The Gaming Annex's game rooms are up a long flight of stairs. When I read, "yard sale" I made the mistake of thinking the event was being held outside. It wasn't. I'm still using a walker following a knee injury in January and am unable to navigate the stairs. So, we didn't go, but breakfast at Cherokee was awesome, and my day was just beginning.
At Out of the Box Games in Zeeland a woman walked up to me and said, "You aren't going to start playing games without me are you?" This was totally out of the blue, and it took me several seconds to realize that this "woman" was my baby sister, Karla. I mean, it's not as if I didn't recognize her. It's just that she was taken completely out of context.
I picked out Bardwood Grove as my board game birthday gift, then our daughter Kaylee texted Julie. She was ready to get picked up from work and we took Karla with us to pick her up, then went for an early dinner. (Karla had been hours on a plane and hadn't eaten.) We went to Country Dairy in New Era, where I got an awesome burger.
Sunday, we played games all morning, but not before Julie went and got Karla and me Steak Egg & Cheese Bagels from McDonald's. (Karla and I were going on and on about how much we loved them.) I taught Karla the two player game, Botanik, then when Julie got back with breakfast, we played Marvel Remix and Forest Shuffle.
Karla ended up buying both Botanik and Forest Shuffle for herself and we played both games again today before she had to leave to catch her plane. It was an awesome visit with my sister and an awesome birthday surprise. My thanks to Julie and Karla for giving me a fantastic weekend.
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