So far I'm about 2/3 of the way through the long weekend of what you could call the unofficial end of summer. I have to say the first 1/3 was EPIC. I don't like using that word because it's so trendy, overhyped and exaggeratory, but it seriously was. After beach volleyball yesterday, the plan was pretty much to come home.
It started raining slightly around 4 in the afternoon and people wanted to pack up. My thought was, what a bunch of wimps! So we packed up the nets and then it stopped raining! I was like WTF! Then one of the girls in the group said she has a bbq to go to. We were all like okay, then she invited all 5 of us to come along! I was a little apprehensive, as I don't really know people from volleyball that well. I see them maybe twice a week for the last month or two. Plus we're all sweaty and sandy and stuff, and just all crashed this strangers place, it seemed awkward. Though it did help that one guy in the group had a photo of her, and she was gorgeous! I was getting pumped for the idea, but wasn't sure a stranger would just let a bunch of people come by in 15 minutes. Surprisingly, she was super inviting and said all of us could come over!
So we piled up into two cars then made a beeline to No Frills and LCBO. At No Frills we were wandering around with the idea of just picking up burgers and chips, and I'm like, "why don't we make stuff?". So we bought ground beef and a ton of veggies, I decided I would make salsa and guacamole, it's fast, easy, healthy and fresh. Also got ingredients to make a tex-mex burger. One person gathered ingredients to make a Greek salad and before you know it, it was on! $150 later, we had a pile of food and alcohol and took off to this girl's place. We get there, and she was so awesome and friendly, and she was baking chocolate chip cookies, awesome! We got right to the kitchen, got some drinks and went away to work. Then while we were there, her roommates started coming home. Two young French (Parisian, not Quebecois) couples came home (the girls, again super hot), then saw a whole kitchen full of strangers cooking. So what do they do? They start baking a chocolate cake!
An hour or two later, we have this gigantic spread and about 20 people just chilling, having a good time. I stopped drinking and people are like, why aren't you drinking? I said I had to drive and give people rides home. They're like, you're not driving home, you guys are crashing here, then put a beer in my hand. OMG, only getting better! The drinking games start and we all get to know each other better, but of course the questions are all sexual in nature. Funny how much you learn about people in an hour of Q&A. By this time it's around 2 in the morning, what do we do? Start breaking out some tunes for karaoke party! Then another roommate comes home who is a bartender, and she's gorgeous too! And she's got this amazing Irish accent. After a long day of work, what does she do? All of a sudden I hear "Who wants margaritas?!" By this time it must be round 4 or 5 of drinking. The margaritas were refreshing. So we are singing classic songs, and the bartender, we said she can join us only if she sings. She says she can sing a bit. Then she starts belting out U2 all of a sudden, super powerful pitch perfect voice! WTF!!! Apparently she was a classically trained opera singer, and was a finalist in the European Union's version of American Idol. OMG!!! We had quite a few sing-a-longs, and it died down for a bit.
It's about 3:30 in the morning now. We check the weather for volleyball the next day, it's suppose to rain at 10. What should we do? How about lets go to the beach at 6 in the morning?!?! Sure! What do we do until then? The host sits at the piano, and starts play Les Miserables! And the bartender pulls up beside her and starts singing the songs!!!
After an hour of another amazing performances, the night winds down to the special bonding moments. We've drank ALL the liquor available in the house and pretty loose. We start talking about life, relationships, all the big stuff. Awwwwwwwwwww...
It's 5:30 in the morning, and it's close to volleyball time, but people are getting tired. Time for some coffee and then a nap. Little do we know, a little bit later, one of the girls from volleyball leaves the house and just takes off! WTF?!?!?! We find out from the host, that this isn't the first time she's done this. People have had no sleep and a couple of her friends start freaking out.
6 in the morning we pile up in my car and drive around the neighbourhood looking for this girl. This night took a huge downward swing all of a sudden. After an hour of driving home, we give up and come back. Some people just end up passing out. The host and I are too mentally wired to go to sleep, so we clean the entire first floor. After working off the tension, but still worried. we both go for a nap at around 8:30 am.
11:30 hits and somebody has finally received a phone call about the girl who took off! Where did she go? She went home because of her contact lenses!!! WTF?!?!?! And she didn't understand why we were worried at all! No apology, nothing! We were all pretty grumpy about that. Then guess what, she wants to play volleyball! None of us were in the mood to talk to her let alone play volleyball. She had gone home, had her 5 hours of sleep, while the rest of us were running around frantic getting 2-3 hours of barely restful naps.
I'm like "I'm hungry, screw this", So I get some of the left over ingredients from the night before and made everybody grilled cheese sandwiches and omelettes. Somebody else was the barista making coffees for all. This guy was our DJ for the morning and busts out what of all things? Shakira. Oh man, he didn't read the crowd right at all. :P People were getting agitated, he quickly switched to Thievery Corporation and all was right. We all sat and ate breakfast together, and while the last few hours were stressful, we had all bonded. People who I had just met 18 hours before, others who I've spent maybe two or three saturdays with, all of a sudden we had all these shared memories and inside jokes.
Finally made it back to my place, the next day around 3 in the afternoon. Half of my long weekend gone, with half to go. I had never expected it to be as eventful as it was, let alone for it to take all the twists and turns that it did. In the end, it was the most awesome time I've had in a really long time.
I'll remember the following:
"Exploding Elbow Bumps", "The Dream", "The Eiffel Tower", High five poses, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Vodka with Water and Lemon, Margaritas, "Yeah Buddy!", "Single is awesome", "Pictures are awesome", amongst many other things
Okay time to catch up on some sleep.
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