Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas in Binghamton
Merry Christmas!
Yes, yes, I'm one day late. But yesterday was a very busy day. We started by opening some gifts as a family. There seemed to be a theme to the gifts I received. I received one very nerdy looking helmet mounted rear-view mirror, a bottle of chain lube, a 6 pack of random cycling socks, and a heart rate monitor. This is on top of the multitool, chain stretch tool, and book about a ride around the world I got from Jillian's parents. It's almost like I'm going to be doing some bike riding.
The socks were especially fun, since they're a random six pack of socks that were originally misprinted. One pair had a Kent State logo on them, but had been dyed white and purple. They look pretty awful and since they also seem a little small, they might soon belong to Jillian. But this is what happens when you buy a grab-bag of socks. The heart rate monitor also came with a dead battery. I'll need to play with that more when I get home.
One of the gifts I gave my brother was new handlebar tape (sensing a theme?). So after gifts and a trip out to see some family for brunch, my brother, father and I cleaned his bike really well. Today he's going to buy a new chain and after I've put that on for him his bike will look brand new.
That evening we went out to my grandmother's house and had a delicious dinner with more of my rather large family. While there I played with her cat. I need an animal.
David came over Christmas evening with Rock Band. My friend Kate was planning on coming over, so we were going to make her sing. This would have been good, since Kate can sing quite well, and even sang in an a capella group in college. However, she wasn't able to make it. My mother and I sang a lot of the songs together. It was painful, but a very good time.
We were all really bad, except for David. I'm not sure what was going on in this picture, but I imagine that David and Kevin are probably making those faces because of the singing. Only two more days of Binghamton adventures before I head back to Maryland.
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