The past couple days have been pretty exciting… we finally don’t have
a brown dirt lawn, now it’s green dirt! Yup, that’s right, we finally got
our hydro-seed yesterday and even a little rain to help it along… good
for the lawn, not-so-good for the baseball game. It was cloudy all day and
rain was threatening, but we still decided to watch those Loons battle it
out in Midland. It started to sprinkle a little and everyone moved for
cover, but we toughed it out and enjoyed watching the Loons beat the
Wizards 9-4. Just an FYI, it’s hard to eat popcorn when your fingers are
half-numb! Speaking of sports, any hockey fans out there? Even if you’re
not a hockey fan, the Stanley Cup finals are here, and man was it an
exciting game Monday night. The Penguins managed to hold on after tieing
the game with 30 seconds left in the third period and scoring a goal
half-way through third overtime (yeah that’s right, I said three!) I made
it til the end, but Susan called it quits after the second overtime ended.
The Red Wings lead the series 3-2 and the next game is scheduled for
tonight (hopefully it won’t go too late 😉 ). Oh, and our sprinklers
kicked on this morning and should be running again as I type this, which
is pretty slick. We should have a nice fuzz on our lawn in 10-14 days, so
stay tuned!

I learned quite a lot this Memorial Day Weekend. First of all I learned
that Susan and I can put a tent up in the dark. That’s right, we’re
hardcore campers now… Seeing as how we had a three day weekend we
thought we’d break in our Cedar Point season passes. We took off after
work, and a quick stop at Q-Doba’s and managed to get to our campsite
around 10:30 PM. After pulling out our lantern and one flashlight, we
managed to get our tent up in about 30 minutes without any major problems.
That brings us to the second thing I learned, that it only takes about 3
hours to get to Cedar Point (3.5 if you need to turn around cause you
missed your exit… whoops!), so the drive isn’t too bad.

We went to the park (after getting free parking with our season pass 🙂
) and were standing in front of the entrance where I learned something
else. Cedar Point’s signage for a season pass makes no sense. After
standing for 15 minutes in a non-moving line, we started to wonder if we
were actually in the right line… so we decided to get in another line.
We should have stayed in the first line, but in the end it didn’t really
matter. So, we got in a much longer line and waited to get our pictures
taken (it’s not on the card they give you, but it pops up every time you
swipe it…) With our cards we got in the park quickly and were ready to
ride! Susan conquered her fear of the 420 foot 120 mph coaster known only
as “Top-Thrill Dragster”. Unfortunately, we don’t have picture
documentation of such an event, but trust me I was there… Maverick was
down for a little bit that day, but man that ride is freaking awesome
(except at night, when the bugs are out!)

After getting lunch Susan wasn’t feeling well and we headed back to the
campground. We both took a nap and were back in the park later that day.
On Sunday we went back again and rode pretty much the whole day, when I
learned something else. Nap taking is pretty much a necessity when you go
to a park back-to-back days. About 40 minutes from closing time we were so
exhausted we decided to call it a day.

We also got our jackets before the
park closed, which we should have stayed in the line we were in the day
before to get them, but I convinced the guy we bought the tickets in the
fall while the offer was still valid. I also learned that the guy working
didn’t really know what he was doing, because he had people in front of us
that he was helping for like 30 minutes (and he had to get help from a
co-worker). Though, the jackets were worth the wait, V.I.P. all the way!
Wanting to have a camp fire that night, I managed to get one going (with a
little boy scout water 😉 ) and we made smores. Even though I was super
sleepy, I stayed up until the fire died down and doused the embers with
water (little did I know that was pretty much a waste of time). Yes, the
thunderstorm came and we survived it! Although, I did learn the tent has a
few holes in it and there were a couple small (really small) puddles in
the corners… so we stayed dry! There wer a couple lightning strikes that
sounded really close, but no trees fell on us and the tent didn’t blow
away, so that was good!

After packing up our soaking tent (on the outside) and the rest of our
gear, it was back to Freeland we go. We got home to see the lawn guy came
and re-graded our lawn. It looks a lot better then it did and it sounds
like we’ll be getting seeded either today or tomorrow, so we should have
the beginnings of a lawn in about two weeks, yay!