May 30, 2011
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A Weekend Of Broken Plans
Ahhh, ya gotta love holiday weekends. Tomorrow of course is the first day of the work week but already Tuesday. So Friday I got off work at 6:15 and couldn’t be in any better of a mood what with a full weekend of stuff to do, starting with hanging out with some friends. Well, as it turned out, nobody was able to do anything for various reasons. That was okay though, because I still had a full Saturday, Sunday, and Monday planned.
Saturday the plan was to go to a 40th birthday party of a good friend of mine before going to a bar in the city with some other friends. I was on my way to the birthday party when I got word from my other friend that she was not going to be going to the bar that evening. The birthday party was fine though, however there were a few people who were supposed to make it who did not.
Sunday was a day I have been looking forward to for many years. The plan was to go to Arlington Racetrack and bet on some horses. I have not gone to the track in about eight years. Unfortunately though, Mother Nature never got the fucking email and decided to not only rain on our parade but fully fucking deluge on our parade complete with tornado warnings and storm warnings for a good part of the day. So, instead we improvised and hung out at a friend’s house for most of the day.
In the evening the plan was to go see the Hangover 2 at Hollywood Blvd theater which is one of those places that serves meals during the movie. We got there and while we were in line the movie sold out. Keep in mind this was a full hour and a half before the movie was to start. So we wound up going to the Tilted Kilt before going to a later showing at another theater. As for the movie itself, if you saw the first Hangover than you pretty much saw the second one. It was okay, but that is how I felt about the first Hangover: not nearly as funny as everybody makes it out to be.
Today actually went pretty much just as planned. We played baseball in the 90 degree heat before coming back to my house for a bbq and hanging out. We also played some basketball as well and managed to sweat more in the 20 minutes we played basketball than the two hours we played baseball.
Still, overall it was a great weekend. Geez, I can’t believe summer is here already.
