Wisconsin

The sun is out, for the first time in days. Monsoon season at the moment. Heading to Waupaca, Wisconsin tomorrow morning. Camping is the agenda for the weekend. Martha's folks have land in Wisconsin and it is there that tents will be pitched and beer drank. Martha got a bike rack so we can bring our bikes there and do some exploring, solving mysteries and the like. Everything else is going extremely well and there is nowt worth complaining about.

A brand new bike

I'm thinkin' of buying me a chair. Somethin' fancy and modern. The purchase of a chair isn't to be taken lightly though. I am slowly acquiring stuff for my "office". I am hoping that I can do some work from home, paperwork and the like.

Bought a bike two weeks ago. Cycling all over the place now. Thought I would die of a heart attack but actually surprised by my level of cardiac fitness. Lots of scenic bike routes here by the river and all that.

I turned 25 on Friday. Frightening stuff. Very nice birthday though. Dinner and chocolate cake was had. I wasn't in a pub this weekend. That's probably the first dry weekend since I was about 15, seriously.

Raining for the last few days. What's that all about? Kinda like it though. Feels like home!

Milwaukee

A trip to Milwaukee was made this Saturday to witness the graduation of Martha’s brother from university. Many family members were there. T’was great to see them all again. Before setting out for Milwaukee on Saturday we hung around in Minneapolis for a few hours and pursued our favorite past time – rummage sales. If you want bargains then the rummage sale is the home of the bargain. I got some brand new books that originally cost $40 but were sold to me for 25c. I could go on and list the deals we got but the list is too long. The apartment is filling up quick with “stuff”.

Milwaukee was fantastic as always. Two straight nights in The Roman Coin (sleazy war veteran’s bar). The booze is cheap and the customers are insane. They show violent movies on three TV’s, just to keep the blood boiled up to a healthy/angry level. We managed to persuade the barman to switch one of the TV’s over so that we could watch COPS.

A crack head came into the bar and hustled me out of $10. I fell for his sob story (he had just moved up from Louisiana, baby had a brain tumor, couldn't find a job, stole food to feed family, was thrown in jail even though he was innocent…) He was dam good. The fact that it was a scam was proven by a customer in the bar telling me that the guy had been fired recently from a restaurant for stealing lobsters, and had lived in Milwaukee, not Louisiana, all his life. He tapped into my charity vein, which many believe does not exist.

Tornado

All is going great. Weather is beautiful. Survived my first tornado yesterday. It was pretty scary and we had to hide out in the basement for a while. No Wizard of Oz stuff happened though. Pity. We are heading to Milwaukee next Saturday for the weekend. Great city. I expect to have many, many a laugh.