What a 4th of July.

First of all, let me say that once I run out of ginger altoids, I think I may have to go home. My stomach is really upset and I didn't sleep well at all last night. The power of all of the food I ate over the weekend I think is catching up with me. :( Nonetheless it was a good weekend!!!

Saturday and most of Sunday was spent with Chris's family--they came to town briefly to celebrate Chris's birthday. What I don't get is--is there a certain point in a guy's life where people only buy him one thing? Like with my Dad, he's a DVD guy. He doesn't wear ties, he actually could care less about clothing styles in general. He has every tool in the book and thensome. He isn't the kind of Dad that you get a gift certificate for, like not even to Blockbuster kind of deal. So every holiday occasion in which Dad should get a gift, I get him a DVD. Chris is becoming a shirt guy. I got him some new shirts mainly because I do all the laundry and he needed more shirts. But his entire family--they all get him shirts as well. We have boxes of new shirts waiting to be laundered by yours truly. No books, no money, but shirts. I don't get it.

I also don't understand the concept that "girls are harder to shop for than guys". If you ask a guy, they will say "oh, girls are so hard to shop for", and I think we are?? I would totally content with time at a spa or a new outfit or a nice dinner out, etc. GUYS are hard to shop for. I go through this dilemma every time I have to get a guy a gift. My brother--he is impossible. He is too picky. Chris--he has EVERYTHING already and if he doesn't, he goes online and buys it for himself. My Dad--he also have everything, but he could care less about material goods (as mentioned before). My friend Joe--ok, well he is a bit easier in the sense that he, and also my friend Andrew--they are really into board games and playing games in general. So as long as I find a good game that either of them do not currently own, I am safe.

I digress. This post is about my weekend. So after Chris's family left, we relaxed and then the 4th was a day of eating a lot and lighting off fireworks. The 4th started off kind of bumpy in the sense that there was some confusion and also lack of time to do something like going out to golf, but my friends and I ended up walking around an outdoor mall for a while and then ventured to my parents place to eat, eat, eat, and eat. Oh and fireworks too.

Half a tin of ginger altoids to go and my stomach is still feeling semi-nasty. What a day. :)