Where no Star Trek has gone before...

Friday night was a busy one - as I was getting home from work, it was just starting to rain, and looked like we were in for a night of rain. Friend Anne called around 7 saying she had a flat tire up near where we live, so we told her to call AAA and we'd come down and make sure she was ok. They ended up coming quickly and put on the spare, but we hung out with her and Lukas until they were done.

It was raining very steady by then, but not yet storming or windy, so we headed down to see if my softball game was still on, and when we got there, indeed it was - everything was pretty wet but it wasn't windy or cold and no lightening, so game on. We ended up losing after 5 innings by 10 or 11 runs, but we were playing last year's championship team and they were good sports and everyone was making the most of the wet weather so all in all, a fun game.

Afterwards, the plan was to meet some friends at the Wehrenberg theaters down on the south side to see the late showing of the new "Star Trek" movie on the big digital screen. I won't spoil anything for anyone, but I do have to comment. Anyone who is not a big follower of Star Trek or has never seen any of the other movies before, and/or if you're not even a sci-fi fan, you'll probably love this movie, because it's the mainstream type of action that movies and TV shows have been doing lately. I, however, have followed Star Trek for years and am a huge fan of the Star Trek universe and science fiction, and I was fairly unhappy with the movie. Besides the characters that they used, it really didn't fit in with the rest of the Star Trek universe. So...take that for what it's worth. (this post on The Joy of Tech is a funny reference to what they're doing)

Saturday we headed to Roseville to celebrate several Bye family events - 3 college graduations, an engagement, 3 birthdays, and a 25th wedding anniversary! It was a fun afternoon, including learning the game "Koob", a Norwegian cross between horse shoes, croquet, and probably a few other games. The parties didn't stop then though, as when we got back to Rochester another friend was having a college graduation party, so we headed over for another few hours of great food and conversation. By the time we got home, it was time to go to bed!

Progress on the fence...