July 4, 2006

Before we could start celebrating in Vegas, we had to finish up the weekend with the real reason to eat lots of hot dogs - the actual 4th of July. Woke up to Pat taking notes while watching the official Nathan's Eating Contest that was on TV. I pretty sure thats the reason i was dreaming of hot dogs, oh well.
Not long after, Nathan Weaver shows up for some early morning Turkey Burgers before we headed to the beach with our 8 1/2 pairs of flippers. Today was the third part of our 4th of July events (Eating contest, Yucka, Flipper Soccer) - Flipper Soccer. And, it went over so well that it may happen more than once a year, but i doubt it. So, after another trip to Hermosa and lots of Code Red, Nate led the attack in a very aggressive game of Flipper Soccer. Pelner, of all people, was the MVP though. I'm not sure how it happened, but he seemed more coordinated playing flipper soccer than anyone since Claudia Reyna.
So, after tearing up our feet, and Nate bleeding through his flippers, we decided it was time for an end even though the people watching and taking pictures of us were rather disappointed. So, it was another day spent at the Poop Deck for the team.
Briney and I spent a lovely afternoon together walking the strand and eating pizza together - talking...about things. So, once Nate and the team were completely 68'ed from the Poop Deck, just around freak thirty, we headed back to Kelly's with Nate Weaver. You would love Nate Weaver. I'm not even going to try and explain - just know!
So, before we actually left Hermosa, we were hanging out with Merlin in the front yard when Mark and Briney show up in a taxi. Mark gets out with a bloody nose and tells us how he got sucker punched in the face. And, in order to get it over with, he asks us to re-set his nose for him instead of waiting to go to the hospitol. Hmm...
The only one we trusted for this was Pat. So, Pat moved it pretty good i guess (claiming he has done it before). So, Briney takes Mark to the hospitol and gets it checked out. When asked if he broke his nose, the doctor said, "After looking at the x-rays, your nose isn't broken. But, someone may have re-set it for you."
And there it is. True story. Lesson of the day: Pat should follow in Bike's foot steps and become a doctor, not an accountant.


We also watched fire works this night - from 25 miles away. gaaaay.