The Hotness

Well, my tickets are paid for and it's official - I'm off to Bakersfield Wednesday. That means two weeks of 100-degree temps, a trip to LA, and probably a trip to Fresno. I'm striving to win LCG's "Most Congregations Visited" award.

Yesterday I took the fam up to Charlotte for a picnic sponsored by HQ. We bothered my mother-in-law's Caravan because I need a new compressor for the AC unit in my vehicle. All was going well until we reached the town of Gaffney, where the rear driver's side tire blew. Luckily, we were only a few miles away from Super Wal-Mart. After dropping $75 we were able to continue on our way, arriving at the park around 1 o'clock.

The picnic was nice. It was quite hot outside, but under the pavillion is was manageable. We missed the burgers and hot dogs, setting up a mandatory dinner stop on the trip home. While there I got to watch a little softball, and play a scaled-down game of Ultimate. After working up a little sweat we were cooled off by a massive downpour. We got to meet a lot of new people and were able to spend time with old acquaintances as well. They should have these shindigs more often - only with more meat. lol

We were blessed to have the infamous Summa join us for the trip home. Once we hit Greenville we exited off and hit Tony Roma's, home of the best beef ribs in the Upstate. Nine or ten of us piled into a booth and ate like eating was going out of style. We had the privilege of being waited on by The Hotness, known to his mom as Kyle. He was the male embodiment of the blonde female stereotype (my apologies to any blonde females who might stumble across this. I'm sure none of you would fit the stereotype.). He wasn't stupid, just a little... I think ditzy is word I'm looking for. Just off-kilter enough to be a little endearing. He was pretty funny, and the female contingent at our table informed me that he was cute and had a dimple. Later on the adjective "hot" was used, and Kyle became The Hotness. He forgot to remove the used dishes from the table so that at one point, Chad had to sit his entree in his lap b/c there was nowhere else to put it. The splitting of the checks at the end of the meal was quite an adventure too - as he corrected the mistakes The Hotness told us we were lucky we got the right food! He was so likeable though that we all (I think)laughed.

Afterwards, we goodbye to our friend Aaron. I've got to adjust to Mr. Ridgeway's juke-joint style of hymn playing. Should be fun. We finally got Summa home around 11 - where I found there was a BODACIOUS bowl of blueberries waiting for me. Of course I drop the container when I got home and had blueberries all over the floor. That's what I get for coveting, I guess. Gotta go now and get caught up on everyone else's blogs...