Big Ol Holiday

Today I started the day with a walking tour beginning at the Capitol building. The guides name was Anthony (I cannot escape Toni/ys it seems) and people from Texas, Pittsburgh, New England, Old England, New York, Minnesota. It was actually so nice to chat with people and find out where they were from. We toured around Denver for over 2 hours. It was nice to hear some stories and facts about all the main spots which I'd seen before. One cool story at the Mint was seeing how each US coin has a tiny letter so you can see where in the country it was minted. There was also a story about the eagle on top of the Denver city building looking like it was "pooping" as a protest of the government by its creator. This was such a widely spread story that the city commissioned an ecologist to watch eagles poop to see if it was the same as the sculpture. Turns out they were just paranoid, the eagle isn't in a "pooping" stance.
After that I walked back to visit the University I went to, Metro State. I walked past the old courts I trained on and through the building we used to spend heaps of time in. Interestingly, I felt a sense of dread and anxiety being back. I guess the good, the bad and the ugly memories came flooding back!
I had lunch at the brewery, the Tivoli which is on campus. I had this massive burger and a beer which students from the Uni have helped brew. I then caught up with Eric, who is the media guy at Metro and has interviewed me countless times. It was great to see what he is up to and talk about life.
Then I came home and started to pack my stuff up as I leave on Sunday to go with Kendra for her wedding week!
Being a tightass, I bought a microwaved meal and will eat leftover cheesecake for dessert!
I'm very excited to be able to watch the Formula One in a decent time zone tomorrow and Sunday as well!Baca selengkapnya

Today I woke up and Stacy made waffles which were so good. The boys played for a while and Wells showed me videos of different fireworks he is considering buying for the 4th of July. Literally 2 hours of watching and learning about fireworks, listening to the funny names which make them more appealing to the American market - between party bus, freedom flyers, wild wild willows and more it was crazy. We ate lunch and went to the fireworks shop. Entering the fireworks shop was a whole new world. There was stuff everywhere from small to big. Literally unicorns, tanks, turrets, boxes shaped like pizza, taco trucks anything and everything. We scoped out fireworks available this year and the owners told wells about the fireworks "off the shelf" which they aren't fully sure they are allowed to sell. We went home with a sword shaped sparkler and a small hamburger shaped box of fireworks.
At home, Hudson practiced for t-ball while I sat outside and got some sun. I tried a twin Bing which is a classic chocolate bar in Iowa. It was like a chocolate, peanuts and cherry which was actually quite nice. Then it was time to go to t-ball which was a home game so just down the road. We sat and enjoyed the home crowd, I got all the tea from Wells about the locals while Stacy coached Hudson's team. They range from 4-7, so the kiddos were all at different levels. Hudson played awesome though and Kai had fun playing with some friends from school. We came home, had dinner and are now just chilling.Baca selengkapnya