Sweetie belongs to a book group. A very literate and proper group of ladies who have monthly meetings to discuss a book they have read. They take turns meeting in their homes. This month the coven, I mean ladies, met at our house.
SuperPizzaBoy and I went out on our monthly Boys Night Out. We have lots of fun. We go to all sorts of places. So far we have avoided arrest and detention. We have to be careful because Sweetie has told us she is not leaving book group early to come bail us out.
We didn’t eat this time. SPB had been at a pizza party so he wasn’t hungry. I wasn’t hungry either. I planned on scrounging the leftovers from the book group meeting when we got home.
First, SPB and I hid a geocache. Our 25th hide. We called it “Boys Night Out – Cedar Ridge” in honor of a nearby golf club. We have a whole series of “Boys Night Out” caches all over Tulsa.
Well it took an hour to hide it. We knew the general location where we wanted to hide it but we had to pick a specific spot. We did that. Then you have to get the coordinates. That took a while. Believe it or not, heavy tree cover screws up the satellite reception of GPS receivers so you have to spend some time checking and rechecking. See if you don’t have good coordinates then the finders can’t find the caches. So you have to do it right.
Below is a photo of the cache. I had to use the flash because it was dark. Notice the camo? Camo duck tape, a geocachers best friend, next to his GPSr of course.
Finally done with that we headed off to Laser tag. Usually SPB and I play alone. This time we teamed up. There was a whole bunch of teenagers we played with. They cheated, they cover up their sensors you see, which is a no no. But, so what, we had fun playing as a team. Out of 17 players, SPB finished 16 and I finished 17. It was fun playing with him, he gets a blast out of it. Next time, we’ll be cheating with the rest of them. That’s life, right?
Next, traditional stop at Barnes and Noble. Deal is I’ll buy him a book. I got the new Green Day CD, SPB got his book.
Time to go home, I mark this BNO as a success.
I think it’s great you spend such quality time with SPB. Sounds like you had an awesome time! (even if you did come in last at laser tag! Ha!)
I am still LOL@the fact you called the ladies book club a coven-too funny!
It is really cool that you and your son have this special time together…
Michael got 1st in laser tag last Saturday! Of course in round 2 he got 6th after being “trapped” by a bunch of boys who wouldn’t stop shooting him. After that meltdown, the Doc refuses to go back.
Look out for those older boys.
SPB got a book? Maybe he’ll start a book group. Sounds like a great “Boys night out”.
@Dawn – we have a pretty good time on our BNO’s.
@Georgie – I’m just teasing. Those women have been together for well over 10 years and they have a very strong bond.
@Baloney – Time before last some kids trapped SPB and kept shooting him so we decided that we would pair up this time. The teenaagers cheating surprised me. They would cover SPB’s gun with their hand and shoot him or cover their front sensor with their hand. Both are not allowed. They quit when I called them on it.
@Martha – Yep SPB gets a book at the end of every BNO. He could start a book group. He is an awesome reader.
We’ve had trouble with GPS readings in trees, and sometimes in deep canyons where it can’t pick up many satellites. Our newest one, Garmin Etrex vista HCx is better than older versions we’ve had. Camo duct tape! I’m not letting Steve in on this. He’d want some for sure.
@Janie – Walmart sometimes has it. Academy has it also. I don’t know if you have Academy in Utah. Sportsman’s warehouse has it also.