Saturday, April 22, 2006
The weekend and getting older
My son has a job refereeing youth soccer and has spent most every weekend working 3-4 games each. Last weekend, he made $60 for 3 regular season games. Today, he has 4 games at a tournament in Des Moines, which usually pay more. Righteous bucks for a Froshman in high school. Not a bad job for about 5 hours of work a week.
I got roped into taking my daughter and one of her friends to VEISHEA today. You may know that this is an annual (sometimes) event put on entirely by students at Iowa State University, where I went to school. It's quite fun with a parade, exhibits, food, entertainment, etc... What I'm looking forward to is the free Robert Earl Keen show that's taking place on the lawn of my old dorm building. I'm a big fan and this will be my first opportunity to see him live. I asked my wife if she wanted to go. It's 10:30-12:00 midnight. She refused citing the late hour. Huh? When did you get to be such a fuddy-duddy? Oh, right. She turns 40 this year.
I got roped into taking my daughter and one of her friends to VEISHEA today. You may know that this is an annual (sometimes) event put on entirely by students at Iowa State University, where I went to school. It's quite fun with a parade, exhibits, food, entertainment, etc... What I'm looking forward to is the free Robert Earl Keen show that's taking place on the lawn of my old dorm building. I'm a big fan and this will be my first opportunity to see him live. I asked my wife if she wanted to go. It's 10:30-12:00 midnight. She refused citing the late hour. Huh? When did you get to be such a fuddy-duddy? Oh, right. She turns 40 this year.
