Father's Day

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a little late here...sorry.

Sunday morning I slept in a bit. No super special breakfast as we were getting together with my parents for brunch. But, the presents! The wife and the HB got me the new North Mississippi All-Stars disc and, more important, Guitar Hero III for the Wii. The HB and I had a great time playing it. Of course, he was pissed that I beat him, but I have the advantage of knowing all of the songs.

We had brunch with my parents at a great deli near their house. Delish. My dad liked his book and my mom was ecstatic over the gift certificate my bro and I got for her for her birthday (which was a few days earlier). It was to her favorite store (Chico's) so she can buy some new stuff for their upcoming cruise.

That afternoon, we took a family trip to the Rotary International convention. Things were a little zoo-ey downtown between that and the Laker game (and they won!), but we were able to find a good place to park not too far away. We were there so we could see the NZS in the parade of flags and so I could buy some thank you gifts for my board of directors.

So, we worm our way into the hall for the parade (my wife and the HB didn't have tickets because it would have cost almost $700 for the 20 minutes of what we wanted to see) and see the NZS. There were more flags (people from 140 countries attended) than kids, so we saw the NZS several times. But, get this. No one took the time to coordinate their order so the students would carry the flag of their country! So, the NZS didn't even present the New Zealand flag. That was just dumb.

Afterwards, we grabbed the world's slowest sandwiches at a local supermarket. My wife insisted on having a sandwich made from scratch by the world's slowest sandwich maker instead of grabbing a pre-made one like I did. She got a bit of a stomach ache that night...heh.

When we got home I powered through the US Open and the Laker game on HD-DVR. I can't believe that Tiger still won that tournament (the next day) with a bum knee. What's next, he can only play in a tournament if he promises to swing with only one arm?