Pickle Backs

I feel as if this weekend was jam packed yet at the same time I also feel like I accomplished nothing.  We started out the weekend with an Angel's game.  As a Father's Day gift we offered to buy Billy's Dad's family tickets to a game and due to scheduling conflicts we were not able to go until this past weekend.  It was hot as balls at the game, but it was a really good game and we had a lot of fun.

C and her sunflower seed grill

 

Saturday started with Courtlyn's first soccer game.  The heat was absolutely miserable, by the time the game was over I was literally soaked with my own sweat.  Heat stroke aside, it was really cute watching all the little girls play soccer.  They play 3 on 3 and there are no goalies because they are so young.  Court is a very strong kicker!

 

After Courtlyn's soccer game we went to our friend Vanessa's house to cool off in her pool.  After a few hours and a few beers we headed home.

 

I ended up meeting some friends at a bar where I was introduced to pickle backs.  A pickle back is literally a shot of pickle juice that you take immediately following a shot of liquor, in our case vodka.  It sounds a little weird but you only taste the pickle juice, there is no harsh taste of the liquor going down.  I could see how these could be completely dangerous.

 

Sunday morning was a little rough.  I have been waking up with headaches a lot recently and the alcohol only exacerbated that situation.  I got Andrea up and we headed over to Jamie's house so Andrea could pick up her car and take Jamie and Vanessa to Seal Beach to get their cars.  Only that wasn't exactly what happened.  Jamie talked us all into going to her soccer game, so for the next hour we sat on towels in the shade drinking tecate to help us feel better about the previous night.  I finally made it home around 1 p.m. and from there my day was shot.  I napped for a good portion of the day and spent the rest watching football.  All in all it was a really good weekend, I just didn't manage to get anything productive done.