Wanderings.

It was a full and rewarding weekend. Friday after work, Dave Lisa and I met at the 24 hour fitness in Round Rock right off I35 at 79/Sam Bass. The salt water pool was in good shape and we both got a good swim in. I went out later that night and checked out a bar downtown which was not very happening, but Mike told me so. I think I crashed pretty hard after that.

Saturday I probably straightened a bit more. Mike and I went to see Star Trek at the matinee around 2pm at Westgate Stadium 11. I enjoyed it and liked how they stayed consistent with other storylines. We went to Amy’s rdirectly after and got mexican vanilla frozen yogurt. First time I had had their yogurt before. It was light and nice. No extra ingredients really, just frozen yogurt..well and I added hot fudge which was totally worth it. There were some dads there with their kids explaining to them how the “old” Star Trek was and. The kids and parents all liked it. We remembered Star Trek to each other the way it was when we were growing up. I had an *amazing* powernap. the kind you get when you set your alarm for 20 minutes and keep hitting 5 minute snooze after that, and every time sink back into REM sleep and dream. what lasted an hour actually felt like 2 or 3. I ran 2 miles, showered, and had a nice close shave to renew my baldness.

I met Mike at the draughhouse and met his friend Teresa. It was her birthday and we celebrated with beer and italian creme cake. Met some of their friends and had good fun. there was Heffeweisen. We got hungry and left for Zen. we went to the Zen on 35th? I think that’s where it is. If not, then close to there. Afterwards, spent the night at Mike’s. He showed me the renovations which are going well. Watched SNL with Will Ferrell guest starring. Lots of it was dumb, but he does dumb so well. The Harry carry part was probably my favorite of his. I don’t watch much hi-def, and this was the first time I watched SNL this way. I was impressed with how much detali you could see in people’s faces. The camera doesn’t hide near as much as it used to.

Sunday we got up and had tea. I got to see the renovations in the light of day. What a great view! Mikes neighborhood is very hilly, so the drive there the night before had been fun. And now from the back patio, I could see out over a hill, and the new windows in the soon to be complete bedroom looked out over same. Mike has a yahama guitar that doesn’t get much play, and a piano. I played the guitar a bit and sang. Mike read the paper and later took ot the piano and I sang while he played. Then I played piano for a while while he read. Prem and I met up for late breakfast at Bouldin Creek Coffee Shop. It was quite tastey. We ate later than we had planned. I got the lavendar mocha and a breakfast with 3 eggs and cheese, tortillas, and some smokey tasting black beans which I recommend. After visiting for a while we opted to go to Once Over and had some espresso. Once over has a patop in the back which you wouldn’t know about unless you went back to look. It isn’t visible from anywhere. It’s secluded and backs up to Bouldin Creek. Quite nice. On the way to the gym from my place, it occured to me that I had eaten too much and had too much caffeine before my workout. I had lots of water, and opted to go into zen to get some soy sauce packets. I downed 3 of them. Helps my blood pressure to stay up if I’ve had too much caffeine. Seems like if I work out too hard with coffee in my system, I get light headed and have to rest more. I had another excellent workout with John Rogala. Did more circuits with bench, clean and press, squats, and various other things he worked in. The eggs and caffeine didn’t sit well. I thought they might not later into the hour long workout, but I think the salt helped. Had an excellent nap and showed up to see Mike play soccar with his team, and reconnected with people on the team a bit. Titus the Dog was there and was totally awesome as usual. I decided I’d go by home before going to Rain with the team. Perfect timing to take a call, as I was on call this week, and resolve it by phone with Prem and over email. didn’t get any more calls, and later confirmed by email that stuff got brought back up. First time to Rain, and I thought it was well put together. 3 or 4 bars? Enough. Good music, lots of people, and there was BBQ, which i was really ready for. After hanging out a bit more we took off and I came home to play some Tuba and Guitar. Got about 2 hours in on that and sounded better.

The weekend had more in it that most. I was always engaged in something and the balance was good. Not thinking aobut it, just doing it and living life. Great weekend. i want my whole life to be like this. :-)

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