Afterglow 2017 - Day 2 Sunday

After dinner, we turned to competitive item stacking to occupy our time. I am not sure who created this award winning masterpiece, but I would like to say that I had a part in it. I can say that Andy was eying it up, waiting for it to fall so that he could excitedly yell out or point in someone's face with a big ol' HA HA! It eventually might happen, but for now it was balancing like a champion.

 

Every year I sign the unofficial pact to go swimming each day. If I don't fulfill my end of the deal, I have to give everyone else $5 and they each get to give me an atomic wedgie. That is the only real reason that I dragged myself out of bed and went swimming. And thanks to Kevin for being a good friend and going with me.

From this video and these pictures you can tell that it wasn't the nicest day to be outside and go swimming. Even though it is late July, the air temperature usually sits in the high 70s in Northern Wisconsin. Without the sun, that doesn't feel too warm. So if there was any day to spend 3/4th of it hungover in bed, it looks like I picked the right one to do it. But enough of that nonsense. It was time to rage on the raft and in the lake with my pal Kevin and enjoy what little day I had left. I do hate wasting time up here because from the second we arrive, the clock is ticking until we have to go home. You try not to think about it on Saturday and Sunday, but it starts to really get you by Monday or Tuesday. Luckily we aren't there... yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The party eventually moved from Cabin #2 to The KK, which it does from time to time. I can't tell if Jenny and Andy joined me up there, but I have photographic evidence that Kevin, Beege and Stefani were up there. There was a lot of nonsense going on that night. I did bring one of those OFF! candles and some bug spray to ward off the mosquitos. Eventually that led to me creating fireballs with the bug spray (as it is flammable) and cackling like a maniac. There have been a lot of things that should have gotten us in trouble (and some that did), but tonight this would not be one of them. What happens on KK stays on KK. Except that it doesn't. Try and figure that one out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you are in bed until 4pm, dinner comes at you pretty fast. Andy and Jenny got the grill started and prepped potatoes and carrots in foil packs and started up some corn on the cob. I was outside mostly to supervise at this point, but to be honest with you, they really didn't need it. Andy is an excellent grill master and Jenny can really get her shit together when the situation calls for it. This dinner was looking quite good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was good to have Stefani back up here after so many years away and I know I'm not the only one who felt that way. Mom took some time to sit and talk with her and enjoy each other's company.

 

Now that Andy and Jenny were done grilling up the veggies, it was time for me to grill up SOMMA THAT MEAT!!!!! I made steak and chicken so that every side of the meat family could eat something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is never that big of a shock when someone rages too hard on the first night and then spends Sunday in a constant hungover state. Happens to the best of us. This year it happened to me. I was in bed until about 4pm and didn't make it outside the cabin until 5pm. Does this guy know how to party or what? Maybe. Maybe not.

 

Naturally there was a good amount of silliness in order. This is bound to happen when you coup up a bunch of weirdos in a cabin and let time do its thing. And I know I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because I was incapacitated all day, I have no idea what anyone else did with their Sunday Funday. So all I really have to go on is this picture of Jenny and Andy, who were happily going about their day. So I'm going to assume that it was a good one. Must be nice...

 

 

 

 

Kevin was over after he finished his dinner at his place and instantly breathed some new life into the room. This is not a slight against the people that were already here, but this is when things got weird. To give you some examples, here some quotes from my Twitter that night: Stefani: if you guys want to come over here and help dry dishes and talk shit, you can. Andy: No. I'm comfortable over here talking shit. Me: Bigfoot's feet are not sexy. Jenny: so I've been lied to my whole life? Me: who lied to you about that? Jenny: who laughs the hardest? Me: certainly not your Mom. Jenny: she only laughs at me, never with me. (The Doctor starts yelling) Jenny: FINALLY!! SOMEONE ELSE IS FROM LEOPOLIS!! Me: THERE ARE NO DOCTORS IN LEOPOLIS!! Jenny: we were partying with coffee and chess this morning. Me: I was partying too. Jenny: yeah. Partying at the toilet store.