Friday night Jeff & I met up with Brian, Mike, Lauren & Chris at, where else? Fridays of course! After some good food & drinks we tried to catch a movie, but alas it was too late. So we ended up back at Mike & Lauren's and watched The Majestic. I thought it was a pretty good movie. It was neat to see Jim Carrey in a different type of role. Since Jeff & I had to be up so early the next day we had to get home after the movie. At least we got to spend some time with you guys, right?

East Coast Nationals was a weekend full of trucks (& cars), sun, and lots of bugs. Lots of bugs. Did I mention lots of bugs? The show was held a RIR (Richmond International Raceway), out in the field. I think it might normally be the parking area. And for some reason, there were tons of Japanese beetles out there. They would just run right into you, the vehicles, the tents, didn't matter. It was really gross.

Jeff met up with some of the Custom Tacos guys (Jimmy, Juan, Dan, and Jake) Saturday morning and headed down to the show. He came back and picked me up later. There was a really big turnout, so lots to look at. Too bad the bugs made it nearly impossible to stand in one place for a long time. After a quick walk through most of the vehicles, they fired up the grill and started eating lunch. By mid-afternoon it clouding up so we started packing. Before we could get everything in the trucks it began to pour. Since Jeff's truck was parked on the other side of the field, in the spectator parking, we jumped in Dan's truck to get out of the rain.

After we finally got out of there we we headed back to our place. Dan's friend Jake and his son Brandon came with us. We dried off, played with Play-Doh (me & Brandon), played on the computer (the boys), then decided to get some food. Mike & Brian met us at Outback for dinner. After eating we decided to ride back over to RIR to see if anything was going on since the rain had stopped. After a scenic tour of downtown Richmond we made it there only to find everyone gone. By then it was 10:30 so we went back to our place. We convinced Jake to stay instead of driving back to Northern Virginia, and all crashed by midnight.

Sunday started off with breakfast at McDonalds then more driving back over to RIR. The staff from the show were letting anyone park in the field so Jeff got to park with Dan & Jake. We set up the tent and hung out there fighting the bugs off again. They didn't seem quite as bad as Saturday, but it was still pretty annoying.

After a walk through the vendor area we were roasting, so Jeff drove(cruised) me & Dan around the show to get out of the sun and have to AC on us. Ice cream trucks were riding around tempting us with they're cold treats. We finally gave in and got some. Brandon had this Sponge Bob popsicle that he couldn't eat fast enough so it started melting all over him (he's only 2, almost 3). Red and yellow sticky everywhere; it was really cute.

Awards were originally scheduled to start at 2, but since the rain delayed everything the were running a little behind. We stayed for most of those then headed out and parted ways on 95.

Jeff & I decided to see if anything else had been done with the house (of course not), and when we got back, fell asleep immediately. It's amazing how the sun just completely drains all energy from you. Brian called as we were waking up, stuck in traffic on 95. I told him to come on over to wait it out a while. He and Jeff spent most of the time troubleshooting website. What geeks. Jeff & I tried to watch the race after he left, but kept falling asleep. So if anyone out there saw it, I don't want to know who won!! With all the delays they had at the beginning, I don't have all of it taped, but there's no sense in watching the rest if I already now who the winner is.

And now it's Monday. I've been at work for an hour and a half, and have done absolutely no work. I guess I need to. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! What did YOU do?