yesterday when i got up, it was 75 degrees and humid. then it rained, and the wind blew. and this morning it was a brisk 38 degrees outside. now this feels more like november. ahh.
i had one of those weekends that went by too quickly, and left me sitting at home last night in a tired haze bemoaning the fact that i had to go back to work today.
i had a soccer game friday night and was thoroughly amused by this guy named scott, who plays on defense with me. he’s got a british accent, but not a really refined one, so i can’t tell where he’s from. he smoked a cigarette right before taking the field, another one after the game was over, and as if that wasn’t enough, he smoked one at halftime. i don’t know how he could run after all that smoking (if it were me, i would probably lose a lung within the first five minutes), but he’s actually pretty good. very fast. he would be interesting if he didn’t smoke like a chimney. ah well.
saturday i joined the legions of friends helping edgar and betsy move to their absolutely freaking gorgeous new house. let me reiterate: their house is incredible. i could move into one of their bedrooms and they might not notice; in fact, now that i think of it, that’s not a bad plan. i can’t believe they already have a house! it is so cool. it makes me want a house… but anyway, moving day was fun. anytime you get a dozen people together for something that involves lifting heavy things, it’s a good time. or something like that.
saturday night we went to the aeros game, and after having to deal with the immense hassle of their ticketing office and their utter incompetance in finding a wheelchair seat for chris, we ended up getting all 6 tickets for free. score! the toyota center is nice and new and all, but they still have a lot of kinks to work out. the place is so obviously designed for the rockets that the poor aeros sort of get the shaft in terms of space, concessions, etc.
yesterday i got up with plans to go bike riding and then to the bike store with debbie (she wants to get a bike), but the thunder and torrential rain (and associated 30-degrees-in-4-hours temperature drop) but a damper on that. but soon enough it was time to head over to sara’s for the pre-thanksgiving dinner. since most people will be out of town on thursday, sara and brienne decided to throw a shindig yesterday, with everything you’d expect at a turkey day feast plus more. turkey, sweet potatoes (my favorite!), green bean casserole, bread, pumpkin pie, and of course, mujudhra. you know, like the lebanese eat on lebanese thanksgiving. uh…yeah. anyway, it was all delicious, and by the time i got home around 8:00, it was too late for me to do anything but lay around till bedtime in a post-eating coma. sigh.
and now it’s monday once again. we went out to lunch today, which will throw me off for the rest of the week because we usually only go out on fridays. yes, our office life is so regimented.