This weekend Alex and I went to visit our parents. It was pretty cool. My parents gave me all the stuff they got on their cruise in the Carribean. Some fine Jamaican rum. And some t-shirts. And some stuff for Christmas. Yes, my parents like to shop early. So we hung out with my parents for a while and went on a tour of a historic tavern that my parents live next to. If anybody is up on VA history, my parents live across the street from historic Hanover Courthouse. This is where Patrick Henry had his famous trial (or not so famous), the Parson's Cause. Across the street, and next to my parents' house, is the tavern where Henry lived and worked as a bartender for his father-in-law. This is where we took the tour. It was kind of cool to see a piece of history, and hear my mom tell stories of going to pajama parties there and playing strip poker in one of the bedrooms. All girl strip poker games, mind you. Then we went to visit Alex's parents. I got to meet the whole family, and we all ate dinner together. His family is a lot like mine, so it was pretty easy to get along with them. It's kind of neat that we have much the same background. We've lived in the same kind of neighborhoods all our lives, our parents are still married, we each have one sibling. Our parents seem to have the same interests too. It was also nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of Northern Virginia. We both live in sleepy little towns, so we're not used to all the activity up here :)
That's about all from my end this week. I hope next week is more exciting, or I'll have to come up with a story to tell!
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