Birthday Weekend

Sunday will be my 37th birthday.  The original plan was for me to head down to Washington this weekend and spend time with my parents and with my daughter.  My parents surprised me by coming up and bringing Patricia with them.  The only problem was that they forgot I had moved two months ago and this was their first time up since the move.

There is plenty to do in Washington, DC.  There isn’t much to do here in Vernon, NJ.  I am close to Mountain Creek Water Park (not to be confused with Mountain Creek Ski Resort, even though it’s at the same place).  Part of the Appalachian Trail runs through Vernon, but I am not much of a hiker.  I’ll probably take Patricia to the water park tomorrow, though it’s supposed to be rainy with thunderstorms.

I am not sure about Sunday.  My parents will probably take me home for breakfast.  I’ll probably end up watching the World Cup Final between Spain and the Netherlands.  I would like to thank FIFA for holding the Final on my birthday.   Hopefully the next time it’s on my birthday, the United States will be playing.

Monday and Tuesday will be long work days.  I will be in campaign mode from Wednesday through next Sunday.  I need to get out in the public while people know who I am.  I need the name “Ahmnodt Heare” to resonate in the minds of voters in the same way that voters’ children’s names resonate in their mind.

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My Neighborhood

I mentioned yesterday that I am on a staycation and I am spending the rest of the holiday weekend in my neighborhood.  I just found out that I live next to Mountain Creek Water Park.  I will spend a day there if it ever stops raining and starts warming up.

Dinner was at the McAfee Diner and Deli on Route 94.  I overheard the customer in the table behind me explain to his dinner companion about “cap and trade”.  He said that government had no right telling businesses how to run their businesses.  I told him that I agree and told him about the woes of my friend Darrell Watkins.  The government shut down his portable pharmaceutical company because they did not see the medicinal benefits of meth, crack cocaine, or heroin.  They also said Darrell didn’t have a license to sell drugs.  The man gave me a strange look.

I will spend today at the Crystal Springs Spa.  It will probably be crowded with the holiday weekend, but I will feel up to being in public after a nice massage.