The Daily Sabs

Well, at least chris, jessi, and wee Desmond are. I am just a robot
fan who showed up for the wee robot's second birthday. We played robo
ball, but Desmond's cousin made up the rules as we went along. Somehow
I needed 38 points to win and he only needed 4. These robots sure are
tricky.

Ps. Andy won for creepiest robo-mask ever.

Pps. The glowing shaking ghost toy was a big hit with the kids and
Karina.

This evening Randall and I braved the bay bridge to head over to jessi
and chris's house for game night. There were 10 of us there and so we
had two rooms for gaming. In room one was the ever popular settlers of
catan (you know, the one rock for a sheep game). In room two was risk.
I ended up conceding my catan spot (there were a bunch of n00bs who
wanted to check it out and I'd played before), so I joined team risk.
Fun fact: I don't know if I'd ever played risk before. I didn't win,
but came in second. I had no idea what I was doing at first, so I'm
sure that's why I didn't win. I'm sure it had nothing to do with
cyrus's world domination skills. Nothing at all.

Ps. For dinner jessi made us a delicious tomato and goat cheese tart.
Nom!

This weekend the weather proved to be amazing BBQ weather, this was
good because i was headed to a couple of them today. We started off in
the east bay at jessi and chris's house. They have a pretty sweet
backyard and the east bay means at least 5 degrees more in warmth. The
crowd was a nice mix of folks, and while there were still more non-
parents than parents, quite a few babies and toddlers were in tow. I
started to feel old (how can I be somewhere where so many peers have
children?), but then someone brought jello shots and I knew everything
was okay.

After an entire afternoon of drinking in the sun, r and I headed to
the Parker brother's party. Every memorial day they do a 12 hour
(2pm-2am) backyard house party, complete with disco ball (yes
outdoors!), djs, and so much food and booze. Every year I say I'm
going to go, but never have the opportunity to make it. This year I
put all excuses behind me (including all day sun drinking) and dragged
Randall to the shindig. We didn't stay too long (see: all day sun
drinking), but we did have a good time. Plus, we got to see a bunch of
Santa Cruz folks we hadn't seen in years, and more Bridget time before
she leaves for turkey.

The party itself was the opposite of the first party. Both were loads
of fun (and can I just stop myself for a sec and tell you how great
the food at jessi and chris's was? Seriously I ate so much
deliciousness), but both made me aware of my age. On one hand I was
surrounded by babies and wondered how we ended up at this point in our
lives, and on the other I wondered how long until raging house parties
will be too much? Either way I'm going to try not and dwell and just
live in the now. Jello shots, disco balls, and all.