tonight Sonic gave away free root beer floats. there’s a Sonic down the street from my house, about a mile and a half away, that i can ride my bike to. since everyone i know with a bike has moved out of my general area, i’m made to pedal alone. i called up a couple of friends to see if they wanted to go, but was turned down. “i don’t like root beer floats”. WHAT?!? Root Beer Floats are synonymous with America. and on a night that they’re given an opportunity for a free one they turn it down? i may need to look for new friends.

i got home from the gym (i’ve doubled my ability for pull ups since i first started doing them) and turned on the USA/Costa Rica soccer game. someone forgot to tell the USA defense they were playing, because within the first 15 minutes it was 2-0. i made a tomato and cheese omelet (i’m getting good at those) and had dinner. i called up a friend one last time about Sonic, but got VM. sad. i rode my bike down to the Sonic and the clientele was sketchier than i remember. they had waitresses walking around with the floats, so i didn’t have to order or anything. i got my float, sat down, and enjoyed the evening. after i finished, i thought about getting one for the ride home but decided against it. it kind of would have seemed greedy since the same two waitresses were walking around. i rode home and got back in time to see the 2nd half of the soccer game, which ended up being a 3-1 defeat for the USA. yuck.

the root beer float night was a great idea. i hope Sonic makes it a yearly thing, though i’m kind of hoping they decide to make a night later this summer for a free slushie or jr banana split.

(side story, that summer (i think 2006?) when they had the 99 cent jr banana splits, i must have eaten 10 of them, they were awesome.)