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This weekend was a quest to destress after the week I'd had last week. Mission was mostly accomplished and mostly is as good as it's gotten recently so I'm all up for that.
Friday night JJ and I went to Bailey's with Kenny and April, Dan and Fogle and Sarah. It had been awhile since I had hung out with them so it was fun to catch up again. Afterward we went to Dan and Fogle's and some people played poker. I was too tired to participate, but JJ, and I quote Dan, "... is a really good poker player. It was kind of annoying ..." They were not, however, playing for money so I think JJ played more aggressively than he normally would. Sadly enough, by 10:20 or so both JJ and I were so tired that we decided to call it a night. On our way back I made some mention about how boring we'd become ... that at 10:30 on a Friday night we're so tired that pretty much what sounded best was going to bed.
Saturday I did absolutely nothing. Got up. We went to Jason's Deli for lunch, then we went to EBGames and to Barnes & Noble. JJ and I are very bad at surprising each other. We really are. I saw the new Star Wars DVD set in the window of B & N and made some comment about how the Star Wars DVD re-release was too expensive for me to buy just yet and he responded with, "Well, after we're done here we're going to Wal-Mart and I'm buying you the Star Wars DVD set." So he did. What a nice guy. He also got a new DVD player, which means I got his old one which means I now have a DVD player in my room! And the new Star Wars DVD set. Whee! That afternoon we were originally going to go to Duke Gardens but I was so wiped that I basically just laid there and dozed in and out. I was finally starting to mellow out and even though I'm not all that exciting when I'm mellow, being relaxed for more than 3 seconds at a time does wonders for me. Scott came over later and we went to the pool. Word of warning to those who might still be dabbling in outdoor pools in NC: the night temperatures are cool enough and the day temperatures are moderate enough that the water is going to start cooling down. A LOT. The water was the perfect temperature for outdoor training in the sunshine ... not for lounging around. For dinner Saturday night JJ drove us out to Cary and we ate at Olive Garden. On our way out it was really kind of sad how excited we were about going to ... Olive Garden. We're low maintenence, JJ and me. No one ever said we lived the luxurious and elegant life, that's for sure. Saturday night I slept better than I had in awhile. I was so ... mellow. I was in bed at 10 and slept soundly until 8:20 the next morning when I got up and went running.
Yesterday morning was the first time I'd been to church and not worked the service in quite awhile. I had been looking forward to it but some, albeit minor, technical difficulties wound me up enough worrying about whether the problem had been solved that I never fully engaged. This is something I'm going to have to work on actively or else I think I'm in a little bit of trouble. But I left the church pretty hastily and went home and worked for the afternoon, went back to help with Reel to Real movie night, and then came back home to grade papers and I was originally going to watch the Steelers-Dolphins game but because it was postponed, it wasn't televised here so I had to satisfy myself with nfl.com's live updates. Steelers 13, Dolphins 3 and Ben Roethlisberger now has a win under his belt for his NFL debut. Go Steelers.
Friday night JJ and I went to Bailey's with Kenny and April, Dan and Fogle and Sarah. It had been awhile since I had hung out with them so it was fun to catch up again. Afterward we went to Dan and Fogle's and some people played poker. I was too tired to participate, but JJ, and I quote Dan, "... is a really good poker player. It was kind of annoying ..." They were not, however, playing for money so I think JJ played more aggressively than he normally would. Sadly enough, by 10:20 or so both JJ and I were so tired that we decided to call it a night. On our way back I made some mention about how boring we'd become ... that at 10:30 on a Friday night we're so tired that pretty much what sounded best was going to bed.
Saturday I did absolutely nothing. Got up. We went to Jason's Deli for lunch, then we went to EBGames and to Barnes & Noble. JJ and I are very bad at surprising each other. We really are. I saw the new Star Wars DVD set in the window of B & N and made some comment about how the Star Wars DVD re-release was too expensive for me to buy just yet and he responded with, "Well, after we're done here we're going to Wal-Mart and I'm buying you the Star Wars DVD set." So he did. What a nice guy. He also got a new DVD player, which means I got his old one which means I now have a DVD player in my room! And the new Star Wars DVD set. Whee! That afternoon we were originally going to go to Duke Gardens but I was so wiped that I basically just laid there and dozed in and out. I was finally starting to mellow out and even though I'm not all that exciting when I'm mellow, being relaxed for more than 3 seconds at a time does wonders for me. Scott came over later and we went to the pool. Word of warning to those who might still be dabbling in outdoor pools in NC: the night temperatures are cool enough and the day temperatures are moderate enough that the water is going to start cooling down. A LOT. The water was the perfect temperature for outdoor training in the sunshine ... not for lounging around. For dinner Saturday night JJ drove us out to Cary and we ate at Olive Garden. On our way out it was really kind of sad how excited we were about going to ... Olive Garden. We're low maintenence, JJ and me. No one ever said we lived the luxurious and elegant life, that's for sure. Saturday night I slept better than I had in awhile. I was so ... mellow. I was in bed at 10 and slept soundly until 8:20 the next morning when I got up and went running.
Yesterday morning was the first time I'd been to church and not worked the service in quite awhile. I had been looking forward to it but some, albeit minor, technical difficulties wound me up enough worrying about whether the problem had been solved that I never fully engaged. This is something I'm going to have to work on actively or else I think I'm in a little bit of trouble. But I left the church pretty hastily and went home and worked for the afternoon, went back to help with Reel to Real movie night, and then came back home to grade papers and I was originally going to watch the Steelers-Dolphins game but because it was postponed, it wasn't televised here so I had to satisfy myself with nfl.com's live updates. Steelers 13, Dolphins 3 and Ben Roethlisberger now has a win under his belt for his NFL debut. Go Steelers.