Yes We Can!

Hey Ash, Jackie, and all other randoms who come across this blog.

So I got back Monday from my trip to Colorado. We got into town around 6am Saturday morning, slept for an hour and started getting ready for the memorial service which started at 10:30. The service was Catholic and it's been awhile since my last Catholic service, so I forgot how much exercise my quads were going to get with all the standing, sitting, and kneeling. After the service we went to Kathy's mom's place where everyone started to get drunk and eat homemade Mexican food. After eating real Latin food I don't know if I can go back to Carlos O'Kelly's and not bitch slap you all (I think I had like 3 plates of food). After we left Gloria's (Kathy's Mom) we went back to my Grandparents place for a power nap before we drove 2 block's away to visit our good friend Luke Burger...great name right! We got to Luke's and chilled for a bit, his brother just got a 73 inch HD TV and the Rocky's game was on so I was basically in hog heaven. This is where the story gets interesting.

So my old boss and good friend from the Biden Campaign Holly Savage lives in Denver and I gave her a heads up I'd be out there. She comes and picks me up from my Grandparents' place at around 7pm and we go straight to her and her boyfriends' favorite neighborhood bar. It's a total dive bar that would make the Library feel classy but that's my scene and I loved it. We did shots galore, watched some fireworks on the roof of the adjacent parking garage, went to the park next door and drank in front of the Denver Police, went back to the bar (check out my facebook pirate photo), drove to a house party (I think this might have been where I drunk dialed Menke), and took a cab back to Holly's Boyfriends place where we crashed at like 5pm for a few hours of sleep. It was a crazy night!

The next morning we woke up figured out the car situation and Holly and I went out for Breakfast Burritos at the most amazing hole in the wall Mexican Restaurant I've ever been to. You know it's great when you can't understand the waitress even though you know broken Spanish! She dropped me off at my Grandparents where my entire extended family was getting together (talk about a walk of shame). I had no time to nap too because after my family left, my sisters wanted to go to the mall and I sure as hell wasn't going to be stuck talking to my Grandparents (god love them) for 4 hours. The mall was cool, it's called Flat Irons and it's part indoor and part out door. I got some gifts for my volunteers and boss and then went to go grab my mom and get the hell out of there. She was shopping at Cold Water Creek and apparently went outside for a second to make a call, when she put down her bag down and went back in to buy a sweatshirt. By the time she remembered the bag it had been stolen. Her, I, and the bitchy sales lady from CWC looked up and down the store for 30 minutes trying to find it but finally Mom gave up and I bought her a pair of earrings because I felt bad. We went back to my Grandparents saw some more friends, crashed and got up at 6pm for the drive home which was uneventful yet tense because we were all sleep deprived and bitchy.

I got back to work Monday and have had a great 2 days of campaigning. My intern is great and I'm getting more volunteers everyday. Wish you both were here and can't wait until you guys can come out to visit! I'll fill you more tomorrow! Love you both.

Until next time. All the best.

Lucas