The shaves have been going well. BBS, nothing really new there. I am boring with my shaves. The only thing of note is that now my only citrus aftershave is down to about 1/4". I have plenty of shave soaps, but need to invest in new aftershaves.
This past weekend was my birthday weekend, but the biggest thing that happened was my daughter's first half marathon. She and my wife ran it. My daughter has a goal to run a race in all 50 states. For her first half marathon, she picked the Amish Half Marathon in Ohio. It was a good race for them, but it had a lot of climbing. Somewhere around 1000ft of climbing. Arabella ended up coming in first in her age group. She was so proud, they gave her a special mug for winning and she wouldn't stop carrying it around all weekend. Later that day, we went to the Harvest Festival which had a huge BBQ competition. I had some of the best ribs of my life. It was much better than the stuff they have around here.
The house we rented was kind of a flop though. It advertised having a game room. When we got there, the game room was in the basement which you had to cross an area that they put down foam padding that was wet for some reason. Then the air hockey table didn't put out enough air to lift the puck and the foosball table was missing the ball. They just had a semi round object that looked like just a tinfoil ball. The upstairs wasn't all that much better. The thing that really sold my family on it was that it had a soaking tub. The ladies thought that would be great after the run to be able to soak in a warm bath. Well, we had told the rental people that and no one told us that the water smells like rust. And not just a little hint of it either. This was so bad that you could smell it on you all day long. We brushed our teeth with bottled water. It felt wasteful, but the first morning I brushed with the sink water and everything had a rust taste all day long. Then, there was a door that went to the second floor that if it was closed and latched (couldn't be pulled open) it would randomly open itself. And if we left it open, a couple of times it would close itself. OK, possibly it could be air pressure from when the HVAC would turn on and off, but my daughter's purse, which was in the middle of the dining room table fell off at about 4AM. So, I am normally a skeptic, but I would not be surprised to find out it actually was haunted.
Now this was in the heart of Amish country. We would be outside on the porch and would see all kinds of buggys go by. They were all really welcoming, but there was one that would go by every day that I was not sure about. The first couple nights, I thought it was just a coincidence, but the last day I was outside when it went by. They had one buggy that had a stereo system in it with a lot of bass. It would turn about 150 yds before our house and I could still feel the bass from that far away. There were also a lot of them riding around on e-bikes. I understand the appeal of those with the hills in that area, but I was just curious how that works with their religion.
