casual ultimate » home for da holidays

I exhaustedly returned to the dirty south after some holiday qt with friends and fam in the city and ‘burbs. Christmas was typical, with gary’s team winning the family ultimate game like every year (no matter how we change the teams around).
Emilee got back at him by being crowned the victor of Mexican train, a game that’s an enjoyable take on dominos and only takes 4 hours to play. Good thing nobody in my family is competitive at all! Christmas is more fun when there are children to spoil. If lily’s list next year included a life-sized Thomas the tank engine, she might actually get it.
Six days is a long time to be at home & away from home at the same time. After gorging ourselves, family-style, at maggiano’s, the fam caught “between barack and a hard place” at 2nd city on Saturday. Sometimes it’s weird to be sitting next to your dad laughing when the guy on state is pantomiming a motor boat. But this time it wasn’t.
The highlight of my trip was time spent and meal prepared by and shared with nate, schmal, baby max and the lovely ladies of casual ultimate. The recovering bartender mixed some magnificent martini’s and the gang caught up on recent goings and doings. Food coma from the lamb and delicious brussel sprouts meant an early end to this evening, but we managed some debauchery first, despite the lowered volume necessitated by maxine’s slumber. Throwing snaps @ pedestrians on Dearborn from the 7th floor never gets old. Nate just might have the best ass in the casual ultimate family.
2008 in Raleigh, nc arrived an hour earlier than in Chicago, weird. The redhead and I partied with some friends on nye and frolfed yesterday in the balmy, 55 degree sunny weather. Supposedly it’s good luck to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s day. We ate some alongside our perfectly grilled ribeyes, smashed potatoes and sipped on some delicious Spanish vino. Happy new year to all!