For work I have taken two road trips. I was in Erie PA to help transition a new store. I went for 3 days. Erie, Pa is like most of the rust belt. A struggling city. We stayed about 15 minutes from the store in a very popular shopping area. We did a littler site seeing while at the store.
Also for work I went to Geneva-On-The-Lake in Ohio. It is located between Cleveland & Erie PA. It is a summer destination. We went here for our Regional meeting. It was a beautiful place. One of the best sunsets I have ever seen. Other then work we also got to walk around a bit & played a friendly game of volleyball. Considering I traveled for work it was fun. I enjoy the other people I work with which helps. The store I manage won a few awards for our performance. I also got a gift card to go along with the award. I ended up giving that away to someone.
Both of of these trips included night in Buffalo before heading out. I spent hung out with Co-worker/friend before we hit the road for work. Traveling for work with a friend makes it much easier on those drives.
In addition to traveling for work I have been on the road for some fun. I took a trip to Atlanta to spend time with my godson and my little pumpkin. Of course I got to spend time with my mother. I didn't do much but hang out and relax. I spent most of my time spoiling my little pumpkin. I pretty much did whatever she wanted and bought her everything she wanted. That is what uncles are for.
More recently I have been doing a ton of driving. My friend who just finished law school in the UK has come back to this side of the world to his home city of Toronto. We decided to meet up and continue or travels as we did in the UK. After picking him up in Niagara (after forcing him to walk over the Rainbow bridge) we headed to Buffalo. We met up with a college friend and my other friend. The same one from work & he also has a sister in UK/Nephew in UK I met up with and my Toronto friend met also. We went to Anchor Bar, home of the original wing. After checking in to our Buffalo hotel we spent the rest of the night on Chippewa (Street with a strip of bars). After having a few drinks and checking out a few bars we grabbed some pizza. Across the street a fight broke out & that ended our night so we walked back to our hotel.
The next day we went to the Niagara Fashion outlet in which Mr. Mark decided to pass over a great Polo deal (Polo Every thang). We crossed over the bridge into Canada and headed to Syyno's apartment in Burlington (another college friend). We hung out around that way before heading to Toronto for some fun.
We got a hotel downtown so we can party without having to worry about driving. We met up with our Toronto friend's friends at a nearby club for a little partying. Let me just leave it at this: 10/11 girls to 4 guys. Yeah, I won't speak about the happenings of that night. Only that the bartender sucked. Watered down drinks and bad service as this place. She would take her own tip out of our change or over charge us for drinks. The only down part of the night. We finished the night with a walk around the city and laughing the night away thanks to Syyno.
That ended that weekend. I dropped my to friends off in Toronto & Burlington. Since it was a Canadian holiday I ran into a bunch of traffic on my way home.
This weekend was followed by another Mark & Arnoldo World tour celebration style weekend. Some how this weekend came together to include: Regine (Brick City), Natasja (Roc), Mark (Toronto) and Me (Roc). These people haven't seen each other in years. After a missed bus, forgotten passport, a delayed bus & an unscheduled pick up in Buffalo we started the weekend.
First things first. My younger sister had her second baby Sky this same weekend. So Pumpkin2 has been born. Now I am going to have to get a second job between Pumpkin 1 & 2. O'well, back to the regular scheduled program (future post coming soon).
I can't even put into words the events of the weekend. It was a little bit of sleeping some drinking, a ton of dancing, signing, joking and YouTube watching. I haven't laughed so hard in years. Nothing about the weekend was serious. I manage to complete a book (The Pact) while drinking, designated driving, having a garbage plate (dumpster plate lol), Karaoke, Omelets, Curry Chicken, Go Kart racing, Dinosaurs BBQ, Spades, a lot of YouTube videos, a bloody toe, a few slaps of a sandal, a girl named Danielle, Ontario Beach, Abbotts Ice Cream, another missed bus, Canadian Currency jokes, watching tennis, more Spades. If that doesn't make any sense that is because it doesn't and I am sure I missed as least 10 things. Just take a look at the pictures.
Between these two weekends was the 4th of July. I had a BBQ with a few of my Rochester people on the 3rd. It was a nice relaxing night with some good food. On the forth we chilled at my place and went swimming. That was fun. I watched the fireworks on tv. The only other thing this summer is my kickball team. I am on two teams. Both teams are kind of bad but it is still really fun to play. I will blog about that at the end of the season.
