Veg Out IV: Day 3

Today was the big BBQ day. A bunch of Lemon's friends came over and boosted the total number to about 13 people. While the rest of us played Rock Band, Lemon was busy at work at the grill. Lemon's control over the grill proved masterful as the burgers and brats he cooked were totally awesome. I had brought some cookies (made by a 12 year old girl) to Columbus and they were well-received. The peanut butter w/chocolate kiss ones were particularly good as they were gone within the first day.

After the BBQ, we all headed out to do some outdoorsy activities. We were READY for some football!! The game basically boiled down to a running exercise as everyone just constantly ran back and forth from the line of scrimmage. Two hours, a bunch of interceptions, and about 10 miles later, we were all pretty tired but decided to play basketball anyways. Thankfully, we ran halfcourt games instead of full court. I hadn't played basketball in 2 years or something, but I think I managed to remember enough to play decently. Lemon dominated his opponent in the other game and was basically unstoppable. Even Catnipped showed off her entire repertoire as Grapes simply had no answer for the cat-like reflexes.

Dinner was at another local favorite called Spaghetti Warehouse. While the spaghetti was merely above average, the calamari was awesome. We followed this with ice cream at Graeters. Lemon was touting this as the best ice cream place ever and it certainly did live up to the billing. We arrived too late to actually see the ice cream being made, but we were able to read about their long tradition and how they hand-packed every single pint of ice cream. After another coma-inducing meal, we spent the rest of the night playing BANG! One lesson learned was that the green-bordered cards from Dodge City needlessly bogged down the game and slowed the action down to a crawl while only providing slightly more strategic depth. The expansions also seemed to skew the game slightly in favor of the outlaws as the law side did not win a single game. Lemon had the most epic comeback ever as he literally rose from the grave to kill the sheriff in 1 turn.