The Double Date Weekend!
Monday, October 31, 2005Hey all, sorry about the long absence yet again. The next three days will busy busy though, so tell all of your friends! :O)
Today: Update
Tuesday: Companies are like Bad Boyfriends
Wednesday: Weds Wist
Anyway, on to the juicy stuff!
Friday -
How's this for a full day: Work, Run in a 6k, break a foot, play football and have a date. That's ONE DAY, not the whole weekend. Yes, I am indeed crazy. Especially since the second, third and fourth items are, indeed, in order.
So yeah, came to work Friday did the normal busy work in the morning. In the afternoon we had our annual 6k. This was well and good except for one thing, when I grabbed my stuff in the morning to change into, I was thinking only of after-work football, not of the 6k and didn't bring proper footwear. Sketchers may be comfy everyday shoes, but running shoes they are not. I completed the race in about 33 minutes, and was making my way back to the building, "OW! Fuck!" *thump* Losing control of one leg due to blinding pain is not all it's cracked up to be. Having had two stress fracture and many other foot injuries running cross country in high school, the pain was very familiar. Hello stress fracture #3. Oh well, eat post race snacks, go back to work for an hour.
Friday is always after-work football around here. Since the time was changing Saturday, and our field has no lights, it was the last day. In a temporary suspension of my guideline of it being better to be a smartass, than a dumbass, and a little bit of stubbornness mixed in, I played anyway. Did well, running was no problem. Stopping hurt like a mofo though. Went home and showered for my date with The Hot Friend.
THF mosied on over and we hunkered down with some tasty cheese pizza and the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Good flick! And yes, we did manage to watch the whole thing, so pffffft! :O)
Saturday -
Ever volunteer for something, then later wished you had accidentally super glued your mouth shut they day you did? Yeah, same here. I said earlier in the week that I would help at the Open House for our brand new third building. I'd give tours and such. I did not consider at that point that A) It was four hours on a Saturday, B) Starting at 10 (be up by 9) and C) this would follow day day of massive physical exertion as well as D) breaking a foot during said exertion and E) having to tear myself away from a very cute bedbug. Yes, Bad Plan. Very, very bad. I mad it through though and promptly headed home and passed rightthefuckout. Yes, that quickly. I did manage to come away from the thing with two pumpkins and a bunch of other fun fall stuff though.
Got up and headed to the meeting point for a per-party and then a beer loaded party bus trip around The Cities. Ironically enough the first stop on the Bus Trip, was a bar about 10 blocks from my Condo. I drove 20 some minutes to be brought back to my neighborhood. heh. Anyway we hit a couple more bars and had a very good liquor filled evening even if everyone but three of us passed out promptly on arriving back at the meeting point.
Sunday -
Got up and called The Hot Friend since we had talked about carving the earlier mentioned pumpkins. We made plans for later in the afternoon so I watch some football. It was nice to see the Vikings get humiliated yet again and unfortunate to see Favre and his practice team that is the Packers come up short yet again. Oh well
Hopped on over to THF's and we chit chatted right through lunch, but she did eventually manage to whip up some super yummy chili. G-Spot had a carvable punkin' on hand so she joined us for the orange slaughter.
We decided the seeds could not be put to waste considering their potential for tastiness so we baked them up. We got creative and decided to make them extra nummy with the following combos:
-Salt and Olive oil
-Salt olive Oil and light Cayenne Pepper
-Cinnamon Sugar
-Salt and Curry
-Mixed Herb with Garlic
-Wasabi
They all turned out very tastily with the exception of the wasabi ones. Baked Wasabi pumpkin seeds apparently equals dark brown ickyness. You've been warned.
The final result of the pumpkin mayhem (click to enlarge):
Mine's the one with the tongue sticking out. ;O)
After the carving we hung out and chatted for a while. I earned some bonus points apparently by bonding not only with Cute Puppy, but also with Cute Puppy Next Door. We made it a fairly early night in order to adjust to the time change and get a good night sleep. And thus ended the weekend. Definitely a good one though!
Ok, I'm out for now, check in tomorrow when I ponder why many companies are like bad boyfriends!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 1:34 PM,
7 Comments:
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At Mon Oct 31, 07:08:00 PM,
jlybn123 said...
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Nick,
It sounds like a pretty great weekend. Pumpkin carving is one thing that was left out of my traditional halloween weekend, and I really missed it...but my kids were not home! Waaaahhhh!!! Looks like you did a fine job tho! =)
Sorry about the foot...you never even told me earlier today!!! I was shocked when I read that! Hope it's feeling better!
Also glad that you are hanging out with someone who seems really normal and that it appears you are having a good time! (Just messin' with ya, about her being normal!) I think you two make a good pair!
Well, have a great night and talk to you soon! And how the heck did I beat Diana???? -
At Mon Oct 31, 07:34:00 PM,
Carrie said...
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nice weekend!
I dig the pumpkin abilities..... I personally only WATCHED a carving this year... maybe next year I'll (wo)man up and carve one myself?
anyways.. happy halloween!!!
get some!!! (candy, that is!!) -
At Tue Nov 01, 08:36:00 AM,
Anisa said...
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eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is a GREAT MOVIE! i loved it so much.
bert fell asleep though...
sounds like a VERY eventful weekend! -
At Tue Nov 01, 10:35:00 AM,
Tyjen said...
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cute pic of you guys!
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At Tue Nov 01, 12:40:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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JlyBn - I hadn't carved a pumpkin in years so it was fun! Too bad you didn't get to! The foots not too bad, I jsut have to remeber not to step on it funny. Yeah I'm glad to get to spend time with THF. I too hope it keeps working out well! And Diana's a sick little girl :O(
Carrie - Thanks! Yeah girl, you need ot carve one yourself next year! Happy H-day to you too!
Pieces - Poor sickly girl /hugs!!! I'm not couingting any eggs, but I've definitely enjoyed hanging out with THF. It hurts, but it's tolerable. It'll pass! I hope the week goes well too!
Anisa - Yeah, I definitely enjoyed the movie. The company was damn good too. it was a good weekend! Hope you had a good one too!
Sub girl - Thanks :O) -
At Tue Nov 01, 03:06:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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GLG - YAY! You commented! And I dunno, I'm pretty tough skinned, you might need to break out the Chicagos ;O)
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At Tue Nov 01, 04:03:00 PM,
Leesa said...
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Great pumpkins! Like the tongue sticking out. :)