Abigail’s Blog

Memorial Weekend felt like one big, long day…

05/26/06, Friday - The usual Happy Hour with the guys and running around to get everyone’s change of clothes for the night and for the next day. They all crashed at my place with the intentions of waking up early the next day to head down the shore and not get caught in traffic.

05/27/06, Saturday - Leaving early to go down the shore did not quite work. Luckily, we didn’t catch traffic - this was quite unusual. Spent the whole day down the shore. As much as I’m not a big fan of the Jersey shore (I got spoiled with the beautiful beaches of the Caribbean), I had a good time of not doing anything. All we did was lay on the beach, catch some sun and drink. Decided to hit a Cuban restaurant before heading back home. Exhausted!

05/28/06, Sunday - Rochelle’s bro, at the last minute, decided to have a barbecue. Good reggae music all afternoon and all night, drinks, drinks, more drinks and great food - can’t beat jerk chicken on the grill! It’s been so long… The barbecue lasted ’till the wee hours of the morning.

05/29/06, Monday - Another last minute barbecue. I guess this is what happens when you have more than one group of friends - there’s always something to do. Water gun fights, dominoes, water balloon fights (which resulted a toe injury, bummer!), soccer and "fake" baseball.

I’m just now trying to recuperate from this long weekend, and the week is half way over…

The crew - myself, Rigo, Joey, Andres, Omar, Tone, Fred, Marco and Chris. Whenever someone asks me who exactly are in the crew, I sometimes forget one or two people. Not sure why when there’s not that many of us. Probably because there are other people that also hangs with us from time to time. I’ve known this guys for years now and we’ve all shared so many things. Everytime we’re around each other, there’s always a hilarious story to tell - never a dull moment. Our incidents almost always result a new term for the crew - the "Pincho" crew, the "Vampire" crew, "PBA", "BMW", "Inca", "Magic" to name a few…. all have been from some incident/story we experienced.

It seems like the two things that are preoccupying everyone in the crew are planning for Rigo’s surprise bday party and our trip to Bahamas. Yes unfortunately, we haven’t quite finalized plans for that trip yet. The only thing final is that we have all decided that we are going - that’s the easy part. We’ve been having issues with coordinating our schedule and vacation days. Making this trip for the end of July was moved to mid-July, which was then changed due to scheduling conflicts. So now, we’re all shooting for late August. Hopefully, everyone’s schedules are clear for this time and everyone will be given the go-signal from work. Reservations are pending vacation approval. I’m thisclose to losing my patience with planning and coordinating. But then again, if I don’t take the initiative of coordinating, it won’t get done. Guess I’ll just have to be more patient and remember that not everyone’s as lucky as me when it comes to work’s flexibility with vacation schedule.

As for Rigo’s surprise bday party - it looks like everything’s in order. The guys got everything they need to get for his party. His major surprise gift is all packed and wrapped. Just a few minor details are needed for it, which should be done in a day and I’ve already made rooms reservations at the hotel. Only thing needed are his T&A cakes. Being that the party is this Friday, I might just start baking the cakes on Thursday and decorate it on Friday. Hell, I might just even do everything on Friday. We’re all looking forward to this Friday, everything we have in store are hilarious… Guess that’s a few more stories to tell, a few more terms about to be pegged…