friday randomness
I'm finding it hard to concentrate this morning so here's some randomness:
Weekend plan
Tonight: Short boat cruise on the river for 90 minutes with some of my fellow interns from work. Some would call it a booze cruise. Since drinks are free for the duration of the cruise, I suppose I would one of those people. After the cruise, plans are up in the air. Might continue to hang out with work people. More likely, I'll spend some time with a friend I haven't seen much lately.
Tomorrow: The other half of Father's Day (since the weather was not so good last weekend). The bro-in-law and I are taking Dad out to breakfast at one of my parents' favorite restaurants and then taking him golfing. I am pretty bad at golf, but Dad just gave me his set of clubs having bought a brand spanking new set, so I am hopeful. After golf, a new experience: I am making dinner for the family. Bruschetta and Spaghetti all'Amatriciana. I made it 2 weeks ago for some friends and they seemed to love it, so hopefully this will be good. Probably spending the rest of the evening with the fam.
Sunday: Church in the morning. Escorting a friend to a wedding in the afternoon. Planned relaxation time on Sunday night.
Expanding Horizons
I've been trying a lot of new things lately. I just started a mentoring program in which I'll be helping an area high school student in his college search and application process. Last week I went swing dancing (2nd time ever, still needed the beginner lessons). This week I played soccer for the first time in probably 10 years. All week I've been trying different types of tea (I could count on one hand the number of times I've had even a sip of tea prior to this week). I don't know if it was traveling to Europe or moving or getting a new roommate or starting a new internship but I am ALL ABOUT trying new things lately. I feel like I had been in a rut.
Music
Possibly related to the above, I am starting to like some country music. Those of you who know me probably just gasped or at least bugged your eyes in surprise. I've had an adamant dislike for country music for quite some time now, with a very small handful of single-song exceptions. I think it started as me just disliking it and then in high school, during that all important "defining" phase of puberty, it became part of who I was and just stuck. Then, when I went through a particularly difficult break-up, any country songs about losing love ("let's be us again...") were just not good to hear. Fast-forward to today. I've been hearing a few Rascal Flatts songs that I really enjoyed. I realized I actually enjoyed them and it startled me. I ended up getting some of his CDs am really enjoying them. It's kinda scary.
Alright, back to work.
Weekend plan
Tonight: Short boat cruise on the river for 90 minutes with some of my fellow interns from work. Some would call it a booze cruise. Since drinks are free for the duration of the cruise, I suppose I would one of those people. After the cruise, plans are up in the air. Might continue to hang out with work people. More likely, I'll spend some time with a friend I haven't seen much lately.
Tomorrow: The other half of Father's Day (since the weather was not so good last weekend). The bro-in-law and I are taking Dad out to breakfast at one of my parents' favorite restaurants and then taking him golfing. I am pretty bad at golf, but Dad just gave me his set of clubs having bought a brand spanking new set, so I am hopeful. After golf, a new experience: I am making dinner for the family. Bruschetta and Spaghetti all'Amatriciana. I made it 2 weeks ago for some friends and they seemed to love it, so hopefully this will be good. Probably spending the rest of the evening with the fam.
Sunday: Church in the morning. Escorting a friend to a wedding in the afternoon. Planned relaxation time on Sunday night.
Expanding Horizons
I've been trying a lot of new things lately. I just started a mentoring program in which I'll be helping an area high school student in his college search and application process. Last week I went swing dancing (2nd time ever, still needed the beginner lessons). This week I played soccer for the first time in probably 10 years. All week I've been trying different types of tea (I could count on one hand the number of times I've had even a sip of tea prior to this week). I don't know if it was traveling to Europe or moving or getting a new roommate or starting a new internship but I am ALL ABOUT trying new things lately. I feel like I had been in a rut.
Music
Possibly related to the above, I am starting to like some country music. Those of you who know me probably just gasped or at least bugged your eyes in surprise. I've had an adamant dislike for country music for quite some time now, with a very small handful of single-song exceptions. I think it started as me just disliking it and then in high school, during that all important "defining" phase of puberty, it became part of who I was and just stuck. Then, when I went through a particularly difficult break-up, any country songs about losing love ("let's be us again...") were just not good to hear. Fast-forward to today. I've been hearing a few Rascal Flatts songs that I really enjoyed. I realized I actually enjoyed them and it startled me. I ended up getting some of his CDs am really enjoying them. It's kinda scary.
Alright, back to work.