You're HOW old?!?

Four score and seven years ago (well actually not nearly that long ago but this sounds more poetic), a baby girl was born in Pleasant Harbor on the Mississippi. We chose this weekend to commerate the anniversary of Sugar's arrival the same way we choose to celebrate anything- with beer. Follow along as we recount the exploits of Team Satisfied as the mark Sugar's entry into middle age (and by middle we mean old enough to know better but almost too young to care).

Fortunately for us, the 21st fell on a Friday this year. Quite possibly the only thing worse than having your birthday in the middle of the week is having your teammate have to be on call. But since we are not a group to tempt fate, (wildly cackling laugh would be good right here) we decided to forge ahead with our plans. At least, we reasoned, we'd have a good designated driver. As is Sug & Spark's tradition, the first stop of the evening was to visit their favorite bartender of all time at the O'Malley & McGee's Mexican Restaurant.

It's well known that Team Satisfied likes to drink beer and will gladly accept a beer from just about anybody that's buying however, we have a rule- Team Satisfied does not do hard liquor. This includes, but is not limited to, SHOTS. Our philosophy has always been that its better to remember the drunks last night than be remembered as the drunk last night. Somehow, small rapidly ingested quanities of grain alcohol seem to turn our tables more than we'd like. I digress- back to the story...

So meanwhile at OM&MG's some well-intentioned but insane individual has managed to get us to put his Hot Nuts in our mouths (1/2 drambuie, 1/2 decaf- as in coffee- yuk). Clearly this celebratory event has started off badly for our birthday girl. You know what they say about once the water is over the dam don't you?

Wouldn't you know it! As soon as we stopped at a friend's homecoming party our DD got the page... she had to go off to handle an insurance emergency. Not willing to let this Sugar off the hook though, Sunny entrusted Sparks and the crew at the Whiskey River to complete the celebration of this milestone. Well, word travels fast and soon Sug was enjoying another complimentary beverage, not of her choice.

Stranded, Sug and Sparks had no other recourse than to call in the drunks best friend, the sag driver. Satisfied Sid works a second shift so on his way home he stopped by and rescued these damsels in distress. WHAT would we do without him?!?

Real life sucks!

Despite vowing to not let it happen, it seems as though our real lives sucked us back in. Here we are, just 2 months after Ragbrai XXXIII and already Team Satisfied’s blog has been seriously neglected. It isn't like there hasn’t been any Team activity going on. It's just that we've had to deal with work while at work. Blech.

However, Sunshine has been after Sparks and Sug to get on it and they have responded with a hearty dose of "do it your own*&^%#!$ self". Surprisingly, this did not inspire our teammate (who is equally as gifted at bullshit by the way) to sit down at her computer to record our latest antics. SOOOOOO…. once again Sparkle will attempt to do her best to sum everything up- no whining if she leaves anything out.

Highlight:
-Sparkle and Sunshine getting the bartender to not only buy them a beer but also one for the cute guy sitting all alone at the end of the bar.

Highlight:
-Sunshine having a birthday. Had Sparks and Sug not gotten home at 5 that morning from the previous night’s party… well we’ll just say Satisfied Sid tried to represent but really he’s only one man.

Highlight:
-Sugar and Sparkle donning their lederhosen and downing a few at Oktoberfest. Guess which soulmate managed to show up for that event? Sparks and a Really Nice Guy took being “wingmen” to a new art form. How many of you can say you know your friend’s five favorite movies of all time? That’s what we thought. Sparks & RNG agree you have to talk about something to pass the time when your original buddies suddenly disappear.

Highlight:
-Sunshine taking over Kansas City. She claims all these trips are for career development but she certainly seems to come back VERY tired from these “workshops.” One wonders just what career path she's chosen...

Highlight:

-Satisfied Sid, Sugar, and Sparkle finding out that keggers in barns are just as much fun as they were in high school- without the pesky interuption of running from the cops. Who knew you could make a beer bong out of a plastic flamingo lawn ornament?!?!

Highlight:
-Sugar signing up for Wisconsin Ironman. Officially she will be in training for this grueling event over Ragbrai XXXIV. Sunshine, Sparkle, and Sid believe they can pick up her party slack. In fact, we’re hoping this means she’ll drive sag instead of pounding ‘em at those last-towns-before-the-overnight party towns.

So we know you want more but that’s all we gots right now. Keep checking back: Sug has a birthday with a 0 behind the first number. Later she & Sparks are headed to Vegas for a week. Sunshine claims she might try to join them… to quote a famous Vegas player, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy!”

Rider off.