BockFest

Last weekend was BockFest in New Ulm. We had 9 people (ourselves included) at our apartment, and a good time was had by all, I think. I went on a whirlwind cleaning spree of the apartment, and we took tons of stuff down to the basement. We started on Friday night late, when everyone arrived, and went to the bakery the next morning to get delicious danish, coffeecake, and rolls. We went to the brewery around 11am, got in no problem, grabbed some bock beer and a brat, and then we hiked for 2-3 hours in the snow looking for the bocks. When we got back to the brewery it was PACKED! Record turnout this year. It really started to get cold after 3pm, so we headed back to the apartment, and then we went out for Mexican food.

When we got back home we played some Guitar Hero, sat around and had some more beer and snacks until late in the evening, and several guests passed the glass boot of beer around the apartment.

I was feeling a little under the weather, so I went to bed early, but the rest of the group stayed up until around 3am.

In other news, Blixi is doing well, though she is having a hard time being cooped up in the apartment so much with the cold weather outside. It has been difficult to take her out on walks because of windchill and ice. Yesterday she chewed a hole in part of the seat of the couch, which is a symptom of her frustration.

I joined Anytime Fitness last week, and I went on Monday and Tuesday this week. I managed to ride the stationary bike for 35 minutes while CSI was on:) I plan to go again tonight. No time last night, I was on campus until 9:30 putting the finishing touches on a test I gave to my students this morning, and making sure that it was printed out. Now I am grading said test.

All told, life is treating me well. My biggest concerns at the moment are getting the headlight on my car changed, doing some minimal upkeep of our clean apartment, and making sure that I do my laundry this weekend. John has a jury trial which will probably last until Monday, so I am reasonably certain that we will be home for at least part of this weekend.