Last Weekend

I've been putting this blog off because I hardly took any pictures, and the ones I did take I keep forgetting to upload, but I figure if I don't blog this now, I won't remember last weekend. It's fading fast so I need to do this now! Plus....I think I might just be able to dig up some pictures somewhere...

Friday night I had several options. A friend of mine Jody, that I haven't seen in 6 months or so because she's hatin', invited me to go out with her and a friend downtown. Also, co-worker Katie had a friend in town and was also going out downtown and invited me to go with. But earlier in the week, we had decided that we were just hanging out at Roger and Nikki's house because they just bought the house and I hadn't seen it yet...plus they have a pool. Major points for them. So all day Friday I tried to decide which option to take, and the one I chose was...

Don't we look like we are having so much fun? I am not sure why Roger's shorts were pulled up so high. Or why Matt's torso was so long. Must've been the camera. You can probably tell that the picture is not quite the same quality as the one I normally use.

Yeah, but no offense to the other two options. I am very sorry there is only one of me and my presence could not be with you that night. I just decided on this option because I knew we had a long day on the lake planned for Saturday and didn't want to stay out til 2 Friday night. So Roger, Nikki, John, Matt, Bryan and myself swam and had a few beers and such, nothing too crazy.

Saturday, we went out to the lake. The usuals joined us (Matt, Roger and Nikki), along with friends Hayley and Martha. We saw them at the funny t-shirt party last weekend and made plans for them to come out with us this weekend. So we set the time to meet at our place at 11:00, and finally made it out to the lake around 12:30. There was some wake boarding, some sand barring/football throwing, some burger making at Matt's parents' boat, and some swimming.
Wow, this camera makes the lake water look so pretty and blue. And wow, I just noticed that John is wake boarding naked! Glad he didn't get arrested...that would've been a bummer.

Anyways, so we had a fabulous time. So much so that on the way back to the car, Martha fell asleep sitting up and was doing the whole head bob thing. Hahaha, so funny! Hayley took a nice little nap in the front of the boat too.

So I decided I wasn't all that tired and I wanted to go to the Junction,

a restaurant/bar that's only 3 minutes away from our house. I was having trouble convincing anyone to come with me though. When suddenly, I got a text message from friends/neighbors Brooke/Jamey that said they were going to the Junction that night and invited us to join them. Sweet! So I thought I had Matt convinced to go with me, but he bailed at the last minute and I just went by myself. This place is pretty tame normally, at least every other time I've been there, but this night it was a little wild! We didn't get in on the wildness, just sat and watched the crazies around us, and when we'd had enough we left. Brooke and Jamey and friends went across the street to Hickory Tavern, but I called it a night and went home.

Sunday I seriously spent around 6 hours playing Mario Galaxy. Then I went to the good ol' Wally World for some groceries and that about sums up the day.

Monday (yeah yeah, I know the title is last WEEKEND and Monday is not considered the weekend, so shoot me) we went to work as usual and went out to eat with Drew, Cathrin, and Matt to this new BBQ place that is near us.

Three words...De. Lic. Ious. A little pricey, but not too bad, and definitely worth it. John liked it a lot too, but said that my brother-in-law Danny's BBQ is better. Danny should open a restaurant!

Back to Saturday. My parents...

...celebrated their 39th anniversary! That is such a long time! I think they just went out to eat to celebrate, but I did wish them a Happy Anniversary Eve on Friday, AND a Happy Anniversary on Saturday. Unlike a certain sibling that completely forgot until I said something about it yesterday. But I won't name names. He or She's already having to deal with the fact that I just moved way up in the favorite ranks.

Anyways, that was the weekend. I'm also thinking about going into photography, so let me know if you'd like to book me. I mean, if I can make Lake Wylie water look as nice as I did, I must have some talent! :)

Look what Wii got!

John and I have been looking for a Wii for a while. We weren't harassing the local Best Buy every day or anything, but every time we were there we would ask about it. Well, Monday when I got back from the beach (oh yeah, guess I should blog about that too eh?), John called Best Buy and they had one! It is crazy that these things have been out for a year and a half and the supply is still so limited. But hey, good job Nintendo, it worked. I think half the fun of getting a Wii was trying to find one! But it seems like they might finally be in stock everywhere. Our Best Buy had a shipment of 80 just come in, and last night at Wal-Mart they also had some just sitting in the case.

Now, since the Wii isn't so hard to find, it's the games. We got Mario Galaxy at the store, no problem. The other game I really wanted was Mario Kart. That one is hard to find also. Yesterday John called around to GameStops in Charlotte and happened to find a used MarioKart that had been traded in at a store in Indian Trail. So for now we are happy. The next thing we want is the Wii Fit, but those are very hard to come by. The guy at Best Buy said that after the first shipment of them when they came out a few months ago, there has only been one other shipment of them. Which is fine, they are $150 so we will have to wait a bit for that!

But seriously, this crazy marketing scheme at Nintendo really works! It's like you are a member of some elite club if you happen upon this stuff, so people are buying these things just to join the club! I think it is so exciting to find something that is sold out...kinda like the Tickle Me Elmo (or whatever else is the "in" toy) craze at Christmas. I can see it now, I will be one of those Moms fighting for whatever the "in" toy may be. Pushing, shoving, throwing punches for the last toy on the shelf just so my kid can go back to school and brag that they have the latest. Ahh, so much to look forward to.

Anyways, if you are looking for me, I'll be playing Wii. All day at work today, I'll be counting down the minutes until I can get home and play some more. I'm not sure if I'll ever grow up. :)

UPDATE: John went to buy 2 Wii Wheels at Walmart and asked the salesguy if they had any Wii Fits, even though he knew the chances were slim. But guess what?! The truck had literally just backed into the dock and there were 2 Wii Fits on it. So he got one! YAY!! He said they took it out of the packing crate right in front of him. The only sucky thing is that I would have preferred to put it on a credit card since we have spent so much this week on Wii-related things, but I had the card with me at work so he had to pay for it now! Booooo, so even if we can't eat for the next week because we ran out of money, at least we won't be bored! :) Food is overated anyways, right?