Weekend Recap

This past weekend was pretty lame, but fun. Friday night (after what felt like a very long week but was only 4 days long) the boyfriend and I stayed in and watched a movie.

Saturday morning we got up early to go play pick-up soccer. There was major track work on the metro though so it needed up taking us an hour and a half to get there, which sucked. After soccer, half the day was already gone, and my sinuses were in major pain so I decided to be super productive and take a nice long nap. I awoke just in time to get ready for dinner with my sister. We had fun celebrating her starting her new job as a lawyer!

Sunday was my soccer team's playoff game. We were in 4th place and had to play the 1st place team. We ended up loosing 3-2 by giving up a last minute goal, but we played great and it was a super fun game. After the game there was mostly just eating, football, and napping until our evening league's season opener game. Although we won 4-0 our earlier game sucked most of the energy out of the team - we were pretty lackluster.

Overall it was not a very productive weekend but it was fun and relaxing. This upcoming weekend I will be much more productive and social, if only it would get here already.

Life Without Cable

After moving from the house with cheap rent and 3 others to split the bills with into a more expensive apartment by myself, I thought an easy way to save some money would be to ditch the cable, DVR, and movie channels. I opted for just regular basic cable and streaming Netflix through my Wii.

So far it hasn't been bad at all. When I get home from work there's always at least something decent on - if not a new show, then a rerun of some show I never used to watch.

One show that I've discovered and really enjoy is America's Got Talent. It's the same basic premise as American Idol and all the others where each act performs on Tuesday night and then America votes for their favorite. The results are revealed a different night (no need to watch that, it's just a recap that's over dramatized) and whoever got the most votes remains.

Last night they had my favorite act on, The Olate Dogs, which is father-son duo who rescue dogs, train them, and perform them. The video clip shows the 2nd half of their act (I couldn't find the whole thing) from the Semifinals, which was incredible. How can you not smile watching this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlfCvyhTG2E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hope you enjoyed and if you find yourself free on Tuesday evening, tune in - and vote for your favorite!

My Triumphant Return

After taking the summer off, I have finally returned! I have so much to fill you in on:

I moved!!!! After over 3 years in Arlington, I packed up and moved into DC into my very own apartment. Although I miss the roommates and our house, I don't miss our sucky landlord, and not having my own space.

Let's see what else you missed. There was my sisters Bachelorette weekend in Chicago, her graduation from law school, moving to a new location in the office (goodbye office, hello cubicle) my personal trainer at the gym that's whipping my butt into shape, lots of soccer, and a trip to St. Louis to surprise the boyfriend's Mom. All in all it was a great summer and I'm sad it's over.

Also check one of my former roomies blog that she does with her new roomie:
http://thecinchshoppers.blogspot.com/

That's all for now, but more to come!