex in the Birchwood parking lot.
IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT SOMETHING WAS SAID THAT CAUSED ME TO RE-OPEN MY LJ….
John said, “If you catch up to him. I’LL MOON HIM!”
And so the foot eagerly depressed the accelerator and the driver was revitalized with new vigor and purpose in life….lol…well I did catch up to that car but it wasn’t Bob sadly, because I wanted Wohlers to moon Bob…I’m not sure why…probably just for the photo opportunity…well, I suppose there is always next time.
and that is the story and the sentence that brought me back to LJ — now I must return to the enormous paper that I have to have written by morning….sigh