Land of the Free and Home of the All-You-Can Eat Baseball Tickets

Daria in the new Washington Square park fountain.

I am having a fantastic time in America!

After hanging out at Hillwood with my parents, Harlequin, the 2-Faced Juggler, and a couple of Gallants, we came back to Mecca, Ohio. This week has been a relaxing whirlwind of friends and family, including a trip down to Columbus to see a friends from high school that I don't see often enough (Tiffany blogged about the visit much better than I could here, complete with pictures from high school. I looked like a total Pollyanna Prissypants. Hmmmm.)
It was great to see Tiffany again, and hear about her adventures with a newly minted 2-year-old. I stayed at my-best-friend-since-preschool Steph's house. Steph is a wealth of information about Columbus real estate, if anyone needs to know! I also hung out with our friend Randy, and Steph and I successfully steered him on the correct woo-ing path with his new girlfriend. We are quite a team.

I also got to see my friend Karen (who often comments on this blog), and was dismayed that she will be leaving Columbus for a more southern clime soon. Sigh.


On Saturday, I got to see my family at a cook-out that may or may not have been in honor of my father's important birthday (sorry, dad! I just had to say it!). I really love sitting around with my aunts and discussing political issues, this time it was health care ( a lot of them work in the field). Not much heated arguing though, unlike the grand Gays in the Military Debates of the early nineties. It was also fascinating to hear more about Vietnam from one uncle and about being stationed in Germany from my other uncle (He still remembers Brotchen! It's hard to forget...).

For this one important birthday of my father, my brother and I took our parents to an Indians game. We had all-you-can-eat seats! Can you believe it?? I proceeded to annoy everyone by constantly heckling and praising the players and generally annoying my brother, but I hope it was that funny kind of annoying. Well, if not, I'm sure he'll get over it.

The Indians lost, but it was at least close!