Life of Spud

We went down to Laurel today. I had a 1 pm game and we looked into the aquatics center across the lot and decided to head over there after the game. they have indoor pools and free swim and the older girl is into swimming now, so we thought it would be a good way to keep out of the heat and have some fun. at about 3:40 pm the lights flickered and the lifeguards blew their whistles and yelled at everyone to get out of the pool. I figured it had hit 4 pm and the free swim was over, but when looking out the window (and there is a whole wall of the building that is made of windows) we saw a crazy thunderstorm blowing through. There was wind and lightning and thunder and it was pretty intense. After the storm passed we headed out to our previously scheduled lunch location. We were warned before we left the pool that there were lots of trees down and we quickly confirmed this when we needed to veer around a chunk of tree. and we decided to forge on even when the traffic lights were out, assu...

I returned home from an especially frustrating 7-Mile shopping experience this afternoon, and as I was pulling into mu driveway I noticed an older lady had parked her car in the middle of the street and was on her cell phone having a conversation. This, unfortunately, was not strange. We have a mail box at the corner of our street and people regularly pull over in unsafe and incomprehensible ways. It's frustrating to watch and I always feel like going over to the people and telling them off. This never happens because I either check myself and conclude that it is not worth it (this is Baltimore, after all, and people get shot here for much less) or because the people move on too quickly for me to get over there. But this time was different. The woman moved like she was going to get into her car but then she continued to wander in a circle around her vehicle, all the while engaged in an in-depth conversation on her phone. So I concluded that she wasn't going to rush off. And bec...

So yesterday was Sunday and we decided that it was high time to ride the water taxi around the inner harbor. The plan was to take the taxi over to fells point and eat at the new kosher cafe there, then go to the science center and end up at the o's-jays game for a few innings before heading back to suburbia for a birthday party. things didn't go as planned, but we did start the day with a water taxi ride to fells point and we did have lunch at the van gough cafe . but then we continued on the water taxi to ft. hood, where we sat in the shade of some trees for a 1/2 hour before getting back on the water taxi for the trip back to the inner harbor. time flew, and by the time our boat docked we only had time for ice cream before we had to get back in the car and head home. but we had a really good time. despite the heat and the sun (95 degrees) we manages to make it home. the little one conked out in the car but me and the 4 year old quickly changed for the birthday party. by the t...