Neighborhood Shenanigans

My friends, Joey and Sam Congro, Seth + Jack and Mikes' friends, Joey, and Sean= a day of awesomeness!

Today was a half-day at school, and my brothers, and I used our spare time today hanging out with our buddies (mentioned above). I got homework out of the way, had some lunch, and rode my bike down to Joey P.'s house, a friend of Jack and Mike, where we met up with our other friends from the neighborhood, Joey and Sam Congro, Sean, and Seth. the eight of us eventually rode our bikes over to my house, to play a game of four-on-four football. Eventually, we were sweaty, and tired, and were in need of a beverage. So, I took the liberty of going inside, to fill a pitcher of ice-cold water, and bring that out, along with some cups. After refreshing ourselves, I brought the cups back in, and when I came out, some of the other kids had run off into the woods in front of my house (thankfully, not the area where the bees were). So, Joey Congro- who is a grade younger than me- and I went off in search of the younger kids. We usually end up doing this every time those kids come over, and it's actually pretty fun. Kind of like an unorganized game of manhunt, except it was daytime.
Anyway, we chased eachother around in the woods for a while, and then went over to the Congros' house (which is a street over from our house), to play another game of football. I think my team won (again), but I'm sure everyone had fun. After we got bored of that, we played a game of Pickle next-door, at Sean's house.
Pickle is basically a simulation of a run-down in a game of baseball- you know, when the runner is caught between two bases, trying not to get tagged by the basemen. This game is almost exactly like that, except there are usually more than two runners, running from base to base, trying to avoid getting tagged by the two basemen a certain amount of time. Once you've been tagged the specified amount of times, you switch places with the baseman who got you out. It's a very fun game.
That lasted about fifteen minutes, and afterwords, we rode our bikes around the neighborhood. We eventually got split up, and were all trying to reunite with each other, riding around the block like chickens without their heads.
We eventualy found everyone, and started a game of wiffle-ball in the street, in front of the Congros' house. That lasted awhile, and then everyone decided to go home. Everyone except Sam, and Seth, that is. The five of us eventually headed over to Seth's house for a while, and then my brothers and I headed home.
By that time, it was six o' clock. We had been out since about one-thirty. We had been playing for about four and a half hours, but it seemed much longer than that. I guess that's what happens when you're having so much fun!

So, that's how my afternoon went. Two games of football, a game of Pickle, a game of wiffle-ball, an unorganized game of manhunt, bike rides, and more... all within four hours.
Awesome.

In other news, the first dance of the school year is about twenty-four hours away, and I can't wait! It's gonna be so much fun! I'll try to get some pictures up here, if I can, but either way, you can expect an overview of the whole thing on Saturday. Until then, hasta lavista, amigos!

Yours in awesomeness,
~Ry.