Day 5

Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the Civil War), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.

We did not have a chance to participate in the festivities but enjoyed the official day off work, as anyone. Also, barbecuing did not quite work due to a thunderstorm that soaked the town. However, that did not stop the bravest of us who decided to do "rain dipping" and then eat themselves all too full. Earlier in the day Danny had kept the whipping to a maximum by dragging some of us to the Gold's Gym and forcing us to lift weights until there was nothing left in the tank. (See the pic below in which he is afterwards out cold on the patio. Also, note the baby monitor next to him. He was on call...) Luckily he had a nice stock of Margaritas (that we had to mix ourselves) waiting, along with some great food.

After the kids were in their beds and Margarita tanks dry, we chose to reformat Missy's laptop hard drive (without the driver disks). That fun lasted 'til wee hours and, boy, did she have a funny face when all her files were gone and the wireless network would not work in the morning!