1 Friday night getaway with the Horse Whisperer (THW)to Tucson to see my brother LJ
2 hours it took to get there
14 times I cursed traffic, because you know, the more f bombs you drop, the faster the cars go
1 cookout
1 hot dog
1 hamburger
2 cherry vodka cranberries
2 guys that brought guitars
1 time I gave my best “Scott Stapp” impersonation
1 time I gave my best “Eddie Vedder” impersonation
I night I slept at the Horse Whisperer’s apartment
2 subs at Jimmy John’s, who make the world’s fucking most awesome subs
6 years it’s been since I had one in Minnesota
12 flips I did when I realized they had one in Tucson
2 hours spent walking around the U of A campus
86 times I said ‘Please tell me they aren’t in college. They look like they’re 14. God do I feel old.”
2.5 years in college THW still has to go before she graduates
1 dinner THW prepared at her house in Phoenix Saturday night
1.5 hours her mom cleaned up after us even thought THW and I are neat freaks
1 time I asked who would win in a clean-off, you or your mom?
1 time she said her mom
1 time I said “My mom used to clean after the cleaning lady came”
1 time she said “Mine too”
1 time I said, “Yeah, but she used to make us cleaning the vacuum cleaner”
1 time she replied, “Alright, that’s fucked up”
2 hours we played Virtual Villagers (yes, feel free to blame me when you look at the clock and it’s 4 in the morning)
4 vodka Red Bulls
1 margarita
1 Suns game we watched together
108 points they scored
114 points they gave up to the Los Angeles Clippers
3 losses they have suffered this year already
12 assists for Steve Nash, who’s on my fantasy basketball team
3 fantasy teams I have right now (two football, one basketball)
4 interventions THW thought of staging this weekend
1 time I missed church
1.5 football games I watched
1 pumpkin pie THW and I made Sunday night, in honor of Halloween
1 major announcement I will make in the next day or so (I’m not gay)