Golf and Biking with a Small Chance of Rain

Well today has definitely been an adventure for me. Today is my dad's birthday, so we decided to all three go hit some golf balls this morning in honor of his birthday. Needless to say, I was like a five year old who gets bored very easily and I most definitely commend Mom and Dad for being that patient. I also managed to take two chunks of grass and dirt out of the ground which was good enough for me. I'm not really sure if I will take up golfing, it's probably not a wise idea for me; one, because I can't hit the ball and two, because I talk too much :)

One of the highlights of this was when we were in the car on the way back home....somehow we got on the subject of chicken coops, which then lead to skunks [we were talking about how stinky they were]. Dad proceeded to tell me: "If you ever hit a skunk, get out of the car, set it on fire and report is stolen. Or just have Hilary pop you in the face, say someone hit you, then jacked your car....." I was glad to hear his philosophy of how to handle my stinky car, if that were to ever happen of course....which I pray that it does not, because I will only be the good daughter and listen to what my dad said, and if for some reason Hilary decides to take the route to hit me, she might get hurt :) 

Yea....back to reality; after our golf outting, Mom and I came back and got ready to run errands. We drove all the way to Sandhills to get to Ulta and get makeup....we would really appreciate it if Columbiana would invest in an Ulta. It would definitely save some time for us. We [well I] also enjoyed some Starbucks. 

Once we were done with our errands, I had already planned to go biking with Roy and Heidi later this afternoon. The original plan was to go to the Riverwalk and bike, but that changed and they decided we would ride around their house/Pine Ridge area. Once I arrived at their house, we set off on our ride. Needless to say that ride was a little hilly every now and then, which was a challenge for me at times. As we were discussing the route we were going to take to head back, we heard thunder. We thought for sure we were going to miss the rain. Not. We headed back, and it started drizziling on us. Mom actually drove by us after running more errands and honked the horn at us. Roy said that it is illegal to do that to bikers and he was going to have her arrested for it....when I later told Mom and Dad, Dad said "I would like to see him try." Ha moving on....we were almost back to the house, when the bottom dropped out. I mean literally it was POURING. Heidi was bikerwoman today, and went ahead of Roy and I. Luckily, she made it to the house right when it started, Roy and I on the other hand got soaked. We finally made it back to the house, we were dripping from the rain....I got in the car and went home. I borrowed Mom's car, so I got her seat wet [oops] ha and drove through the monsoon and made it home. 

When I got home, I  came in still soaked, got laughed at by the parentals then changed. Like I said earlier, today was Dad's birthday so we had planned to have a family night and grill out. The rain seemed to interfer with that. Well in the real world it would have, but my dad prevailed, put his Indiana Jones hat on and grilled the steaks in the rain. Our menu consisted of; steak, lobster tails, baked potatoes, corn, garlic bread and salad. It was all delicious and great, except we discovered tonight that I do not like lobster and I will be sticking to crab legs. 

Overall it was a pretty productive day, we were able to spend time with Trip and have some good laughs, just like old times which is always a plus for us :)