Labor day weekend

Friday I was looking forward to for a few weeks, a Madison-alum-that-live-in-Minnesota get together. I picked up a buddy from his grandparents' after work and headed back to get ready. From there, two others showed up and we headed Uptown to meet more. We got a nice and early start at the Drink and got to enjoy some fresh air on the patio and fresh people ready for the weekend. After a few we hit Bar Abilene where I randomly ran into about 10 more that I knew, this I was not expecting. I caught up as best as I could and ended up on the dance floor for a bit with the birthday girl sister of one of my Madi friends... I wish I knew how to dance :)

Saturday morning included a (recently) rare occurence, me cooking. A nice greasy breakfast to start things off hit the spot. After picking up my phone from Bar Abilene (which had some random pictures on it from after the time I lost it...), we headed to Mankato in hopes of good weather and for a pontoon on a lake waiting for us. The sun poked out a few times during the few hours on the lake and we had rafts of beer floating around us, so all in all it was still a good afternoon despite the rain before and after the lake experience. Later we ended up in the 'Kato bars and... well, it was fun :)

Sunday took some time to get started, but I made it up and decided to stay another night as I don't get to see this bunch much. Before the evening we saw Crank, which was pure non-stop action. Great for a quick one-time flick, but not something I'll go back and see again in the theater. We started off the bar scene in a cheap watering hole, something I'm not used to. One could probably spend $20 bucks all night if they went there at 7 and stayed until close. Wow. After that we went to the bar with the Sunday night special as it seemed like the entire college was there. We got out a little early as it became uncomfortably packed and headed back to a friend's house to watch some TV... well, they watched, as it was bloody NASCAR, so I was basically put to sleep. Sorry, just not into that. Monday I headed back after a nice breakfast (made for me, I didn't have to cook, which was SOOO nice by the way) and then got back and headed to the MN State Fair with a roommate and M. The weather finally perked up and so did the fair crowds, from what I hear at least. I had a few brews to wash down fries, corn, alligator, cheese curds, and a pronto pup. I'm still working off all of that. To end the weekend, the Dane Cook special on HBO rocked... and then I cooked a turkey. And then I crashed.