Weekend Recap

This past weekend started off with the boyfriend and I joining my sister and her fiancee for dinner where they treated us to a lovely and delicious dinner. The restaurant was a bit loud, but the food was delicious. We then walked around looking for some place for dessert when we decided to go to the Cheesecake Factory for some cheesecake and coffee. Why not live it up, it was Friday after all.

Saturday morning the boyfriend and I woke up early to watch the Arsenal game. After that we went for a run in which I was not having it an didn't want to run anymore. The boyfriend, being the nice person that he is, decided I needed some Breathe Right strips to help me breathe better when I run. He then went to the store to get me some. When he got back my roommate and I cooked a breakfast feast of rolls, bacon and scrambled eggs. After the breakfast I had to get ready for a manicure and pedicure date with my friends Erin and Jesica. Erin drove me and we met up with Jesica and had some excellent girl time while chilling at the salon. Then we checked out Jesica's newly purchased pad which is an awesome condo in Dupont. I'm highly jealous and the place looked great!

After the salon date, I had to run back home to get ready for a memorial service. Sadly, tragically, my old co-worker passed away suddenly at the young age of only 40. He was a good friend and I still can't believe he is really gone. His wife said that he wanted a celebration of his life rather than a mourning of his passing, so she threw a nice party for him - where the wedding rules applied of no church and open bar, so that's what we had. It was great catching up with all my old co-workers but it was also very sad that this is what it took to get us all together. They made a nice slideshow showing pictures of his life and they gave a nice speech about him. It really makes you realize how short life is and makes you want to live every day to the fullest.

Sunday the boyfriend and I were lazy and just hung out and relaxed all afternoon. I made some delicious chocolate chip cookies but nothing else very productive. Then we had to run off to the boyfriend's Sunday soccer team's Championship game. They ended up winning 4-1 (the boyfriend scored a goal!) and it was all very exciting. Here are the Champions:

Weekend Recap - 3Day Edition

This weekend was a long weekend and having that extra day off was glorious. Unfortunately I was feeling under the weather thanks to allergies so I didn't do too much. Friday night the boyfriend wanted to watch the Cardinals - Phillies game, and his team (the Cardinals) won. It was very exciting for him.

Saturday morning and afternoon was so nice and relaxing. I got to sleep in, catch up on some TV, and rest up before the boyfriend and I headed out to a charity event. His old co-worker now works for this Architectural non-profit firm that is trying to take unused shipping containers (that they use on barges) and turn the "box" into a usable space in communities, such as an Art Studio, a Music Studio, a bike repair station, etc.

The event took place at another Architecture office that had a nice large patio, and since the weather was absolutely perfect, everyone was outside.

Although the event was slightly disorganized, it was fun. It had a nice laid back vibe to it as opposed to a stuffy corporate event, and then office where the event was at had lots of fun games and sorts to keep the boyfriend and I entertained. We played ping pong, foosball, and there was a giant Jenga set, and Wii as well. And the money all went to a good cause (click here for more info). Oh and I almost forgot - there was a raffle. The boyfriend and I left before they had the drawing (I was getting tired), so we gave our tickets to the boyfriends friend to claim our prizes for us if we won. We got home and the boyfriend had a text saying he was the 1st winner drawn so he won a box screen printed t-shirt! We must be good luck for each other because since we started dating, we've gotten VERY lucky with these raffles (knock on wood).

Sunday afternoon I had a soccer game and since the boyfriend's leg is still hurt and he can't play, he came to support me. Only problem was I had lost my voice and was hacking up phlegm like it was my job, so I wasn't in the best shape to be running around. But, we would have been down girls if I didn't go so I thought me being there not doing much was better than me not being there at all, so I played. I didn't do too much running. And we lost, another game that we should have won. Don't know what the deal is with our team this season. At least it was fun. After the game I was pretty tired so we just relaxed for the rest of the night and had dinner at our favorite local Mexican restaurant.

Monday the boyfriend had to work but I had the day off. I woke up around normal work time though, so I wouldn't get all out of whack schedule wise. I went on a nice long bike ride where I ran into an old co-worker which was nice. I did some stuff around the house and went to the grocery store to make a nice dinner for the boyfriend, since I felt bad he had to work. I made green beans, mashed potatoes, and panko crusted tilapia (the tilapia is my sister's recipe which I'll post another time). It was delicious and pretty easy too. After dinner, we capped off the night by seeing The Lion King 3D. The boyfriend had never seen the movie before - can you imagine!

Weekend Recap

This weekend went by in a blur. Saturday night the boyfriend and his soccer team got free tickets for the DC United game for winning their season in soccer. Since not everyone on the team wanted to go to the game, they had 2 extra tickets that he gave to my sister and I. We had a blast, ate some delicious food, and got to see DC United beat Real Salt Lake 4-1.

Earlier in the day the boyfriend and I watched Arsenal beat Bolton and they are finally starting to look like their old selves again. Sunday the boyfriend and I both had soccer, and then did a lot of resting and football watching afterwards.

Almost Friday

This week has been super busy at work but that means it's been making the days fly by. How is it already Thursday? This week has also been full of working out since when my mom was here she talked me into running a Half Marathon with her. I'm not quite sure what I was thinking when I said yes, but so beginth the training!

Tuesday I played pickup on the mall which was really fun. I was playing really well and the weather was just perfect out (see picture). Wednesday night my co-worker and I hit up our work gym - she ran and I did the bike for 30 minutes. Then my wonderful sister came over and brought dinner for us to eat and hang out. Tonight I'm taking a day off because it's Foreign Film Night with some of my co-workers. Tomorrow I'm hoping to hit up the gym again and then hopefully biking Saturday if it's not raining, and then soccer game on Sunday like usual.

The only question now is what race to run. I'm thinking the National Half Marathon is a good choice, it's in late March so it won't be too hot out. It's in DC so I won't have to travel (just my mom). Only problem is my mom wants a flat course which this course isn't. Maybe I can talk her into it.

I've been going a bit Groupon crazy this month - I got the deal for Whole Foods (which I used the next day) for $10 for $20, the US Weekly year subscription for $30, and I used my Pete's Apizza deal this week for lunch on the day that it expired. Nothings worse than buying a Groupon and not using it.

Today's Jersey Day at work (every Thursday during football season is Jersey Day) and I'm sporting my DC United jersey. People keep asking me if I'm going to the game tonight because I'm wearing the jersey. I respond back that I'm wearing a jersey cause it's Jersey Day and I think they think I'm nuts since I'm the only wearing a jersey today. Oh well.

The End of another Era

A few weeks ago I noticed that my soccer cleats were starting to fall apart. I purchased these cleats last year from a consignment store for $5, so I wasn't too surprised. I taped them up but knew this wouldn't last too long (the tape is black so it's hard to tell). These cleats had lasted me through a summer season, a fall season, a winter season, a spring season, and most of this current summer season. So many games, so many memories!

Saturday afternoon (after watching the Arsenal game), the boyfriend and I ventured out to a soccer store in search of new cleats. After taking a measurement of my foot at the store, it was determined that I was a size 4 in kids sizes, so I was shown the kids wall of cleats to choose from. (Side note: I don't know how these soccer shoe sizes work cause I usually wear a size 5 1/2, not a 4). After trying on a few pairs, I went with these:

Since the cleats were WAY cheaper than I thought (hooray for small feet and cheap children's shoes) I also decided to get a pair of turf shoes as well (because my Sunday league plays all their games on turf fields), so I also purchased these:

To cap it all off, I also purchased the US team's kit (jersey and shorts combo) because it was also cheaper in the Youth sizes and why not. Here is the top:

All of this for around $100, not bad at all right! Great success. I wore my old cleats for the last time at my Sunday team's playoff game. We ended up loosing 1-0, but I thought it was only right to end the season with the shoes that I began it with. Can't wait to break in the new cleats tonight at pick up :)

I haven't written in a while, probably because there hasn't been much going on. Work has been getting busier and a bit more stressful, we are in the middle of a heat wave here in DC, and the boyfriend left me for a week to go home and visit his family.

I purchased some travel books for Turkey, which has been making me even more excited for the trip! Also, Turkish is not an easy language to pronounce.

I watched the Women's World Cup game on Sunday with my soccer team after our game (we won!) and I can't tell you how disappointed I was with the game. The US dominated that game, had SOOO many chances at scoring goals and lost the lead not once but twice. And then, to top is all off, they were just downright horrible at their penalty kicks. Since when does the US suck at penalty kicks? When we were watching the game, there was a guy at a table behind me with his wife and kids. He kept yelling out the most ridiculous things during the game, like when one of the players would shoot the ball at goal and would barely miss, he would yell out "take her out, she is sucking". It was super annoying to hear someone yell when they have no idea what they are talking about.

Yesterday I worked from home because I had a doctor's appointment, and what was supposed to be a nice relaxing day ended up being quite stressful because my boss had asked me last minute for a report on something I was unfamiliar with. But I got it all done and I think he was happy with what I put together.

Weekend Recap

How is it already Monday again? This weekend went by way too fast. Friday night the boyfriend came over and we just chilled at home. Saturday morning he had an architecture class so I made plans with my friend and some co-workers to go to All Fired Up to paint some pottery. I made a mug that I am going to use as my water cup when I paint. Next weekend I can pick it up and find out if I made the Wall of Fame like last time.

After painting, I met up with the boyfriend and we went out for his friend's birthday celebration. We started off at her new apartment in Mt. Pleasant and then hit up the bars in U St. After the bars we all headed over to Ben's Chili Bowl for some late night snacking. By the time we left it was late and we spent forever trying to get a cab. It was making me so mad that the cabbies would lock the door, crack their window and ask "where you going?" and then drive off when I told them which neighborhood. If I'm paying you to do your job, why do you refuse me. So frustrating! Luckily, my friend Jesica's boyfriend happened to be driving into the city and was able to come rescue us and drive us home.

Sunday I watched the Women's World Cup game as the US took on Brazil in the quarter finals and it was the most amazing come-back game I have ever seen. Once overtime started I had to leave for my own game, so I had to find out later how it ended and I couldn't believe that they had won! Speaking of my soccer game, it was in the late afternoon and by then it was so hot out that I felt like my feet were melting off. Despite this, I managed to play a good game and we won. After soccer the boyfriend and I had dinner and then decided to hit the tennis ball around since it had cooled off a bit. Then we watched 127 Hours which was really good. James Franco was amazing in it and the story itself was so intense. Then I was off to bed after sufficiently tiring myself out.

Weekend Recap

This weekend was such a good time! Friday night, I met up with my friend Jesica at Jazz in the Garden. Jesica had just gotten back from Afghanistan, and I'm so happy she made it home safely! After Jazz in the Garden, the boyfriend and I chilled at home.

Since my sister was out of town for a wedding, she let me borrow the car for the weekend! Saturday morning the boyfriend and I headed out super early to go fishing! We went back to Great Falls, at this Sandy Cove area we had saw the week before. We caught a fish this time!! It was big old catfish, which we let go after we caught it.

     

After fishing, we met up with my friend Beryl, and since I had the car, I helped her move her stuff into her new apartment. Then, we all headed out to Target where I got so much good stuff - including new shoes, a yoga mat, a new front door mat, supplies for S'mores, some awesome Toy Story band aids, and a few other very important necessities. When we got back from Target I wasn't feeling well - I had a throbbing headache, so the boyfriend and I just decided to stay in. 

Sunday morning, after sleeping in a bit, we drove over to the Tennis store to pick up my racket. They had to string it for me so I couldn't take it home last time I was there. The guy even gave me a free case to go with it. Have I mentioned how awesome there the guy is! Check them out at Tennis Zone! Then I was off to my soccer game, the 1st one of the Summer League. It was so incredibly hot out for the game! There is zero shade on the field, and its a turf field which means that the heat radiates up from the ground, making it feel like your feet are on fire when you are running around. We ended up loosing 6-4, but it was a really close match and I think we only lost because they had a lot more subs than we did. After my game, I was off to watch the boyfriend play his game. It was his Sunday league's playoff game, but they ended up loosing as well. After the loss, we headed home to clean ourselves up. Then we had a nice dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, and then home. It was quite the packed, fun-filled weekend!

This week will be super busy since we are planning on going to the Nationals game on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and then leaving Friday for vacation!

We Are The Champions!

Yesterday was the boyfriend's birthday, but more importantly it was his soccer team's playoff tournament. His 7v7 Wednesday night co-ed league was having their season playoffs, and his team, Trix, were in 1st place heading into it. He has been playing on this team in different leagues (7v7, 9v9, 11v11, weeknight and weekend leagues, summer, fall, winter, and spring leagues, and even indoor and outdoor leagues). Needless to say, he plays a lot of soccer! Trix is just like the Caps in that they always seem to be in 1st place heading into the playoffs but never make it to the end to win it all.

Last night's playoffs started off with a game a 6:30. If they won this, then they would go to the semi-finals. If they lost, they would go home, empty-handed. I arrived at halftime and it was tied 2-2. Things were tense as Trix just didn't seem to be "on". The game ends and it's still tied 2-2 so it goes into overtime. Sudden death overtime followed by penalty kicks, if necessary. About 2 minutes into overtime, Trix scores! Hooray! Game over and they move on!

They have a bye for the next game so there's an hour of downtime which means nap time for the boyfriend:

Before you know it 8:30 comes along and its time to start the semi-finals. Our friend Julie shows up with her friend Jason to cheer on Trix as well. Trix dominated the game from the start with a quick goal by the boyfriend, and end up winning the game 4-0. Julie has to leave and I hope she doesn't take her good luck with her. 

The next game, the finals, starts right after the semi-finals. Some players have to go, leaving just one male and one female sub. Hope no one gets hurt! First half Trix scores leading 1-0. Second half starts and they get another one, 2-0. The last few minutes of the game Trix is looking great, they have possession and I just keep hoping they don't blow it. Time ticks down, the whistle blows, and Trix are CHAMPIONS! They finally did it - they won! After all this build-up, you would think they would have won some sort of amazing prize or something. Nope - just their picture on the league website and bragging rights. Victory nonetheless. Couldn't ask for a better birthday present for the boyfriend :)

Here they are for you, Trix Are For Kids, 7v7 Co-Ed League Champions, 2011 Spring Season, in all their glory:

Weekend Recap - Sporty Edition 2

My bike!

This weekend was full of sunshine, bike riding, and soccer. Friday night the boyfriend and I laid-low since I had an early soccer game Saturday morning. My Sunday team was in the Semi-Finals (hence the Saturday game instead of the usual Sunday game) and we ended up loosing 2-1. After the game we decided to get some brunch at Steak and Eggs, since I had a Groupon from there. Then we decided to hit up a tennis store I had also bought a Groupon for. They had to special order me a racquet so I have to go back and make sure I like it. We also hit up the hardware store and I bought a kickstand for my bike, that the boyfriend was kind enough to put on for me. Then we were passing by a farmers market and my front tire was low on air, so we decided to stop off at the free bike clinic and this ended up being the best stop. They filled my front tire with air and gave my whole bike a look over - telling me I needed a new front tire and a new chain soon, before it damaged other parts of my bike. They did this all for FREE and even fixed a few minor things on my bike as well. I could feel a huge difference in the bike after we left the clinic. Well, after a whole day of bike riding (did I mention that we rode our bikes to all of these stops) and sunshine - we were quite tired. We were supposed to meet up with some friends but were too tired to go out, so we ended up just staying in.

Sunday also started off early with the boyfriend and I meeting up with my co-worker B for an Eastern Market trip. B is sort of new to the area and she had never been to Eastern Market before so it was so much fun showing her the market. She LOVED it and we will definitely be back again. Sunday ended with me watching the boyfriends soccer game, which he scored the team's only goal at (they tied 1-1). However, he got quite dinged up at the game and was limping around today. The poor thing, it was breaking my heart to see him hurt like that.

Today's Monday again, but only 4 more days of work and then I'm off to the beach for the long weekend, which cannot come soon enough!

Out and About

After taking a hiatus last week while sick, I was back in action this week! Monday night I went to happy hour with my co-worker, Tuesday night my sister had me over for dinner, Wednesday night I went over to a friends for a pizza party, and last night I went to a District Sports Happy Hour. The boyfriend and I play in a distric sports league soccer (in different leagues though), and the happy hour was for a good cause - to benefit Street Soccer USA which aims to end homelessness through sports. For a "suggested donation of $10" you got a drink ticket, a raffle ticket and a Georgetown Cupcake. The boyfriend and I both tried the Cookies and Creme cupcake and it was very delicious - it tasted like an oreo milkshake, but in cake form.

We were getting a little bit bored, since we didn't know anyone at the happy hour, but then the raffle began! The very first raffle ticket that was picked was one of ours!!! It was for a Prince of Petworth t-shirt, which is very coincidental considering just an hour earlier the boyfriend and I were discussing the blog. The shirt is size XL which kind of sucks since its definitely not my size, but its still fun to win things anyways!

Prince of Petworth t-shirt won at raffle

After the high of winning, we decided to hang out around, just on the off chance that we could win something with our second raffle ticket. They had handed out all the prizes (more t-shirts, DC United tickets which I really wanted, etc), and then the Georgetown Cupcake guy comes through the crowd with 4 dozen boxes of cupcakes, which I presume were leftovers from handing them out earlier. They pull a ticket for the 1st box and its was our second ticket's number!!! What were the odds of winning twice! I told the boyfriend to take them into work, but he said it was donut day so I should take them, which I did. I was so excited to tell everyone that I won them in a raffle! Great way to start off the weekend!

Weekend Recap

This weekend went by so fast and was jam-packed with fun activities. First up was the boyfriend running the Crystal City 5k after work on Friday. Me and our friend Erin went out in the pouring rain and cold temperatures to watch him run, and it paid off because he got his fastest 5k time. Way to go! (Pictures coming soon) After the race, we all went and had dinner to celebrate the boyfriend's awesomeness.

Saturday afternoon was ultra-relaxing. We lounged around, I made the boyfriend brunch, and when we finally left the house, we were on an adventure to go find a DC United jersey for the boyfriend (I of course already had one). Our original plan was to Zipcar out to the suburbs and hit up a sporting goods store, but every single Zipcar in the area was booked. Major fail. Our backup plan was to venture downtown to City Sports, where the boyfriend was able to find this awesome jersey:

Don't mind us, we're just being dorks - but looking good in our jerseys!

 After the successful jersey adventure, we grabbed a quick lunch, did some other errands, and then were off to see DC United take on LA Galaxy. We even did the full fan experience by tailgating before the game with some soccer friends. We got discounted tickets, so our seats were great - in the middle, on the 1st level and only about maybe 30 rows back. The game was super exciting - the Galaxy scored a goal in the middle of the 1st half, and although United had a ton of chances, they couldn't get one in the goal. After halftime, Galaxy was playing very aggressively, and Beckham even tried to start a fight, but his teammates pulled him back. He did get a yellow card though. He was eventually taken out with about 15 minutes remaining, and all the DC United fans booed him. Anyways, with only a few minutes remaining in the game, United got a penalty in the box, meaning they would get to take a penalty kick. United's young prodigy Charlie Davies took it and he scored. The place went wild! It ended up with a final score of a 1-1 tie and was such a fun night!

The boyfriend and I 

DC United GOOOOOOAAAAAAL!

 Sunday morning started off early, because the boyfriend had a soccer game early all the way on the other side of DC. I was tagging along to both cheer him on, and also to help watch 2 of his teammates kids while they played. Did I mention how exhausting watching a small child is! After the game, we headed over to my soccer game, and the boyfriend was just planning on cheering me on. Despite the 15 people who said "yes" to the evite for the game, there were only 7 people there when the game was about to start. The boyfriend had all his stuff with him from his game earlier, so he was a great sport and played with my team since we were down. A few people showed up late, so by halftime we had 12 total, which meant 1 sub. We were able to hold off the team to a 1-1 tie, although I think if we had had more people we could have beaten them.

Needless to say, after all that soccer, the boyfriend was exhausted, as was I, so we chilled at his place for a bit, but then had to leave again to go see my friend Jesica off who is leaving for Afghanistan today. By the time we got home, it was late, so we grabbed a quick bite to eat while watching the Arsenal game that we had DVRed from earlier that day. Then I proceeded to fall asleep watching the game.

Weekend Recap - Sporty Edition

This weekend was a blast - full of sportiness and outdoors. It all started Friday after work when my sister Amy and the boyfriend ran the Crystal City 5k. Also, special shout out to the sister's boyfriend for cheering us all on and holding my stuff during the run. I didn't run quite as fast as I was hoping for, but it was still a great time and much more active than my usual Fridays after work. My sister did spectacular in the race, she came in 9th place overall for the girls! Congratulations and way to go!!!!

The boyfriend and I 

My sister

After the race I dashed off to go change back into my work clothes so I could go meet up with friends for my friend Jesica's going away party - she is leaving for Afghanistan today to go work there for about 2 months. This is her second time going and I'm extremely nervous for her even though I know everything will be fine. Dinner was a blast - we had a private room at the restaurant, the food was excellent, and everyone was having a great time. After dinner I ducked out to head home since I was exhausted while everyone else went to go out for the night.

The Monument and the Cherry Blossoms

The next morning I had to be on the National Mall at 7am because I was volunteering at the Cherry Blossom Soccer Tournament. The boyfriend was playing it, and I volunteered to help set up for the event and there was a lot to do. From the moment I got there I was put to work but it was so much fun helping out. The weather was less than ideal, it was cold, raining off and on, and even hailing at times. Around noon my shift was over, and I spent the rest of the day spectating at the boyfriends games. We also went for a walk to check out the Cherry Blossoms, since we were right by them. By the time we got home around 7:30 I was so exhausted and had been outside for 13 hours straight. 

Me and the boyfriend's teammates

The boyfriend about to score a goal

Me trying to stay warm

The boyfriend out on the field

The boyfriend on the sidelines

The tournament lasted 2 days - the top 2 teams in each group moved on to play the following day (went from 32 teams on Sat to 16 teams on Sunday). This meant that Sunday morning we also had to be out on the mall super early again. His team made it all the way to elite 8 but then lost so they were out. The good news is that since I volunteered I got us 2 free tickets to go see a DC United game!

After the tournament, we headed over to my soccer game. We ended up tying but the game was still fun - the other team was getting super argumentative in the second half, which made the game very entertaining to watch. Once all the soccer games were finally over for the weekend, we had a nice relaxing night with us going out to our favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner and going to bed early.

Weekend Recap

This weekend went by in a hurry and it's already Monday again. My sister Erin came to visit for her birthday and we all went to Sushi Rock to celebrate.

Happy Birthday Erin!

Saturday the boyfriend and I went to the Building Museum and checked out the LEGO Architecture exhibit which I highly recommend. They made LEGO versions of significant buildings in architecture from around the world. They also had a whole room full of legos (and of course tons of children) where you could play with the legos and build whatever you wanted.

The boyfriends sculpture

ME!

The boyfriend

 

Go Legos! and Architecture!

After the Building Museum we grabbed a late lunch / early dinner and ended up playing around with this free app I downloaded called CamWow. You can take pictures with a fishbowl lens to get pictures like this:


Or a drawing photo that looks like this:

 

Then we headed home to watch the USA vs Argentina match which ended up a tie but was a great game to watch! After that we went to meet up my other sister Amy and her boyfriend and some of their friends for a drink. 

Sunday afternoon I had soccer and then lounged around for most of the afternoon before heading out for an evening movie / date night with the boyfriend where we saw limitless. A while back I had bought the Fandango Groupon which got us 2 movie tickets for $9 total. This was a much better deal than the $22 we would have paid sans Groupon. The movie was really good too, very entertaining and made you think. Plus the movie was shot all over NYC and it was fun to see all the places the boyfriend and I had visited in the movie. All in all a great weekend!

Countdown

- Days until my sister comes to visit for her birthday: 3

- 10 days until my next race

- I just bought tickets to go see DC United vs LA Galaxy in 18 days

- Leaving for London in 32 days!

- 73 days until the boyfriends birthday

- I turn 27 in 254 days

Weekend Recap

It's Monday and I'm tired and cranky (more on that later) but this weekend was a blast - action-packed and fun-filled.

Friday night I went errand shopping with the roommates - we hit up the Party Supplies Store, Target, and the grocery store. Not very exciting sounding, but it was fun. Saturday morning my roommate Ashleigh ran a 4 mile race that was right down the street from our house, so Emily and I went to go watch her finish. Then we came back to the house to get ready for the roommate's brunch. We decked the house out for St. Patrick's Day:

Decorated Front Window

Decorated Door Frame

Table full of accessories

There was so much amazing and delicious food for this brunch! I was very impressed and ate way too much.

After brunch, the boyfriend came over and we watched the Arsenal game and then decided to go for a bike ride around the area. We discovered a park full of all the local neighborhood toddlers and their parents, and was adorable to watch. I wanted to swing on the swings, but didn't want to kick off a little kid (such a rough life), so ended up just heading home. Then my sister called and wanted to see if we wanted to get dinner with her and her boyfriend, which we did and was a great time.

Sunday I woke up early and went over to the boyfriends, hung out for a bit and then got picked up for my soccer game. It was the 1st game of my Sunday Spring Soccer League, and the weather was great. The game was fun, we won 1-0, had tons of subs, and I played more aggressively than I usually do (I even drew a foul by running into a guy that was twice my size, falling, and then rolling on the ground). I got dropped off after the game about a mile from the boyfriend's and since the weather was nice, decided to walk home. I stopped at McDonald's to get a chocolate shake for the walk. Then the boyfriend surprised me by meeting me on the walk home, and upon our arrival at his place, we decided to stay outside since it was so nice out. We walked down to the park nearby and practiced soccer skills. It was tons of fun, until I slipped on some mud mid-kick and then my back starting hurting. The boyfriend was super nice to me after I got hurt, taking excellent care of me, letting me borrow his heating pad, and even taking me out to dinner. He really is the best!

I didn't sleep as well as I usually do last night due to pain every time I rolled over, and then to top it off, my alarm went off an hour early (at 6:30am instead of 7:30am), even though the time on my phone had been showing the correct time after the time change. Must have been a weird iPhone glitch, and after my alarm went off, I could only get back to a half-sleep state. Let's hope my phone alarm glitch is fixed for tomorrow, and tonight I am planning on baking some cookies (if my back allows so). Happy Pi Day!

Rain, Rain, Go Away

So I have been slacking and haven't posted anything all week! I have some updates - the roofers came out to look at the roof and determined that it needs to be replaced because it is so damaged. This is great except that they can't come back out for about 3 weeks. Did I mention it's raining out right now. Sigh.

I've been enjoying my break from soccer - it's between the Winter and Spring leagues right now, but my Sunday Spring league starts back up on Sunday. In the meantime I've been busy with kick-boxing and yoga. I've also started a diet - not an actual diet like no carbs or anything like that. Just a general, trying to eat healthier, diet. I'm also trying to stick to Bethenny's advice of "you can eat everything, just not at once", meaning if I want a Girl Scout Cookies, I will eat 1, instead of 4.

Not much else to report on, except work has been surprisingly busy this week, which has been nice. Not too busy where I'm stressed that I can't get everything done, but just busy enough where my days are full. This has been a nice change and I'm hoping it stays this way.

Besides that I just can't wait for the Spring weather to get here. So over this rain and cold weather. Hopefully I'll have something more exciting to talk about next time!

TGIF

I'm counting down the hours (3 left) until the weekend begins! My plans include:
- Scanning my tax documents so my dad can do my taxes for me
- Celebrating birthdays!
- Watching the Arsenal game
- Laundry
- Cheering on the boyfriend as his soccer team plays in the play-offs
- Cat Sitting
- Reorganizing my room to make my summer shoes more accessible

To update you all on my life - my soccer team didn't win our game on Wednesday, so the Winter Season is over. But - the Spring Season starts up in 2 weeks, along with my Sunday league as well. No word yet from the landlord about the safety hazard called my roof. My little sister is planning on coming to DC in 3 weeks to celebrate her 25th birthday, and I leave for London in 51 days!

A Good Day

Today I'm having a great day for no apparent reason. I was walking to work when some little girl was running by me on her way to school and she stops and says "hi". I said hi back and then she stopped again and turned and says "you're pretty" and I responded with thank you. Such an innocent little comment, but so nice to hear.

Once a month I have to do this report at work that is a lot of data entry. I have to pull the numbers in for a bunch of other reports, and it's very important that I get every single line item exactly right. It's really confusing to know if you are entering in the correct data, since sometimes there's multiple line items on one report that need to be combined into a single line item on my report. Anyways, today's the lucky day, and usually I get stressed about it, since I don't want to mess up, but I just finished and am feeling very confident about the numbers.

My boss today trained me on how to make the Financial Reports for the Quarterly Board Meetings. This means that the reports that I make will be sent directly to our Board of Directors, which is very exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. I'm glad to be getting more exposure and high-level reporting opportunities.

Arsenal played Leyton Orient today in the FA Cup, which is a make-up game after tying with them in the last game. After loosing tragically in the last few minutes of the Carling Cup, they really needed a win here. And they did! They were really giving it to Leyton, dominating the game, and beating them 5-0, trying to make up for their lost last week.

Tonight I have soccer, and hopefully my good day will continue at the game!

March Already!

How is it March already! This year is really flying by. No new news to report on the leaky roof from yesterday. My canker sore is starting to feel a bit better - I think the ice cream I had yesterday really helped. Today seems to be dragging on and on, but I have happy hour after work which I am very excited about.

My Wednesday night soccer team made clinched the last spot in the play-offs, and the first round starts tomorrow. We are playing the team we played at our previous game, in which we should have won but ended up tying 2-2. I'm worried that we're going to beat them and then have another game the next week. Mentally I got in my head that this Winter League is over, and now I am just not looking forward to these upcoming games. Plus, they're all the way out in the middle of nowhere, which is not easy for me to get to. I can't just not go, since we really need girls (with me going, we have the bare minimum number of girls), and if we don't have enough girls, we have to play down a man, which is just double the punishment, and I don't want to screw my team over like that. Oh well, guess I'll just suck it up and go and maybe even have fun.