Ta-Ta For Now

Why must all good things come to an end?
Like Christmas, or birthdays (for those of us who still enjoy them, that is. It's weird to think that at some point, I'll get old enough that getting older starts to get annoying), or this past weekend.
Hey, speaking of which, this past weekend was extremely awesome, which means it must be mentioned in this blog!
So, as you know, I got that Babe Ruth card, visited my Uncle John for a cookout, and hung out with my  Uncle Ted. But the fun didn't stop there! As I mentioned in the previous post (which can be viewed by clicking on any of the previous links, and this one), I was scheduled to go bowling, and mini-golfing. Which we did!
First, we took a brief pit-stop at the dump. Then, it was off to Ryan Family Amusements, for two rounds of bowling (My dad won the first game, and Uncle Ted won the second), and a short while in the arcade area. That lasted about an hour and a half, or so. By that time, we were all hungry for lunch, so after a well-balanced meal of McDonald's burgers, fries, and chicken McNuggets, we headed to the miniature golf course. Ted won that game, but we all had fun!
So, we were kinda pooped when we got home, but after a few minutes, my brothers, some of their friends, and I all started a game of football out in the street in front of my house. At about halftime (we weren't really timing the game), my dad, and Ted came out to join the fun, before leaving to Seafood Sam's for dinner.
For those of you who have never heard of Seafood Sam's, it's basically a seafood restaurant, just like it sounds (maybe you've heard of Lobster Hut? It's very similar to that).
But, like I said, all good things come to an end.
Ted will be leaving for Colorado tomorrow, but he had to leave our house this morning, after I got on the bus to school, to help my aunt Patti with some stuff, and then he'd be spending the night with another friend. This basically means I might not see him for another two years, due to his busy schedule back at home (he owns a business, you can't really blame him). As I've mentioned before, I'm not a very emotional guy, but I have to admit, it was hard saying goodbye to him this morning (hopefully he won't read this, and think I've gone soft on him. I'm a MAN!). I keep telling myself that this won't be the last time I see him, but still....
Now I'm stuck in school again, with nothing to look forward to.
And to that, I say poo.

On a happier note, I was recently reading some older posts from Derek Gentry's blog (he's my cousin. My much older cousin. No offense.), and I read an interesting one about names, and such. The post included a link to HowManyofMe.com, which basically tells you how many people in the U.S. have the same name as you. I was interested to find that the name Ryan belonged to not only me, but 513,355 other people, making my name the 109th most popular name. Not too bad, eh? Then I read that 98.2 percent of people in the U.S. with the name Ryan were males. That means 1.82 people in the U.S. with the same name as me are girls. Interesting-er!
Anyway, this got me thinking (and interested again); How many people in the USA share your name? Just head on over to www.howmanyofme.com, type in your name, and share your results in the comments section of this post. Let's see how many parents had the same idea as yours!

Yours in awesomeness,
~Ry.