2011.03.07 Monday

Couldn't sleep last night, and had no trouble waking up this morning. Surely this will come to bite me later on in the week.

Ran after work. 13 mins. 1.45 miles. Not bad but not really close to a 5K still.

Cooked up some soup, mashed potato leftovers and carrots for dinner.

Worked on homework and listened to music for a majority of the evening. Later, did laundry and played a little L4D2 to wind down.

2011.03.06 Sunday

Tried my best to sleep in and enjoy the morning. Kelc left for work early, but I ended up waking soon after.

I spent some time cleaning up the kitchen, then prepared some leftovers for lunch. Kept it simple so I could focus on Half Life 2. I spent some hours crunching through the last handful of chunks until I beat it. That's probably the third or fourth time I have done that.

Played a little L4D2 here and there, Kelc got off work.

Went out to Texican Cafe near Lakeline Mall to see a friend. Kelc just remembered that place being terrible, I remember otherwise. Seems like they serve a delicious and inexpensive meal quickly.

Stopped by Marble Slab for a fun desert. I had a cake and cookie special. "Birthday cake" ice cream with oreos and cookie dough chopped into it. Yum. Worked out better than my coffee ice cream and butterfinger mix.

Went home, more L4D2 and some Minecraft.

2011.03.05 Saturday

Woke up around 4:30a. I'm guessing that is when the effects of alcohol had finally worn off. I do this weird thing when drinking alcohol; the moment my body is back to sober, it springs to life in "alert mode". It is probably "alerting" me that I should drink water or take care of myself. Whenever I go back to sleep after this, I wake up with headaches and an unhappy stomach.

Anyways, I tried drinking some water, but soon was back to sleep. I had a crazy dream where I was back at UT taking classes, and for some reason could not figure out how to attend one of them. Every time I looked up the schedule something happened to prevent me from figuring it out. Also, it was cool to see people I haven't in a long time, and have them act how my brain would think they act. It's actually amazing when you think about it... that your brain picks up on personality and non-verbal cues and such.

I need to act quick on this headache.

Kelc left for work. I played some HL2, then went out for a skate session with Ryan. We tore it up.

After that, I stopped by my parents house to check out what old gear we had lying around, and to catch up on what is going on in their lives.

Spent the evening with Kelc at a MS150 Fundraiser. They had live music, a silent auction, a live auction, and "free" food and beer. Taco Deli is awesome and delicious. I feel like their food is even better when it's catered.

At home, played some drums and bass, then went to bed.

2011.03.04 Friday

Yay a day off. Love these.

Played a little bit of Half-Life 2 for breakfast. Then I started taking care of some errands. First stop, Academy for camping gear and prices. Next stop, HEB for some food items and cleaning items.

Back home, I tried greasing up some joints on my car. The standard service manual says to "Lubricate Hinges and Locks" every 5-10k miles. I feel like nobody ever does this. It's more like..."the squeaky door might get some grease".

Went out for a skate session with Ryan, and brought his little sister along. He's getting a lot better and more comfortable on his board. I, however, am sore from attempting to run a 5k yesterday. Oh well, we still did some doubles.

Back home, cooked up a fun steak dinner on the grill. Smoked up the meat with mesquite wood chips. I still need to learn a thing or two from ray about preparing the charcoal so you get better temperature. I had a NY strip, Kelc had a top round slice. We had mashed potatoes and baby carrots, and a Malbec wine that tasted better and better as the night went on.

Kelc went to sleep, Habs Taylor and myself decided to make a bunch of noise in the music room.

2011.03.03 Thursday

Woke up in a grumpy mood today. That put me on edge. Not sure why though.

Mid-day at work, we had a charity event of running a 5K or walking a 2K. I foolishly signed up for the 5K, never having run that long in my lift. (5K is a little over 3 miles) The longest I have run without stopping is 1.5 miles. I think I made it about 1.5 miles without stopping again, but had to switch off walk/run the rest. I also didn't even go the full 5K. Andy, I am disappoint.

Home from work, took a big arse nap.

Then out to "First Thurday" with some coworkers. Had more fun than I thought I would, but it seemed like all the shops and things were closing up early. And it wasn't very crowded. Still we went to a handful of places.

Had to leave early because Kelc has work early tomorrow.

2011.03.02 Wednesday

At work early today, but my brain showed up late.

On the way home from work, Habs was driving but sitting at a red light. All of a sudden his car lurched forward. I thought he was joking around, but then it started to seem like his car did something strange, then I realized that we had just been rear-ended. Fantastic. Luckily no damages. But for the record, it was a female driver that just stopped holding her brake pedal or something goofy.

Spent the evening waiting on Kelc to arrive, then to go shopping for camping gear. She arrived too late so I waited around for nothing. Then somehow yelled at me for it.

Goodnight earth.

2011.03.01 Tuesday

Today had some more excitement to it. Kelc is experiencing the joy of waking up for work super early.

Then class hit. I don't know what it was, but the energy took a nose-dive. Just about everybody in class was near snooze. The professor even skipped over a chunk of material to get the class over with faster. At least we had super meat pizza and jalapeño +bacon pizza.

After work, played games and helped Justin hang up a dart board. This seems like an easy task, and even he said he was expecting it to be a day-project, but looks are deceiving. Speaking of looks, that's probably where most of the time was spent. I'd have to say it's a job well done. *raise pint glass*

A gaggle of friends expressed interest in a evening outing to Ihop, so I joined in. Didn't even realize it was free pancake day. We also lucked out and had one of the best waiters I've ever had at Ihop.

Home, (almost instantly) sleep.