Candleblog

Our lost weekend in the midwest has come to an end and I’m back sitting at my desk at work. I wish it didn’t have to end but I’m glad to be home. I had only limited access to the internet on the trip so I was almost totally unaware of what was happening in the outside world. It was a realization for me of just how much I depend on the internet for my information about the world.

I rediscovered an old love on the trip: Euchre. We held a tournament at the Simmon compound in Illinois and determined that my cousin Jay Naegele is the Euchre champion of the family and that Emily and I are… not. Still, it’s a great game that I intend to play a lot more of in the future. Any takers?

I also discovered that if I take a 16 oz. cup, fill it with ice, then fill one half of it with Jack Daniels and the other half with Diet Coke (a drink I like to call the “John Cougar”) and drink two of those, I will get a little bit lit. I also discovered that drinking 5 of them is an actively bad idea.

Let’s be clear: I almost never drink. I have a beer about once a month when left to my own devices. Put me together with that family though and look out. I’m happily back to my Diet Coke (without the Jack, thank you) vice.