Weekend

Marc took this picture of Bandit this weekend, while he was yawning, which turned out to look pretty freaky.

Friday night we met up with Steve and Erin and their kids for dinner. The plan was to go to this pizza place in Danville, but the wait was like an hour. We tried Amici's next, but the wait was just as bad, so we ended up eating at Baja Fresh, heh.

Marc and I rented Trekkies to watch that night. I'd seen half of it in Indianapolis, but never finished it. After the movie Marc joked that he had some major concerns about me because I used to be a big "Star Trek" fan. Hey, at least I never went to a convention.

Saturday morning I got up early to watch the NFL draft. Aaron Rodgers didn't get drafted first, which by that point wasn't a total surprise. The rest of the morning was painful though, because there weren't a lot of teams with quarterback needs after the Niners, and he just sat there as pick after pick went by. I ended up having the TiVo the draft because we had stuff to do that morning.

So we went and dropped off the Mazda to get two new rear tires, because my coworker noticed on Friday that they were very, very bald. We went to America's Tire Co. first, and they didn't carry the OEM tires, which were Bridgestones. The girl helping us offered us some Michelins, which were more expensive than what I knew the Bridgestones to be, and $100 more than the other tire options, all of which I knew were decent tires. So I said to Marc, "well we don't want the Michelins," and the girl seemed to be insulted or something. I mean, ideally we wanted to get the same tires to match the fronts, and I sure as heck wasn't going to pay more for different ones when I could go to Wheel Works. So we ended up going to Wheel Works, where they had the Bridgestones. All in all, two tires installed ended up costing us about $600. Ouch.

We went sheep herding in the afternoon, where Jan had us continue using the techniques we learned in the clinic. It was raining on and off, which was interesting, because at some points I was just standing out there getting soaked. It was still pretty warm though, so the rain actually felt good because I was sweating.

It wasn't until we got home that I found out that Rodgers had gotten drafted at #24 by the Packers. Which is probably a better deal for him than the Niners, because he'll be able to sit and learn from a great QB. JJ Arrington ended up getting drafted at #44, and all total 5 Bears got drafted, and two others got signed as free agents.

Whew, this is turning out to be a long blog.

In the evening, Kenny and Leslie came over and we watched Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which was pretty funny. Renee Zellweger seemed like she put on even more weight for this one than the last one.

Sunday we went to the horse ranch where Marc and Steve and Erin had gotten me a gift certificate for riding lessons. I'd tried calling the place a number of times, but never was able to get anyone to call me back, so we decided to go in person. I was originally just going to take beginner riding lessons since I've ridden before, but decided to first take basic horsemanship, so I can learn how to tack and groom a horse and all that stuff. My lessons don't start until June, it should be fun!

Marc napped in the afternoon and I worked on the new site design for a bit. I had a design that was almost ready, but decided to scrap it and start all over. That's the problem when you take eons to redesign a site - by the time you're almost done, it's been so long that you're already sick of it.

Okay, I think I've written enough!