Busy Weekend
I know I've said it a million times before, but weekends aren't long enough. This one just blew right by, and it was jammed packed with a lot of running around. But it was all good. An enjoyable weekend, I must admit.
Friday night I just went to my parents to dog sit, as they were out to eat with one of my dad's ex-partners. While sitting at home with the pooch I did my laundry, and figured out how to play most of the Foo Fighters "Everlong" which is surprisingly easy to play. While doing that, and on a train into the city the next day I got the inspiration to attempt to do something cool. My brother is throwing his annual house party when my parents go away, so I was debating throwing about 10 or 12 songs together, that I knew down pat, and the words so I can sing, and setting up my gutiar and amp on the deck outside, plugging my roommates mic into my practice amp and doing a little solo set of cover tunes. I think it could be cool, and something different for the party this year. We shall see if I actually go through with it though.
Saturday during the day I ran around like a madman. I had to go back to my house to pick up a money order that was waiting for me at the post office there. Then to the bank to deposit said money order, then to my house to try to figure out what was wrong with my TV. I rewired my entertainment center the other night and since then my TV stopped functioning with a certain HD input, which was annoying. It wasn't the cable or the cable box, so it turned out to be the port on the TV. I got it to work by jamming something inbetween the HDMI cable and the set of cables below it to kind of prop it up, but thats just a workaround. I guess I need to start the process of getting the TV fixed, which is a pain.
After all that it was back to my parents house to box up some stuff I needed to ship out. So then to the post office to ship out said boxes, then to get my car washed because it was filthy and needed it. Then to Best Buy, then home and guitar lesson. Lunch, then back to my house to relax a little before heading into the city to see Dashboard Confessional. They were damn good. They didn't really play for long, but it was good. I saw them at Radio City Music Hall, which is a great place to see a show. The acoustics were phenomenal. You could make out everything, the vocals, the guitars, everything, whereas usually at a concert everything is all muddy sounding. This was great. Then it was back home and to bed.
Sunday I had to go to the unveiling of my mom's uncle's tombstone. He died back in November, and this was the first time everyone, including family from Israel could get over here to do it. After that it was back to my parents house again, where everyone had some food, then hit the pool. Odd sounding, I know, from cemetery to pool in under three hours. Crazy. After a little relaxing in the sun my dad actually let me drive his Corvette solo. I took my cousin from Israel for a spin, since they don't really have Corvettes over there, and even let him drive it. After the obligatory photo op for him to show his friends back home.
After all that fun I packed up all my stuff and went back to my house, for good this time. Unpacked my laundry, and relaxed. Watched some TV, restrung my guitars, and other stuff before going to bed around midnight. I woke up this morning and just did not want to get out of bed, which is never fun. I was just exhausted. Too much running around.
So get this though, I ate like crap all weekend long. Especially yesterday where my mom bought chocolate chip cookies and we had this crazy chocolate cake, so of course I indulged. I stepped on the scale this morning expecting to see some serious damage, but shockingly, I was down three pounds from Friday. Crazy, right? Back to exercising tonight though as I think my knee can handle it. Fun times.
Alright, back to work!