Black Belt Fever

Dave and I had a very busy weekend...I drove with my Mom to Urbana to pick up my brother for Thanksgiving break. One thing that made me laugh is that there must be some unwritten rule for college kids that you should hold out doing laundry for at least a few weeks before Thanksgiving. That way, you can bring a HUGE bag of dirty laundry home for your Mom to clean!! I swear, every kid we saw coming out of the dorm had at least one huge mesh bag full of laundry! I guess every quarter counts in college though!

Saturday was a big event for my Dad and brother...they both took black belt tests (Dad - 5th degree and Patrick - 1st degree). It was a grueling 3 hour test with a total of around 12 people testing. The test was hosted at my Dad's facility in Yorkville, so Dave and I went to show support and helped set up the celebratory feast afterwards (and I made cupcakes...mmmm!). Of course they both passed with flying colors!!!

Sunday was pretty boring for me, Dave worked from 9-6:30p.m. and I just did errands around the apartment and started to get a few things ready for packing this next weekend....yee ha!