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This was an awesome weekend, and it's only the end of Saturday.

Friday:

Last night we figured since people had some stuff that had to be done in the afternoon we were not going to meet up until around 4:00 to leave Ames. I had already took the day off work, but I went to work anyway after class. I drove my co-workers to lunch and back for Wendy's. I left after that.

Tom will be gone next week, and there are a few things that need to get done at the office while he is gone. The PC guys have to figure out how to configure and migrate our users to active directory. Once they figure that out I have to figure out how to get the macs to integrate into that system. I am really looking forward to that. There have been a few time that I tried to look up documentation about AD on the Mac, and it is really sparse. Also, I have to figure out a problem with our Mac NAV users that is requesting that their subscription to LiveUpdate needs to be renewed. I have to talk to Symantec about this problem since our license should have covered LiveUpdate. Grrrr.

After I picked up Colin, I just did not keep good track of time after then. I figure we left Ames around 4:30 or so. I cooked hot dogs and potatoes on the grill. I believe I have been designated the official griller for my group of friends, though this was only my second experience with the grill. The grill there was difficult to turn on. After consulting with the neighbors (who also helped us get into the house) we decided that the ignitor for the grill was not working, so we took out the lighter to get it going. After dinner we hung out for a bit on the dock. Meri and Gaila took a swim. Gaila splashed me a couple times and both were picking on me to get in the corn cob and assorted debris filled water. The rest of the night was spent watching Family Guy and the Italian Job. Meri was quick to fall asleep, but I don't think we bugged her too much, though we thought about it. She deserved rest. That is what this whole trip was about. We all got to bed around midnight or one o'clock.

Below are the pictures I got. I really was not much of the shutterbug that I probably should have been. Maggie got a lot more pictures, but with a film type camera.

Saturday

I actually woke up around 6:30 or so on my own accord. Most of us were planning on sleeping in 'til perhaps 10 or 11 at the earliest. Most of us were up and about by 7:30 / 8:00. Meri was the last one to wake up and Colin took his time as well. Nick cooked us omelettes around 10:00. We watched Kll Bill: Vol 1. I checked the weather forecast on the internet using my trusty laptop and cell phone connection since the Weather Channel was more focused on when to plant your tomatoes and the Local on the 8s did not have radar. The agony of 1.5KB/sec. Nancy came by during the movie, but she was cool and stayed mostly out of our way. A special thanks to Meri's aunt Nancy for being cool. She got the flowers and an earlier purchased thank you card.

We attempted to have some outside fun before it rained. That didn't last long. During the most of that outdoor time, Meri and I went into town to get some flowers for her Aunt Nancy (person who was letting us use the house) and another thank you card for the helpful neighbors. By the time we got back, everyone was back inside watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We stopped the movie in the middle to go check out the lake from the boat driven by Nancy. When we got back it was raining again, but we managed to start a fire in a chimnea (is that right?) to roast marshmallows for s'mores. We went back inside and finished Monty Python. Mel made some sandwiches, and by that time Meri wasn't feeling too well. I guess that explains the extra sleeping. Shortly after we packed up and left for Ames.

I invited everyone over to my place to hang out some more (since we were going back for the sake of Mel). Walter, Colin, and Gaila stayed and watched Die Another Day. By 9:00 we were all too pooped to do anything else and we went home.

As you can see, it has been a long weekend. Thought it was a very enjoyable weekend. The skies are clear, so I think we may have missed out on some good camping weather tonight. Oh well, roughing it in that house with the AC and big screen TV really wore us out. Perhaps later this summer some of us can camp at Sailorville and we can take the boat out for the day or half-day.

Thanks everyone for a wonderful time.