This weekend was a bit more fun than the last, since I actually did stuff. I talked to Beck a bit Saturday morning and we both decided we should go shopping. So I checked out the farmer's market, which wasn't terribly exciting, but I might have just gotten there late. I decided to go back to the Old Aiken Market instead, since I needed more granola (which, as usual, wasn't crunchy). On the way I passed a bead store and a used book store, so I stopped in both. I like beading, and considered buying some to make earrings, but I'm still not done with Beck's raccoon. I got a Stephanie Plum novel (very funny) at the book store. Next I stopped at the Curiosity Shop, determined to actually buy the Spotted Dick. I told the cashier it made me giggle. I haven't eaten it yet, but I'll describe it when I do.
After buying a couple things at the Market, I headed home to make some lunch and talk to Beck some more. Matt came home after lizard wrangling at SRS and told me some people were playing basketball at the park. I felt the need for exercise so I went with him. It was very obvious that I hadn't played since about 6th grade. But most of us sucked anyway, so I didn't feel bad. However, when we invited 2 kids to play with us, we totally got schooled. They were like, 10 and half my height. And of course the 2 of them ended up on the team with Matt, who's super tall and can actually play. Whatever, it was fun, and I found that my ultimate frisbee skills came in handy with defense, since I could read cuts well and avoid picks. After the game, Matt decided he needed to run around the mile track, which made me feel like a fat ass, so I joined him. I abandoned him on the 2nd lap, though.
We were informed of a bonfire at Brenda and Kate's house that night, so after showering and making some dinner, we stopped to buy marshmallows and beer and headed down. It was relatively low key, but fun. The fire was super hot so I had to be careful with the shmallows. Met a few people who's names I don't remember and I probably won't see again.
Went to bed late and woke up on Sunday. (Well duh, like I would have woken up on Tuesday or something). Can't remember a lot from the day except talking to Beck, and then it was time for ultimate! We had an awesome turnout and ended up with a 9 on 9 game (we decided subs are for sissy-la-las, I guess). I had a ton of fun and played decently, so hopefully that many people will show up again.
On Monday, Candice and I got to see for ourselves why everyone hates site 57: Horseflies. Not to mention lots of brush and poison ivy and brambles. But it's been bearable, especially with the flaps on my awesome hat cinched under my chin so I look SUpEr COoL. I think the main frustration was our inability to catch anything in patch E, where we can hear several buntings, but they just won't fly in. We caught 3 in B, though, so not too bad. It also didn't help that Candice's alarm didn't go off, so she showed up at 8-ish after getting lost and being escorted to the site by the police. I'm surprised she wasn't arrested, they're pretty anal.
Tuesday still didn't bring us any luck with E, and no birds in D, either. But I caught 3 buntings in A. I think I'm just magical. Julian did get a couple cool bycatches in D: a Baltimore Oriole and what seems to be a hybrid Blue-Winged/Golden Winged Warbler. We took down all the nets, put some in C, and moved a couple to site 10. Our schedule's been thrown off a bit but we should be OK if 10 is successful enough. Guess we'll find out by the end of the week.
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