And there was much Left 4 Dead played.

Saturday we got up and went to the Amish smorgasbord, Shady Maple, in Lancaster.  This is like, my favorite place for breakfast, ever.  Usually, if there is any doubt on whether I can come out to Edwin’s place on the weekend, he usually just says “Shady Maple” and I’m always like “I’m there.”  The place is gynormus, and they have a whole lot more there than the smorgasbord, though that’s the only reason why I go.  Gift shops and a farmer’s market, and the such.  Standard Amish faire.  I always get the handmade Eggs Benedict, and then whatever else I feel like.  They have the best made-to-order pancakes, which I didn’t get this time, but they’re the best.  I did take part of Edwin’s sweet potato pancake though.  MMMMMM.

We were exhausted as hell.  We had stayed up most of the night, as I mentioned prior. . .

. . .because we played much Left 4 Dead. . .

. . .but the reason Kervin was down here in PA was so he could go shopping for a car.  So we were going dealer-hopping after we left Shady Maple.  I was so exhausted, that I ended up falling asleep in the car.  Once, I woke up alone in the car, got out, and-BAM-Kervin had bought one.  Well, he was test-driving it at the time but, he bought it.  A real nice-looking BMW.  I forget model and all that, but it looked cool.

The salesman was a funny fellow, an immigrant from the UK.  We all had a great time laughing and joking around while waiting for Kervin’s screwed up insurance company (read: State Farm) to get him the paperwork he needed faxed over.

Then we went home, and Edwin’s wife Jeesely made lasagna.  It was awesome.  There is not much to be said.  Very few lasagna’s can hold a candle to my mother’s. but this one did.  AND it was cooked lean (they’re doing the Weight Watchers thing.  I’m just doing exercise, but I need to go more!).  That was very good, and Jeesely gave me some for lunch the next day.  I <3 Jeesely.

Then we played more Left 4 Dead. and some Guitar Hero.

Then we watched the movie “Role Models.”  Funniest thing I’ve seen in a VERY long time.  I enjoyed it immensely.  It’s just way too foul to go into on the site, just go watch it

Then we played more Left 4 Dead. 

I went to bed after 2 am, and woke up at 6 am to go to work on Sunday.

Sunday work was slow as anything, so I spent the day half-working on BlackBerry stuff and half watching a whole bunch of videos on Hulu. (See Lifestream)

Then I went home, was in bed by 8pm, and slept clear til Monday morning.

Friday night was me and Ken and Edna staying up late to clean the house so that we could have guests over.  We had some music playing, and everyone worked together.  We got a whole lot accomplished, and were rather proud of ourselves.  I got to bed at 4 A.M.

Waking up at 10 A.M. (which, for me, six hours is not good for sleep ), I headed out to New Jersey to pick up my two youngest brothers, who were hanging out with me for the day.  Back in Pennsylvania, we gamed for a while until it was time for the Ravens-Titans game.  We broke out all the snacks, and our friends showed up.  Jacob and Johanna came, and so did Edwin, along with a friend of his who I thought was pretty awesome and got on well with everyone there.

The football game was enormous fun to watch.  It was a great game, but in the end, Baltimore was playing better ball.  They won the game, and well-deserved.  Tennessee just made too many mistakes, and made them consistently enough that they just could not come through when it was needed.

Edwin and his friend left after the game, and I took the boys home.  Jacob, Johanna, Ken, and Edna finished creating their Dungeons and Dragons characters, and when I returned we began playing my campaign.  (Which, if anyone knows/is interested, is the Witchfire Trilogy, which I’m adapting to Fourth Edition rules.)  We played all the way til 5:30 AM. 

Unfortunately I need to make up some time and work on Sunday, so I hopped in the shower at 6 AM and made my way to work.  So here I am now, hoping I don’t fall asleep at work   Totally my fault, so I’m just gonna stick to the caffeine until I can crawl back into bed.  But I had a great weekend, and I’m so glad I was able to do everything we did.  And its thanks to the great friends I’ve got.