Today has already been a fun and eventful day. I went by my favorite Vietnamese resturaunt to pick up some bubble tea in route to the mom and pop sub shop my family meets at nearly every Saturday. After enjoying my mom's birthday dinner last night, and enjoying the greatest key lime pie this world has yet known, (with the possible exception of the manna that came from heaven during the Exodus hehehe) I could not resist the calling of another of my favorite deserts.
Since my parents were not able to meet with us today, due to a trip to Disney, I knew it would be just me and my granddad. So it was, that we had a quiet lunch and joked and relaxed, occasionally giving the workers a hard time... as is our custom. That is why they enjoy us so much after all.
Afterward, I managed to finally convince my granddad into going to a local miniature golf course and playing air hockey against me. In the 1st game, the final score was 6-7 in favor of my granddad. Yes, you read that right, he beat me. If you saw how fast his hands were, you'de understand why. In the second game, however, I beat him 7-6. All in all, we were tied up but having used up my dollar of tokens and not wanting to spend more, I was content to leave it at that.
We then went 18 holes in putt-putt/mini-golf. In the st 9 holes, I was ahead 29 to his 34. As for the 2nd 9 holes, he had 27 to my 32. If you run the numbers, you know where I'm going with this. The final score was that I had a total of 61 and my granddad? His score was a total of... 61. In the oddest turn of events, we managed to somehow TIE in everything we put out hand to... and to be perfectly honest, I could not have planned it better myself. It is all the more memorable to know that the story I walk away with of an afternoon spent with my granddad is one where I can tell how we somehow managed to not completely best the other at anything we competed at. Good times!
I know I sort of had to convince him to go... he even asked me "Don't you have other friends that would want to go and do that stuff with you?" To be honest though, there is no one I would rather have spent that time with today than him. Today was a day for the personal history books. How could I post on anything else?
Have you ever had someone tell you that you were going to do something and enjoy yourself whether you liked it or not... and then you did? Or have you ever done that for someone else? Feel free to share in the comments.
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