Isaac Sinnett

My oh my has a lot happened in my blogging absence. There is so much to cover and I assure you now that I will lose steam before every inch is written about. In fact, let me give you the big three that I think I will discuss; 1) South Carolina, 2) Phantom Thieves and 3) New Robe and Matching PJ Pants.

The car headed out for South Carolina with the end goal of attending/ushering/being extra brides maids (we went under the false pretense of being ushers, we soon found out our destiny upon arriving in Hartsville) for Sam and Caroline’s wedding. So, a road trip was born. We wanted to stop by some Diner’s, Drive-in’s and Dives. (its a Food Network show for the uninformed) The first one we stopped at was The XXX Family Restaurant. For all of you currently scratching your head over the oddity of name, I’m about to explain it too you. Hold on. XXX is the Root Beer not the porn. Needless to say, we asked if we could get our picture with the owner after we saw him walk into the restaurant. He came down and chatted with us for about ten minutes before taking us on a behind the scenes tour. It was sweet!! A stop off in Chattanooga for some entertainment on the UT strip was the only other diversion before arriving in “Harts-vegas”. Well, that’s not entirely true. There was the plumber van that we passed. I’ll try to get a picture and post that. There was the ever entertaining breakfast at McDonalds. Oh my, it’s true, “they do things a little different round there”. While in Hartsville, along with the two main roads, the highest grossing Sonic and the biggest Walmart you have ever seen, we were playing ultimate Frisbee and I came down on the side of my foot. That was painful. In fact, as I came down I went directly to the ground in the fetal position. No one was sure what was going on and Paul informed me that I was eating dirt. This all occurred before the wedding. Let’s just be thankful for advil and codeine. The wedding was a success and Sam and Caroline were sent off in style. The return trip to Chicago was a little more challenging for sure.

Last weekend I received free tickets to go to the Notre Dame vs. Syracuse game in South Bend. It was great. I had never been to a Notre Dame game before and it’s just one of those things that needs to be done. A Bucket List item. It was chilly, there was snow on the ground and I was bundled up like the Artic. The way football was meant to be played. I went to the game with the Dr. aka MD (Michigan Dave). After the game, we boarded the South Shore to return to Chicago as we were going to the Goodman the next day. Upon entering my apartment, I realized that my computer wasn’t there and that the cash I had sitting on my bookshelf was missing. I quickly grabbed (MD did too) a golf club so that I could scope out the rest of the apartment. The weird thing was that all the doors were locked. None of this makes any sense. It is what it is and I no longer have a computer and am short some cash. Definitely not cool.

Last night was a trip to target. Everyone knows that these are dangerous trips. Target is perhaps the coolest, most evil store in the land. It’s easy to go in there for a toothbrush and come out with $200 of stuff. Who would’ve thought that I needed 5 different kinds of the same cleaner? I never would’ve guessed it, but target always seems to prove me wrong. On this trip, it was a trap. Though an awesome one! I got a robe and some matching pajama pants!! Very very awesome. I was just going to get the robe, but thankfully Paul pointed out that I would have the reverse of buyers remorse if I did not also purchase the pants. What foresight. As soon as I got home, both items were worn. Why had I never gotten these before?