So for the first time this summer, Amanda actually came down here for the weekend. Got to show off my surround system.. yay! 🙂 That, along with a projector checked out from ITC, turn my room into a virtual theater…. nice. Anyway, Amanda and I fell into our old habit of eating out way too much, but it was all good food! We also went to the first Ames 4th of July parade in 30-some years. It was interesting, but really long. Like Nick said, there were no bands in it, but it was fun to see some of the sights. Amanda and I picked up about 10 pieces of candy total. Some annoying kids sat down in the street right in front of us 😉 . Guess we’re not considered as young as we wish we were, huh? Then last night we saw the fireworks because I really wanted to take her to fireworks. Granted, we stayed in my car to make a hasty exit (Iowa State Center and RCA traffic gets insane before and after fireworks!), but the fireworks were… meh. Nice. Not terrible, but nothing super-spectacular either.

Can’t remember much else. We went to see Spiderman 2. We took Theresa, Amanda’s sister, and a friend out to Great Plains pizza, though it wasn’t the best Great Plains pizza ever. Amanda thinks it’s funny that two of her sisters also “like” guys who are into computers.