Skipping Work

Yesterday I took a day off from work to spend the day with my friend Heidi and the cutest little boy ever!!!! I promised Heidi long ago when she was pregnant that I would spend a day with her before she went back to work. I don't think that men understand that as well. Because neither Mitch nor Josh understood why I was taking a day off and coming down there. Mitch even said something to the effect of "I don't waste my days off".

We bummed around Milwaukee. I had to watch Colin while Heidi went to see her Dr. He ate and pooped for me. What a good little boy huh? It was fun to do that for a day but I am no where near ready to have a baby all the time.

I don't know what it was about Heidi and I we went out to eat twice, once Wednesday night and yesterday we had the worst service EVER!!! Wednesday we ate at Applebee's. It was probably 15-20 minutes before we got a waiter and she was just awful. We had to wait for drinks. My burger was bad. Gave us our bill and forgot about us.

The worst was yesterday! We went to Olive Garden for lunch. We were seated again 10-15 minutes before our waitress came. We both knew what we wanted so we ordered right away. She told her we wanted salad and she explained to us that the salad came all in one bowl like we have never been to OG before. She gave Heidi coke instead of Cherry coke. All 3 times she asked for refills. Our meal came and we didn't see her again. We asked another server to get the woman for us and she went back to the wrong table. Then we had to have her come back again. We needed refills and wanted more breadsticks. That took forever. She gave us the bill. She disappeared. We paid, she ran away, it took almost 10 minutes for her to come back and we were really ready to go by that time. Needless to say she didn't get a tip. I know harass me I don't care. But a tip is something that you have to earn and not just expect. When we have a great server I tip 15 sometimes 20% but I am really harsh when the service is awful because tips are the majority of your pay. I was a waitress for a summer. I understand how it works.

Other than that we had a great time together!! I miss them so much. It isn't like we ever lived that close to them but now that we are closer they seem farther away. I am sure that the baby had a little bit to do with that....

And miles to go until I sleep...zzzzzzzzz

It feels as though I haven't slept decently for a week or two. I am awakened by one of many things, birds, the need to pee, being hot or in pain. I don't know how new parents do this. I feel like a walking zombie. I just want to lay my head down on my desk and sleep.

I am off to Milwaukee tonight to spend tomorrow with Heidi and Colin. I am not quite sure what we have planned. All that I know is that I want to be able to sleep in past 6:30. That is my only wish.

Sorry I don't have much to say!!!

My Neck.....It isn't Red Is it?

Here is a list of the top fifteen events at the Ruskosky/Gray Fourth of July Celebration. I couldn't narrow it down to 10, there were too many

15. The competition included who could light off the most firecrackers/bottle rockets at the same time.

14. Another family game was who could kick start the 4 wheeler with the fewest attempts. The competition was riveting.

13. Off Flame throwers.

12. The boys demonstrating for Kelly that farts really do start on fire. And the boys having to continue performing the act because Matt and Brad kept missing it.

11. Sitting around the shop comparing farmer's tans......I lost!

10. Offering Betsy $150 to stick 2 bottle rockets up her nose and lighting them off. I think that she would have seriously considered it.

9. Hearing that Kelly's Uncle Tim confused the little black boy's fishing pole with something else. He even commented on the size of it. Note:Our little black boy is a little different than the one pictured.

8. Jerry scaring the shit out of Danny by throwing a firecracker at him.

7. Lighting smoke bombs making the little black boy look like he is peeing or farting. They also replaced his fishing pole with a bottle rocket.

6. Andy and Danny flying through the bush in the front yard while wrestling. Andy was caught administering an illegal choke hold. They weren't even drinking.

5. "Hey Betsy, did you hear Michael Jackson is in the hospital again?" "No Why?" "He got ahold of an eight year old wiener....." "I don't get it!!!"

4. The main argument of the evening was what year a series of tractors came out and how much horsepower one of them had.

3. Matt's drunkass falling over backwards in the lawnchair after telling Betsy not to do it. He got yelled at because he broke a new chair.

2. Hearing that Grandpa Gene said "Once you go black, you'll never go back."

1. Learning that no matter how awful it is to be labeled a redneck being labeled a hillbilly is even worse. Jerry's cousin Jim is a testament to that.

Drunken Fireworks Show

Happy Fourth of July to all of you!!! Yesterday was the annual Ruskosky/Gray 4th of July celebration. As you can imagine when the 10 of us get together you know it will be a crazy time.

First of all, my brother Matt was in town. That is really nice because he is out of town until Octoberish. I haven't seen him in over a month so it was nice to see him. It is crazy how you miss someone more when they are thousands of miles away even though you may not have seen them in that time anyway. Needless to say it was really nice having him around!

We had a wonderful meal....Thanks Mom! Everything was delicious as usual!!! Jerry deep fried a turkey, it was moist and delicious! Kelly made an AWESOME dessert!! It was a mud slide....Not the alcoholic kind, one with pudding and cool whip...yum!!!!! Of course I didn't think that my pasta salad was half bad either.

The day wouldn't have been complete without alcohol, motor vehicles and of course fireworks!!! My brother Andy is the proud owner of a new 4 wheeler. It is pretty nice....you have to kick start it ...and the seat is tore up. It runs and that is all that matters. Andy on that is reminiscent of when he first bought his dirt bike because he does funny things like riding it to the shed across the yard rather than walking over there. He tears up and down the road like an animal with this shit eating grin on his face....if you have seen it, you know what I am talking about!! Of course all the guys had to take turns riding it up and down the road. I think Matt was the funniest though because he rode it around like he was a little kid!

It was a good thing that everyone was prepared with LOUD fireworks to keep them busy in the afternoon or who knows what would have happened.... The afternoon was filled with bottle rockets and firecrackers. Needless to say I am probably more hard of hearing today than I was yesterday. It was a contest to see who could light off as many as possible at the same time. My stepdad even participated by putting some firecrackers under popcans to see how high it would fly into the air!!! Everyone is younger on days like today. Everytime Betsy lit a bottle rocket she would run away and giggle after it went off.

We all had our fair share to drink....Some more than their share...Josh;) I am surprised he made it home without me having to pull over. Well, we stopped once so he could pee... Matt introduced us to Absolute Peach and Cranberry juice. It is good stuff. Betsy, Kelly and I had those. Mom had her wine coolers and the rest of the guys the beer. Danny kept begging Josh for beer....damn kids!!! Matt I think ended up the most inebriated. As he fell over backwards and broke a lawn chair and wrestled both boys like a teenager. Andy and Danny fell through mom's bush (that she has kept watered through our dry spell) causing yelling to ensue. Andy trying to choke Danny and all that fun stuff.

The best part of the night had to have been the fireworks show put on by Josh and Danny. Josh maintained all of the largre fireworks and Danny entertained us with fountains, smoke bombs and strobe flashers. Josh did a wonderful job and kept us entertained for about an house. A wonderful time was had by all....