Make mine a double

The last several days have been pretty eventful so I had much time to one of these.  

I had the day off of work on Wednesday, thanks to the pumpkin carving contest I won back on Halloween, so my family and I went to Disneyland for the day. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. The forecast had said severe thunder storms, this was not even close to being true. In rained lightly for about ten minutes and then was a perfect sunny 70 degrees. The predicted rain must have scared off the masses because there was hardly anyone there, which resulted in short lines all day.  We ended our fun filled day by having dinner at The Blue Bayou (the restaurant inside The Pirates ride).  The food was pretty pricey but, it's safe to say it was one of the best meals I've ever had.

Thursday wasn't too exciting, just went to my Aunt's house up in Carlsbad for Thanksgiving, ate my weight in tofurkey, then went to Nathan's for some last minute party prep.

On Friday, I discovered my true calling in life.  Nathan's party was pretty much perfect, minus a douche bag or two (but David saw to it that the clown got his lumps, the other received no lumps but still found a way to shed some blood).  I'd never experienced a party from the other side of the bar before Friday night but, it was a night I'll never forget.  I wasn't really drinking all that much myself but, there was a certain buzz that came over me just watching how happy my drinks were making people.  This was no small task and couldn't have been successful without the help of my countless assistants, mostly Martin.

I can't stand feeling like a day is over before it's even began.  That's pretty much what Saturday felt like.  I mean we got some much needed house work done to transform the Kowalski house back into the Kowalski home, but it seemed like we'd barely woken up and the sun was already beginning to set.  We found time at the end of the night to reward ourselves for the overall success of the previous night by drinking the remainder of the keg and playing board games.

Sunday was pretty uneventful since I woke up feeling terrible. I'm petty sure it was just the result of drinking too much the two nights prior and my body crying out for a detox. I got some much needed rest though, and ended the night with some sushi.

The next party you see me tending bar at may look slightly different. The drink slinging Chris Chadwick of the future will look something like this.

Something Corporate

With the Black Friday party growing larger by the minute, Martin and I decided it needed some corporate sponsorship. It didn't take very long to decide that Wal-Mart was the obvious choice. It wasn't quite as easy to pull off as we had planned but, 24 hours and 5 trips to 3 Wal-Marts later, we managed to score $60.00 in essential party supplies.  Actually we're not done yet, we still have a couple of items to return for gift cards, but since it seems only the Santee store is dumb enough to allow these kind of activities, it'll have to wait a day or two.

I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow with the family and should return full of holiday joy. Not even the predicted rain storm can get me down. Between Disneyland, Thanksgiving, and Black Friday, the next three days should be amazing.

Adventurous weekend

Thursday (not technically the weekend but who cares)-

• Went to Justyn's to hear Martin's angelic voice
• Soup Plantation with my family
• Parkway Billiards 

Friday

• Santee tree lighting ceremony (got a $20 Oggi's card)
• Fillipi's (pronounce it how you want, it still sucks)
• Got duped out of watching Wall-E
• Settled for an Office mini marathon

Saturday

• Designed a flyer for the most ridiculous party this town will ever see
• Fry's
• Submarina with the MEN
• Wrote and partially recorded song number three
• Fashion Valley with NK and Flo
• Super spontaneous trip to LA for "dinner"

Sunday

• Research for Nathan's party
• Craigslisting in Chulauana with Justyn and Sheila 
• Brief nap
• Charger Game at Kate's
• Online party promotion

It's so much easier to do these weekend recaps when you don't drink at all during the weekend. Which pretty much means, next weekend will be damn near impossible.  I'm not even going to bother promoting the party on here since everyone's already on the VIP list.

Entourage

The East County Entourage: (left to right) J-Bell, Martin, Nathan, Chadwick, and Loi.

Case of the Fridays

Fridays at work have become an eight hour game of looking as if I actually have work to do. It's always been pretty slow on Fridays, mostly because people tend to apply for loans at the beginning of the week, rather than later. However, it's gotten to the point where there is very little work during the week, with a larger percentage of people getting their loans denied, and basically nothing on Fridays. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy relaxing and looking forward to the weekend, but the thought of getting laid off is somewhat unsettling. Anyway, I'm ready to get my E.C. tree lighting on tonight, should be fun.

$1.99

Someone pinch me! A full tank of gas for twenty dollars? I never thought gas would get this cheap again. Honestly, I expected it to start going back up after the elections, but I guess not.

I guess the Santee "Annual Tree Lighting Extravaganza" is this Friday, should be fun. Personally, it still feels a little too early for the Christmas season, Halloween is barely over. Maybe once I see that tree ignite in all it's East County glory, I'll begin to feel the joy of the season.  If nothing else, it'll be something fun to go out and do.

Also, I've begun the lengthy process of downloading all the albums that are messed up on my iPod.  It's taken me awhile to get around to it but, I'm really sick of wanting to listen to something, only to find out that it won't play.

Weekend recap

Friday

• Quantum of Solace at 12:01 am
• Red Lines with "The Entourage" 
• O.T.D.(Office till dawn) at Flo's

Saturday

• Another productive jam session (two songs in two weeks)
• Got some "Stones" (not Keystone) from the new Henry's 
• Shots of peach rum "oh barf"
• Got to bed at a decent hour for some much needed sleep

Sunday

• Got duped at the taco shop
• Charger game at Kate's
• Nap time
• Sushi Sunday

Another great weekend!  I'm pretty excited about the way this band thing is going.  It's been great just hanging out with good friends and making music.  Plus the song writing has been pretty effortless, thanks to Nathan. As for now, it's back to the grind but, these fun weekends make the five days in between fly by.