Reunion

I'm getting a little lazier w/ my blog postings considering its been 2 weeks since my last post. But that's OK, I'm back like Mickey Rourke, except not as crazy (or funny, successful, popular, etc...but possibly better looking).

So some quick updates on a few things that were in my last few postings. Vegas - room is booked for Nov 7-10th. Bally's Casino was nice enough to comp my room for 3 nights, including a Saturday night...obvious evidence that Vegas is struggling! Scott is in for sure and it appears like I have 2 other friends that are going to go. Highlight of this trip is going to be spending all day on a sunday in a sportsbook. I plan on betting on every NFL day game. None of us going have ever spent a day in a sportsbook betting on a bunch of games and it's obviously something that most guys must do once in their life, so we are crossing it off our lists this year!

Speaking of NFL and betting, i've gone 4-0 over the past two weeks to increase my record to 8-4 on the year. Diddy is also 8-4.

Halloween party is scheduled for Oct 31st at my house and I'm looking forward to it. I've also decided on my costume..The Pope will once again be in attendance for Halloween (my costume from 4 years ago). The party should be fun, that's for sure. Last year we blasted through a keg in about 2 1/2 hours...had around 40 people so it was a good turnout. I'm expecting around 30-40 again for this year.

I've also come out of 8-week retirement from tennis, so that's been fun. Another great athletic achievement came yesterday at my firm's annual outing. We went to a city park out in Danville, IN and had a great time. Part of the day me and few of the guys in my firm went over to the football field nearby and decided we'd try to kick field goals. None of us had really ever done it before. Out of the 10 people or so that tried to kick a 20-yarder (a PAT), only 4 people actually made it. Diddy and I both hit 25 yarders and I hit a few from 30 (one that would have been good from 40). however, i never did hit one from 40 when I tried from that distance. It was a lot of fun and much harder than it looks. Also, I definitely strained/pulled some sort of muscle/ligament in my upper leg...sorta hurt to go up and down stairs today. But well worth it!

And I guess the biggest thing that's happened to me over the past 2 weeks is that my high school 10 year reunion was this past Saturday up in my hometown of Elkhart. I'd say around 40-50 people from my class of 110 made it out, so that wasn't too bad. I had a blast up there all day, which included tailgaiting at Notre Dame for the USC game w/ some high school buddies during the day, then the reunion at night. Great to see everyone. Hopefully our 20 year reunion doesn't end up being something like the Fox show Reunion, which sadly only made it through 9 of the 20 some episodes before being cancelled. Matt and I were bummed at the time, but after learning the future outcome of the show, i'm glad I didn't waste 11 hours of my life on it.

I ended up going w/ Kelvin Hayden for my Colts jersey, but thanks to all of you for voting. I realize that he wasn't even on the original poll...a slight oversight on my part. Unfortunately he's been hurt the last 3 weeks and has only played in the first 2 games this year. He's one of the starting cornerbacks for those of you who don't know.

A friend of mine sent me this video...hope you all like it!