A Couple of 1st Times

Jake here - Jenni let me know it was my turn to do a posting, so here goes nothing. We've been trying really hard to find fun things to do outside of our apartment and realized it might be necessary to try new things found in Connecticut.

While watching TV, Jenni saw that Monster Jam was coming to our very own Hartford. She explained that as a young 13 year old she had the pleasure of going Monster Jam in SLC. I explained that although I did have a paper route when I was younger it didn't supply enough funds for me to go to such a classy event like this. Seeing as we now both have jobs that pay more than my little paper route we decided to attend.

It was pretty exciting. We soaked in the entire experience by getting some hot dogs, drinks, and churros.

A couple of weeks after Monster Jam we decided to go out to lunch to a restaurant recommended by one of our coworkers. On our way home we passed one of those pottery shops where you walk in, paint some pottery, let them fire it for you, and pick it up later. Neither one of us have ever done that, so another 1st for us!


Last week we went snowboarding with some friends from work. It was Jenni's first time and she did awesome. By the end of the night she was able to control the board enough to get all the way down the bunny hill.

We also recently chaparoned a church dance for the first time. It was an 80's dance, so Jenni crimped her hair and I wore a colorful tie (I felt like a tie would give me autority.)

Alright, well since this post has taken me two weeks to complete, you're getting one more story as a bonus. This is the tale of our own Friday the 13th! It all started at work when one of our coworkers let us know that TGI Fridays had a two for one entree deal going on. We printed off the coupon for the deal and later that night we headed over to the local TGI Fridays for some fine dining.

After being seated, Jenni whipped out the coupon and presented it to our waitress. The waitress took a look at it and asked, "Oh, what's this?"

We were surprised by her question seeing as the coupon explained exactly what we were after. I smugly asked, "Is this not a TGI Fridays?"

She replied, "This is Ruby Tuesday." *awkward silence* "Do you guys still want to order?"

We left and decided we'd check our coupon book for another potentially great deal on dinner. We were in luck; there was a coupon for half off pizza at the Wooster Street Pizzereia. We headed on over and were promptly seated. Again Jenni pulled out the pizza coupon and presented it to our waitress. She took a look at it and said, "You can't use this coupon here. It's for Whooster Street Pizzaria, not Wooster Street Pizzaria. We had been tricked once again. Anyway we stayed and ate our full price pizza like a couple of suckers.

Well, that's all for now. We'll see if this blog ever gets updated again.