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Is it a sign that you're a workaholic when you attempt to make up for loss work time because of a long weekend? That's what I did today. I'm such a loser. *does the L sign on the forehead

Ahh, the country became a year older this weekend and I became a bit more prone to wrinkles from the sun. Ugh, right now I can feel the fatigue and the wear and tear from the sun on my face. Nevertheless, they are the signs of a superfantastic weekend away at Megan's cottage.

How cliché is it that I went up to the cottage on a long weekend? It's a cliché because I spotted about half a dozen other long-weekend-at-the-cottage photo albums on Facebook. CLICHÉ.

It's really amazing the amount of stuff me and the comrades accomplished in only three days:

• swam in the lake
• took out my raft (which promptly got a rip when Cuong made me snag the dock)
• barbequed
• went for a spin on a paddleboat
• swam in the lake
• went fishing
• swam in the lake
• played and fed some retrievers that kept coming around
• swam in the lake
• waterfights
• swam in the lake
• too many eating competitions with the guys
• swam in the lake
• taught Meg's parents how to speak in a Jamaican accent (Nam)
• watched movies
• swam in the lake
• bought a canoe (Kathy and Iljya)
• swam in the lake
• threw someone in the lake (me)
• swam in the lake
• played volleyball
• swam in the lake
• had some fights and other tense moments
• swam in the lake
• egg-squeezing contest (apparently it can't scientifically be done, but Nam tends to defy science-- egg yolk was EVERYWHERE)
• swam in the lake
• proved to Cuong that he is capable of being drunk
• swam in the lake
• karaoke
• swam in the lake
• got drunk and drunk and drunk

I really wish we had time to swim in the lake, though. I also wish the weather was better. All week I was looking forward to 30-degree weather, and instead I was greeted with inconsistent weather: one minute it would be balmy, the next minute it would hail. Like trying to please a woman, eh, guys? Special shoutout to Meg's parents for the hospitality and the homecookin'.