Last Weekend

My brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and 15 year-old nephew came to visit us last weekend! My sister-in-law and I are PEAS IN A POD and we have so much fun when we get together. I put together an ambitious itinerary of things that would appeal to a teenage boy. Was that successful? Eh. I'm pretty sure he'd rather have been hanging out with his girlfriend. 

Friday night they drove here in crazy snowy conditions and we went to dinner at a traditional supper club. It was fine, but I really wanted a Friday night fish fry and they didn't have one. WHAT KIND OF SUPPER CLUB IS THIS?

Saturday I had two main events planned. One, bowling at the student union. There are also pool tables and ping pong and we had a blast. My final scores were 80 and 69. I'm obviously an amazing bowler.

After a meandering lunch and a break to walk the dog and make sure the cat hadn't invited all the neighborhood felines to the house for a party, we went to the local golf simulator. For what I consider an exorbitant price, we got 1.5 hours on Bay 1. I've never golfed a day in my life and I found it crazy hard to get rid of the idea that I was going to release the golf club and brain someone in the head, so I don't think this was a good first experience for me. But the 15 year-old did enjoy it, so make of that what you will.

We broke a longstanding boycott I had of a local business for dinner (they behaved so irresponsibly during peak COVID) and I have to admit that the cheese curds were some of the best I ever had. I'm not linking to them, though, because I still think their ownership sucks and I also watched two people gamble away hundreds of dollars in forty-five minutes at some of their machines, so I don't think this place has the best interests of the community in mind. 

Sunday! It was the day we went to Milwaukee!

First up! We went to a smash room where we each had an opportunity to throw and smash breakable objects. I just pretended I was swinging a bat at the heads of some of our elected leaders. Oddly enough, this was not a hit with the teen. I think he was maybe too self-conscious about the whole thing.(I bet it will not come as a surprise to anyone reading this that I was NOT self-conscious and had a blast.) 

Then we had lunch at a weed-themed restaurant called Cheba Hut. .You guys! The food was TO DIE FOR. I ate so much food. And I have no regrets. Was it appropriate to bring a teen there? Maybe not, but it was close by and the sandwich was so good I cannot describe it to you. It was huge and covered in cheese. 

On the way to our next activity, we passed by a place that sold "bubble waffle cones" and my SIL and I were instantly intrigued and started lobbying to stop. My husband was *shocked Pikachu face* because we'd just eaten our bodyweight in weed-themed sandwiches, but there's always room for ice cream, right? We didn't have time, though. We went to our next stop, which was a University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee basketball game.

And as if BY MAGIC we walked by a bubble waffle cone store RIGTH BY OUR SECTION. If you think my SIL and I didn't immediately squeal with delight, you are not reading this situation correctly. MAGICAL!!!!!

(Also, this is beside the point, but I had no skin in this game. I thought all the tall young men on the court did an awesome job. But I was horrified at how rude people were to the visiting team. I don't know. It just didn't seem like great sportsmanship. And, frankly, some of the people who were there to support the visiting team were sort of nasty in what they said about/to the home team, too. Maybe I'm just not cut out for collegiate athletics.)

And after a break to walk the dog and check to make sure the cat hadn't murdered anyone in our absences, we went to dinner at the local smokehouse (interestingly enough, you're good to order just about anything other than BBQ here) before we said our goodbyes. 

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What can I plan for the next time the teen boy comes to visit?