Weekend recap

I had a great weekend.

Friday night was Dave and Busters with buddy, eating well and playing video games.

Saturday night was the group celebration of cincycub's 26th birthday at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Downtown Cincinnati. It was a good time and Brian was the perfect host of his own party, moving from one end of the table to the other to make sure everyone got to spend time with the birthday boy!

The party continued at Brian's house, but I had to get home because my sister dropped a bomb on me.. my mom is getting MARRIED!!! She and her steady of several months have decided to tie the knot, so I needed to get home and get the skinny on this. I guess at mom's age (she's 64, he's 70), they really can't waste a lot of time on a lengthier courtship. They're both widowed, so I guess they are lonely and want someone in their lives. It's going to be weird to have a mom with a different last name as mine.

Well, time for work.

Holy Matrimony, Batman!

I had a long day working in Dayton and got to the gym very late today. When I got back in my car from my workout, sweaty and tired, I picked up my cell phone and found three messages waiting. It was my sister calling to say "nothing is wrong, but I need you to call me."

Okay, if nothing is wrong, why did you call three times in one hour? I called the sis and she told me that Mom and her boyfriend ELOPED!!!!! In my hometown, there is a running joke about young couples who run off to Jellico, Tennessee, just over the KY/TN border, to get married. No joke, my mom and dad did just that back in 1970 ...and apparently, history repeated itself today at 2:30 PM.

To say I'm shocked would be an understatement. I'm not upset in the least, Mom is a grown woman capable of making her own choices, but the rush is atypical. I mean, she couldn't be pregnant, which seems to be the new running joke in the family. I called Mom and she said that she simply was tired of waiting and that at their age, why court for so long? She sounds so giddy!