i can’t believe i’ll be home in less than 10 days. i can’t wait! i didn’t realize how much i missed home until i started to realize that it’s been a full year since i was there, and until north carolina things started popping up and beating me over the head. for instance, did you know that north carolina produces 40% of the nation’s sweet potatoes (so the ones i ate at thanksgiving were likely “homegrown”). and that the wreath that i bought at lowe’s all the way here in texas is made of branches from a north carolina christmas tree? ah. i can’t wait to be home. mom says she gives me two days before i start complaining that i’m bored, but i think i’ll be just fine.
anyway. it was a nice weekend. soccer friday night (we lost), 5k saturday morning, soccer right after that (we lost, but it was soooo close). saturday afternoon i made the mistake of venturing out to the galleria area to do some shopping, only to find that half the highways in this freaking city were closed. 59 south was closed, so i had to go up to i-10, over to 610, and then back down to the galleria. then after shopping i had to come back in on westheimer because, yeah, 59 was closed. then the ramp from 610 onto 45 south was closed, so i had to wind my way under the interchange. ugh. it was a mess. it took me 3 hours to do 45 minutes of shopping!
saturday night we drove to montana (ok, it was tomball, but it felt as far away as montana) to see nick perform in the nutcracker, which was lovely. nick did a good job, wore a lot of makeup, and was smiling so big i thought his head might explode. i think that about sums it up.
yesterday was pretty quiet. i went to the bike store with debbie and got jealous when she bought a shiny new mountain bike. i’d love to have a mountain bike, for things like the adventure race we did a couple months ago, but i am not allowing myself to buy one unless i get rid of my current hybrid bike, because let’s face it, having three bikes would just be absurd. anyway. inspired by debbie’s purchase, i came home and finally fixed the toe clip on my road bike. i broke the reflector off a couple months ago when i accidentally caught the pedal on a speedbump, and one of the screws holding the toe clip on came off as well. the screw was stripped and wouldn’t go back on, but i finally found a suitable replacement. hurrah.
i ended the weekend with an extremely frustrating soccer game with my women’s team. i’m not sure who i was more annoyed with–the other team, or the ref, who was calling a very poor game. oh well.
