the weekender

This weekend was really good to me. First, Reese & I met with a realtor on Friday about some rental properties, which I believe was a waste of time. We shrugged that off and went to J Coles to throw back some cold ones with some good friends --- the $5 miller light buckets treated us damn well. It was nice to finally sit down and drink a few beers with Chuck - one of my oldest and best friends. Add McBride and Rollo to the equation and we've got almost half of the groomsmen in the building. This was much needed as I had to find a way to blow off some steam after the particularly crappy day of work I had earlier.

Saturday saw me take four hours out of the day to relax and just play video games. A stress-free afternoon was just what the doctor ordered as I was desperate to get some much-needed quiet time. Afterwards, Reese and I then went to Pittsburgh to do some shopping and capped the night off with a dinner at a place that's becoming a Rollo-Reese-and-Crock favorite - Hoss's. Reese even won me a hat from one of those "Sugarloaf" machines - you know the ones, filled with stuffed animals and whatnot. The hat is hilarious! It's a picture of a crocodile (for Crock) drinking a cold one and reads "Tailgator". Fits well!

When Sunday finally rolled around, we were already pretty hype for the AFC/NFC championships. Of course, both teams we were pulling for lost but I've got no objections to a Giants vs. Patriots Super Bowl. Early Sunday, Reese and I got about halfway through our "surprise project". This is something that I'll release soon, but I'd like to make it very clear from the start that this was all LaResa's idea.(Not to mention it being one of the coolest suggestions she's ever made! Seriously.) I remember discussing this very idea with Rollo a long, long time ago - long before I had met Reese - and its just really friggin' cool that her and I (and Rollo, I guess) are on the same wavelength. We'll hopefully have it finished within the next few days. Look forward to it!