Crazy Fun

This weekend was crazy, fun. I told you Captain J and I had made lots of plans, recall? Well, most of those plans happened and then some. If I were to describe each event in this one itsy bitsy blog post then, well, you'd stop reading. I mean, YEAH, it was loads of fun, but nobody likes an uber long post. Am I right? Or maybe this is an excuse to not write much right now as it is almost midnight. I'll ponder that as I type and get back to you.

Where to start? How bout in the middle (because those are the pictures I have uploaded to my computer!)?

Captain J and I attended a wine tasting with a few spectacular friends. We were invited along by Sgt Major so and so who was attending. We heard "wine" and "riverboat" and thought, why not?! Let me start off by saying, I'm glad we went. I really am, but...

Fairbanks isn't the place to experience the whole wine tasting on a fabulous boat scenario. If this tells you anything about it, it only set us back forty bucks...TOTAL! The wine was great, but then again we aren't exactly wine-oes. Our house wine is Oak Leaf from Walmart...I mean, c'mon. The riverboat was named the Tanana Chief and it sat quietly beside a large highway bridge- ALL NIGHT. Yes, the boat never actually moved while we were galavanting around pretending to be classy enough to know good wine when we smell/taste it. The water in the Chena River isn't up far enough to justify trying to take a boat that size down it so we just stayed put in one spot. That was all fine and dandy, I suppose. I'm not sure what we were expecting anyway- Fairbanks isn't known for its boats. 

Anyway, the drinks were flowin' and our wine list was being peppered with guys with mohawks (the wine rocked!), turtles (the wine made you want to hide in your shell), dead guys (terrible wine), and straight-faced smilies (the wine was mediocre) when the staff announced that it was time to eat. We ventured downstairs to find out that it was Taco Night on the ole Tanana Chief. Who ever heard of tacos and wine? Good grief. Oh well, it gave us a good laugh. Also, our totally legit rating scale left us chortling, too so we left the riverboat and headed over to another favorite stomping ground: The Pump House to continue our good time.

And continue our good time, we did! I can't really explain to you how the rest of the night went down. It was one of those nights that I want to preserve in my mind yet nothing special really happened. It was just a bunch of friends hangin' out at our favorite locations around town. It was good interesting conversation. It was laughter. It was a farewell of sorts. It was a random dance party at the close of a Greek restaurant. It was an impromptu karaoke tribute to Journey. It was old school jams and rap sessions. It was totally random...just how I like life to be.

Did you catch that farewell part? Unfortunately for me, I'm having to say goodbye to another friend as her hubby is headed off to MCCC in another state. I first mentioned her here and since then we've made several fun memories. I hate to see her go! That's the way it is in the military, though. Hopefully our paths will cross again.

From the Pump House we went to Bobby's, a nice Greek restaurant in town. We closed down the place! This light thing here in AK is pretty awesome really deceiving. We had no idea that it was nearing two a.m. as we switched the radio to Pandora and revisited some old music favorites. By the end of the night, we had sparked a random dance party in the middle of a restaurant that no one dances at yet everyone who was there participated in. It was a good time. I actually got part of one old school jam on video as we all tried to sing along but I don't think you want to see us attempt Salt-N- Pepa's "Shoop".

 All-in-all, Friday was a fun day, but I left out parts that I'll be sure to update you on soon. For example, I may or may not have caught something on our fishing trip earlier that day. You'll just have to wait and see. The rest of the weekend did not disappoint, either. More to come! I've just decided that sleep actually does sound pretty good so I'm off to dreamland. Ta-ta!