Odd memorial day weekend

I had an eventful and odd weekend. It was not overly stressful or tiring but very odd & long.

It got off to a good start with a relaxing Friday evening. Saturday I was planning on spending a few hours helping a friend (Ty) remodel a cross we are planning on using for a fund raising event for charity. I then planned to watch a movie, pick up some dry cleaning, and hang out. Turns out Ty had a few things to take care of on Saturday as businesses would be closed Sunday & Monday for the weekend. He had to take of these things as he was moving back to Iowa Monday. Ty needed to rent a truck so we drove across town to the truck rental and then back across town to his place. He then wanted to pick his boat out of storage and town it home which we did and eventually returned to my place to work on the charity event. By the time we finished it was late enough I could not pick up my laundry from cleaners and I had to drive back across town to the place I was house sitting to feed animals. I was able to watch the prelim bouts for UFC 146 and make it to a dive bar in aurora to watch the fight.

Sunday morning I drove to church early. Our group was going to make presentations in each service for the charity event we are involved with and I was using my truck to cart stuff around for our group. While unloading charity materials for the charity I became distracted and left my truck with the keys in it in an alley behind the church which is located in down town Denver. I forgot about it as I was so busy & pressed for time that I did not remember what I did with my truck until three hours later. The only thought I had then was my truck would be stolen. I did not have to see the empty alley to know it would be stolen but I looked anyway. First time I had a vehicle stolen and first time I filed a police report for a stolen vehicle. Luckily Ty was there and gave me a ride home. He also bought my lunch because on Saturday he was grateful for my help with helping him get a rental vehicle & picking up his boat.

I have a car so it was not too big of a deal as I can still get around. After my crazy odd childhood, having car windows broken out, a home broken into and other events I was able to remain calm about my vehicle being stolen. People around me were more distraught then I was and I was also able to retail my cool & contact the police without sounding emotional or getting upset. It was not the highlight of my day.

After two presentations for evening services I had dinner with Ty and some of his friends. It was a farewell dinner as he would drive back to Iowa the next day. Monday was spent doing laundry cleaning, figuring out why my PC would not connect to the home network & fixing that error, a workout and eventually chilling out at a Starbucks with the latest Dennis Lehane novel - Moonlight mile. I wanted to visit a friend who is working at a fair in Colorado Springs but I could not get away today and I had a couple other friends who wanted to hangout today but I could not. All in all it was an odd & long Memorial Day weekend