Tuesday, July 15, 2008

This Little Piggy Got Roasted

So, summer is officially halfway over, which means last weekend was the 18th Annual Pig Roast at Cory's dad's house in Gladwin, Michigan. And as always, it was full of good times, some bad times, debauchery, friends, douche-bags, camping, bikers, dogs, and lots and lots and lots of beer.

I'll start at the beginning. Due to a lot of people having kid- or work-related reasons for needing to be home last weekend, and a few last minute cancellations, Cory, Justin and I headed up to Gladwin on our own on Friday night. Dawn and her roommate Sarah were there, with the rest of their friends due to arrive on Saturday. Poor Nicole came up on Saturday, but not until getting lost for 2 hours- alone.

When we got there, Cory's dad was in a lot of pain. Turns out, he has bad knees and had been given cortisone injections a week before. Then, since his knees felt great after the injections, he spent the week overdoing it in order to get things ready for the Pig Roast. Then the injections wore off, and voila! Dave couldn't walk. To make a long story short, Dawn and Sarah ended up leaving at 6 a.m. to drive him to the hospital. They didn't return until Noon. Dave stayed in the hospital all weekend, leaving Cory and Dawn in charge.

We didn't realize all that goes into pulling off the Pig Roast every year, but Cory did a great job keeping up with it all, and Saturday turned out to be a big success and everyone had a great time. I have to leave out a lot of details since this is a public blog, after all, but I'm sure some of you will catch certain stories from time to time, sometime...especially regarding what, exactly, makes someone Queen or King of the Pig Roast, and how this year's Queen of the Pig Roast indirectly led to me saving the day not once, but twice.

In the meantime, here are some pictures...

Cory, trekking into the woods with a makeshift torch...

Yes, that Spongebob IS wearing a do-rag. Oh, yes, he is.

Me, Sarah, and Dawn...me wearing the sunglasses I totally wanted to steal, and even got permission to steal, but felt bad and gave them back. Mistake? Probably. I'm just saying, my face is now a tad lonely...

Cory taking a break from making a raffle happen to take a picture with his girlfriend... P.S. I won the second 50/50 raffle, without cheating or anything! Totally sweet.

A bunch of bands played...this is part of the stage in the barn...and those boys are Dawn's boyfriend and friends...that lady in the background is just for looks... And yes, the sign to her left says, "Surrender the Booty" and the one to the right says, "Preserve Wildlife, Throw a Party."

Here is the "Biggest Moth That Ever Lived, Ever", found by Tommy...then thrown into a cooler for photo purposes, and later released into the barn...

And finally, this is...well, this is a friend who is always the drunkest, and the craziest, and always gets into the funniest, oddest situations. BUT, he also has a good career and so, to protect his identity, I will call him "Henry" and black out his eyes so you can't recognize him. Here is what I call, "The Morning After", aka "WHO SENT YOU??"

Thus concludes Pig Roast 2008 Recap.

In other news, Stuart turned the big 2-6 yesterday, which means he might stop calling me "Old Lady" until- oh, I'd say, October or so.

Also, "Batman: Dark Knight" comes out this week and I'm so there.
Have a great Tuesday, everyone. :)

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