The Mine Strikes Again

We finally made it home! For some reason, the drive home from KS was even more excruciating than usual. It certainly didn't help that we got there about 11 PM Friday night and had to turn around and come back on Sunday morning. But, it was a productive trip. We met with our minister and florist and now have a pretty solid idea of the big picture and all the exciting details. We also had our first wedding shower. I was a little skeptical going into it, but I have to admit that I had fun. First of all, the person that came up with the idea for these should win a purple heart or a medal of honor or the noble prize or something. You show up, get some great food, and leave with all kinds of loot. How is this not a great deal!? I sort of felt guilty! For anyone reading this that had anything to do with the shower, thank you, we honestly had a wonderful time.

Now no trip to Baldwin is complete without paying homage to our local watering hole, the Salt Mine Saloon. After being thorougly embarrased at the shower, we headed off to the Mine to meet up with some friends from school who were also in town. In case anyone is wondering, yes, there is still some sort of foreign substance in their beer...probably cocaine. I can't leave too many details, but here are a few for the curious...

...at one point, Karl "Zuanderthal" Zubeck was carrying me around the bar, sack 'o potatoes style
...Bill Dower apparently drank enough that he couldn't decipher the taste of the five sugar packets I slyly slipped into his beer
...Kwik Shop nachos are still a good choice, but only between the hours of 2 AM and 6 AM
...it's better to go to the mine and smell like an ashtray than to Puckett's and smell like fried chicken
...the urinal that Scott Lane broke a couple weeks ago has not only been replaced, but they used his money to upgrade -- Scott was angry
...Happy James showed up
...Nurse was still nursing
...Mine time is still twenty minutes ahead of local time
...if Mine beer doesn't get you drunk, it will eat away your insides to compensate