derby love.

we went to the game last night in kelowna. yesterday was actually a VERY BUSY DAY. and when i say we... i mean tyler and i.

it all started friday evening, i suppose. andrew came over, and when i was done work the three of us went for a bike ride around town. it was a really nice evening. just finally getting dark. it was a good ride. our last stop on the ride was to get some candy, and we went home and watched hot tub time machine (which is totally ridiculous and stupid if you were wondering... sometimes we like to watch dumb movies). andrew stayed over.

in the morning, we took andrew home, where we traded him in for rhiannon. we then went to walmart, printed some of the lovely photos that laura took for us. we printed two of them in 8x10. next we headed downtown for the sunshine festival!! yay!! rhiannon had her heart set on getting her face painted, but the only face painting we could find wasn't very good. it was a disappointment. we also got some picture frames for the photos that we printed. and we stopped in at this place that tyler and i have been dying to check out. its called 3208 and its a gourmet hot dog joint. so good!!! we hadn't gone because we heard they didn't have veggie dogs but apparently people have been asking for them, so they have some now. it was so good! although... they switched the ones that tyler and i ordered... so i got his, and he got mine. he had ordered the 'gwaka gwaka' which had guacamole mayo and melted cheese and salsa maybe? i'm not totally sure. i had ordered 'the med' which had hummus, olives, and artichoke. rhiannon got a kids one... with just mustard... haha. tyler started to get grumpy - i think it was too hot... he got a sunburn.

we dropped rhiannon off. went home briefly. and then headed to kelowna. we went to doc willoughby's and had some veggies and dip and hung out there for a while on the patio. kelowna has awesome patios downtown. vernon doesn't have anything that compares in the least. we killed time until we had to meet the family for dinner at the keg. the keg, for the record, has one vegetarian dish that they make. and it isn't on the menu. BUT... it is delicious. it was portabello mushroom fajitas. so good. i recommend it to anyone who doesn't feel like having a steak at the keg (if you ever find yourself in that position...??). it was a good dinner, but the fam took so long getting to kelowna that tyler and i were kind of in a rush.

the main event started at 7! roller derby game in kelowna. andrew, rhiannon, and dean joined tyler and i. the kelowna peach tarts and the ok shuswap raggedy rollers rematch. last time they played, we beat the tarts by more than 100 points. this time wasn't nearly as awesome. erin got to do a demo before the game to explain how it works. it was cool. she was great. i was jealous. rhiannon had a HAY DAY at the game. and dean wouldn't stop talking about how it is a sub culture. tyler's friend kristy, who lives in kelowna, and her boyfriend joined us part way through. i got to explain to everyone how it works. and by the end rhiannon was following along, and had learned all the lingo. my throat hurt by the time we left. the refs were calling all kinds of stuff on the raggedy rollers, and NOTHING on the tarts. we saw soooo many elbows (which are not allowed). it was brutal. so, although the raggedy rollers had a really strong lead right off the bat, the peach tarts won - 249 to 201. it sucked. trystan texted me the score after the game ended, calling the peach tarts all kinds of names. it was kind of funny. trystan isn't really the angry type.

the drive home was nice. we listened to some neil young at dean's request, some beatles at rhiannon's insistance, and then to the doors for dean again. we dropped off the fam, and went promptly home to bed.

i got up at 5:10 and am now almost done my shift.

after work will find me at the gym for a good hour, probably a shower, and then to my mom's to paint the chicken coop (hopefully). followed by dinner at tyler's mom's. and then funtastic practice at the park across from our house! its like 10 days till funtastic. we're starting to get really excited. i need to figure out my costume. everyone has to dress up as their favourite character from hook! the team is called BANGERANNNNGS!!!! jasmine won't stop hounding me about my costume decisions. CALM DOWN JASMINE. DON'T WORRY. I WILL HAVE A COSTUME AND I WON'T COP OUT, OKAY?

alright... i think thats all.