Carrie came home in the afternoon and we played some Mario Kart (we've been playing so much recently that I almost don't need to write it down; it's practically a given). Then at 3:30 I gathered all of my Fools Play things and the two of us drove down to Lakewood to the "Go Away Katie" party being held at lawyer Fred's house. It was a pretty nice, one-level house that had a backyard two or three times larger than ours. The backyard was dominated by a pool! You hardly ever see built-in pools in this neck of the woods! There was also a firepit and a built-in barbeque that had its own chimney.
I ate two bratwursts and a cheeseburger.
Other than Carrie and Katie, the people I knew at the party consisted of
- Melissa
- Travis
- Christine
- Nikki
- Mackenna (sp?)
Around 5:45 I gathered my incredly-stuffed self up and drove down to Fools Play, where we performed "Mailbag."
It was a funny show because earlier in the week Ed had a bicycle accident and mildly fractured his arm, then on Friday Geoff dislocated the middle finger of his right hand while training. So I grabbed a wrist splint and my brother got band-aids and an eyepatch and Ed brought more bandages and fun stuff like that. All the Fools got all dolled up in injuries and we played "Guess Which 2 Fools Are Really Injured" with the audience.
I got to dust off my Bill the Mailman persona, as well as Escaped Liberace. I also sang a song about a weatherman whose forcast called for blood raining from the skies. I don't think it got recorded, which was a shame, because it was one of my best vocal performances to date. I was probably actually in tune 70% of the time or more!
I was still very stuffed after the show, so when we went to Rib Eye a milkshake was all I ordered. Damned tasty, though: chocolate and peanut butter, and the adorable waitress added some marmalade into it as a "secret ingredient." It made it a little sweeter and added the chunks of rind... it was really good! I recommend that if you're out at a place that has milkshakes, you should order a chocolate-and-peanut-butter shake and then add one of those little packages of marmalade to it.
