Happy Birthday Eric!! (updated)

Had some family birthday time tonight at TGI Fridays and home for the bro (Eric) and Mom. However, Mom's birthday isn't until tomorrow, so you don't get your headline until then Mother!

Thanks for the (laughing) smile Mom. Eric was being a poop-head.





Having birthdays two days apart has saved alot of time for the Gustafson fam. In July, Dad and I are also two days apart.

Considering I'll be driving up to four people in my car for three hours Friday, in the rain, I decided my bald car tires needed to go. Actually, Mom and Dad decided that a long time ago, and reminded me of that many times. But I'm a patient (ahem lazy) man.

They convinced me to try out Peoria Plaza Tire down on Washington street. Not bad, except they don't know what a tire pressure monitoring system looks like apparently. I was releived to see that they finally put some clothes on Vanna, the big lady on the street corner. For many years, it was just this awkward bikini-clad woman.



Some of you might know that Andrew convinced Storm and me to run in the Peoria Steamboat Classic 4-mile race a week from this Saturday (14th). A race he backed out of shortly after Storm had already signed up. I haven't jogged in about a month, so it wasn't hard to accept Storm's offer to take a jog after work today in preparation for the race. Andrew came along, but he was not welcome.