Well, it wasn’t Amsterdam, but it was something. This weekend we went to Lloyd’s folks’ house for the dinner/auction for their new lutheran high school. On the way down, our odometer had a special moment:
Cousin Sam and Rachel were at the auction! Sam was no fun to talk to -since he reads the website he already knew everything Lloyd was going to say. Lloyd: “Hey, let me tell you about our middle school fun night.” Sam: “I already know.” Lloyd: “Hey, we made fun of Brad!” Sam: “I know.” Lloyd: “Have you seen my cat eat an avocado?” Sam: “How dreary.” Then Sam took hold of Aaron’s (much nicer than ours) camera and shot everybody.
This is the third year for the auction. The school, Calvary is just starting out – 22 students, I believe. Anyway, they had a nice turnout for the evening, but their auctioneer got very excited – he was shouting into the microphone the whole time. It was loud.
I preferred the silent auction part. The hosts were really smart and provided free beer and wine with dinner, so by the end, I was bidding left and right. Now I own some very lovely Fiestaware platters, and I think maybe somebody’s car. Any bets on how long before we break the platters?
And for our return trip, a numeric palendrome: