Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Poker Weekend

Last weekend was pool and poker with the boys. Had a great time. Friday night we went to Pudge's in Hudson to shoot pool and carry on. We all kind of played like old men. Still fun just to hang with those guys. Back at Nellie's place we played poker until we couldn't stay awake any longer. I ended up losing about $10 there. Saturday, despite the ominous forecast, we traveled to Eau Claire to play poker at Rooster's place. We played from 10AM to 1AM. What fun! Drank a ton of beer and won $15. Sunday morning we woke to a bunch of snow. We headed back to the cities, stopping for breakfast first. There was a couple sitting in McD with their suitcases. Turns out they were stranded since Greyhound was not running out of EC. We had room so we did our good deed and took them to the cities. Back at Nellie's in HudsonI picked up my car since I rode with him to EC. The little Saturn had a hard time in the snow. I got onto 494 and it started snowing to beat hell. Driving white knuckled, I knew I wasn't going to make it back to Mankato in good shape. I pulled off in Woodbury and spent time at Mark's place until 5PM. Ready to leave again, I go out to the car and I had left the damn lights on again. Ugh. One of those days I guess. See, the Saturn doesn't beep at you when you leave the lights on because the pokey outty thing on the door is busted off. That's just part of the Saturn's charm. Anyway, I made it home OK after a jumpstart. But no radio on the way home since the theft system locked up the radio when the power was lost. More charm.