Weekend Recap

A lot has happened since I last wrote, and I didn't take many photos so I'll just give a quick recap here.

Wednesday, after MCHS, I drove out to Oxford to the Eyes of Hope animal shelter, where I will be volunteering weekly this summer. I met Kris, one of the owners, and all of the dogs who are currently at the shelter. I walked a good number of them, and was about to take out the cutest little gray miniature poodle when it started to rain and he told us he wasn't interested in walking in that. Kris showed me how to feed the dogs, and gave me a list of times I can come and walk/play with the dogs every week. Hopefully I will be going again this Friday.

On Thursday, my new friend Phil invited me to come with him to his students' end of the year party. We refereed a flag football game, danced around and had a generally good time with some 7th and 8th graders. There were all kinds of yummy treats (cupcakes, brownies, etc.) and some kids were part of a cool whip eating contest that ended with the first to blow a bubble from the gum buried in the cream!

I worked on Friday, then saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie at the local theater. It is small, 192-seater that was reopened several years ago. They show one movie a night for about a week (every night at 7 pm!) before switching to a new one. On Friday, On Stranger Tides arrived and the theater was really busy. The ticket was only $5, and I got a medium popcorn and medium soda for $3.50, so my entire night out cost as much as buying a ticket at one of the big multi-plexes. The movie was good! I own all the other Pirates films, and if you liked them you will certainly like this one.

After I got home, Auree surprised me with another mouse. He has captured many of them so far this summer, and I was able to save this one from being killed. I didn't know Auree was such a good mouser! Dad says Auree brought him another "treat" this weekend when I was out of town. This is a photo of the mouse from Friday; he had the cutest big brown eyes.

Travis' Grad Party was on Saturday, so I left work and 1 o'clock and Dad and I drove (separately) out to Sturgeon Bay. Dad was able to meet lots of Travis' family, and despite the misty cold weather, we had a pretty good time. Us young folk spent the evening and night around the fire as it got colder out, and Travis' little brother Avery entertained us all by giving us "Indian names". I was known as White Eagle and Travis was Tiger Fang (and we figured together we made White Fang). Unluckily, I had to work on Sunday morning and therefore had to leave Sturgeon Bay at 8 am since it is a 3ish hour drive from home. Travis woke up late (he didn't get to bed until a few hours after I did, maybe 3:30) and then had to hurry to Madison where he is living for the remainder of the summer.