Spring Break 2008 – Day Two: slug day, Offensive Twister and Professional Crazy Eight

   Ok, today was a slug day for dad, but it started out doing good deeds. In the fall of 2006, I was nominated to the Sound System Committee of my church, and subsequently elected chairman of the committee. After putting together requirements, we solicited bids. We presented our case to the vestry, and they approved the purchase of the new sound system, which was installed in January 2007.
   Fast forward to 2008, and the sound system sometimes performed flawlessly, and sometimes not so flawlessly. It is the flawless instances that the congregation remembers the most, and they are no longer happy with our investment. With the Bishop paying a visit this coming Sunday, I was asked to get the system fixed. So I called them up, and made an appointment for them to come out this morning at 9am. Our pastor was to meet us, but had to go to the hospital, so it was up to me. I got the system up and running, and was thankfully able to reproduce some of the problems we’ve been having. After talking to the man, and calling the owner, we determined the mixer to be the problem. A temporary one was installed, and I helped with the sound check. Now everything is working flawlessly again. Sunday is the big day.
   By the time I got home, I had a headache. So we had lunch, and Arianna, ever so full of energy, wanted to play Twister, so we got it out and the kids twisted themselves up pretty good. I had really never considered Twister a contact sport, but apparently Adam had devised a strategy to make it impossible for everyone else to get into the next position. As a result, you can see how much of a pretzle Adam and Aaron made of themselves. Arianna was always out after the second move, but gladly hopped over to me to bark out commands for the next move.
   After I had a nap, Arianna wanted to play Crazy Eight, so she picked out a card deck and dealt the cards. When I came over and started playing, she asked if I had a king. I said yes, gave her my one king, and she laid down SIX KINGS! Then she picked up five more cards and said it was my turn. Lo and behold, she had combined two card decks because their backs looked very much alike and she couldn’t tell the difference, so we had a blast finding eight of everything. We were loaded. After the game, I explained what was going on, and she laughed, and we separated the two decks.
   Arianna and I cooked up dinner: mac & cheese and hot dogs, good old easy spring break meal. After dinner, the boys and I started recording a song, more later…