by Bob

Welcome back! I’m not sure where to start. I guess I’ll start two weeks ago when I was planning my week off. Las Vegas, Paris, Milan, Barcelona and Rio were all being considered. However, after I did a little number crunching, I opted for Steubenville. Ah, Steubenville — streets paved of gold, a smile on every child’s face and a song in everyone’s heart. I really need to find a new place to vacation. I’M JUST KIDDING, sort of, ha ha. I hung out with my Mom. She likes to bet on the dogs, so we went to the track a lot. Ha ha! I’m just kidding.

I really wanted to spend every waking minute bowling. I only went once with my nephews, Lucas and Jacob and my Mom. They kids just walked up to the lane and slammed the ball down. And I mean SLAMMED! So that started the chain reaction of my Mom telling the kids how to bowl and the kids not listening to my Mom. I couldn’t wait to get out of there! That cured me of bowling for the rest of the week — thank goodness I didn’t invest in a ball yet! Here’s two photos of the kids at a more peaceful moment, at the Dairy Queen:

I love the kids! If you’re a reader of my message board this is the same Dairy Queen where Zach works. We exchanged hellos but I totally forgot to take his picture! Next time. I didn’t do a whole lot of stuff, I just hung out. Thursday, I came down with a cold that’s still with me! It’s awful! It’s everywhere in my body, throat, ears, nose, head — everywhere. Damn cold, AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. I got back on Saturday. I unloaded my car — that involves a lot of back and fourth trips. I get the last bit of junk out of my car, hands are full, close the trunk and a bird takes a dump on me!
 

I’m like a walking Ziggy cartoon!!!! I almost forgot something. On the drive from NJ to Ohio, I was listening to Hot 97, the NY Hip-Hop station. They have a lunchtime, old-school rap show. If you know anything about me, know this, I love old-school rap. So the DJ gave out the number to call to request a song. I called up and requested some RUN-D.M.C. — minutes later, they played a RUN-D.M.C. song. If you could have been with me you would have thought I hit the lottery! I was so excited!!! And yes, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one that called up for a RUN-D.M.C. song but I was still on cloud 9. It’s the little things, ya know? I didn’t do anything yesterday, just nursed this stupid cold. OK, that’s enough for today. Have a great day! God Bless America.

R.I.P. E.R.B.