Relaxation

This weekend was pretty relaxing!  On Friday, I got off work a bit early and decided to take a book to the park after work to read.  Scott recommended a book called "Hunger Games" I had to read it for myself.  So, since it was an easy read I went for it.  I spent about half an hour reading at the park before having to return home to prepare for the spaghetti dinner at church.  I only planned to make an appearance since I also had to go to Santa Clara for the Battle of the Bands finale.

The spaghetti dinner was nice and I met some people in my new ward so it was successful, even though I had to eat a bit and run.  Every spaghetti sauce in existence that was made with some kind of meat was at that function, so I ate a few noodles and some bread.  Plenty of carbs if you ask me!

Made it in time to hear "Chapstick" by Pacific Lights and the rest of their show and hung around for awhile to hear most of the remaining bands.  Had to bail right before the end because I was so tired and still had to drive back home.  I had a good time though and it was great to see Robin rocking on the stage!  It was PL final show as a group before they all went their separate ways and I am glad I got a chance to see them live!

I decided to watch a movie and read a few more pages of the book.  "Dear John" was a pretty decent movie.  Channing Tatum actually acted and I didn't even see Channing Tatum in the movie much and that was really good to see!  I just saw his character.  He's coming along as an actor and that was enough for me to give it a fairly strong review. =)

Saturday was also very relaxing!  I started off by playing my guitar so long I thought my fingers were really going to bleed!  I have never taken it that far, but I was feeling pretty certain that if I didn't stop soon it just might happen!  Besides, I'm sure my house-mates were probably tired of hearing me sing and play by that point, especially since I only know about a dozen tunes or so and when learning a new tune, it isn't very elegant.  Ha ha!  The positive note (no pun intended) is that I learned two new tunes!  They're still works in progress but I'm getting there.  Took a trip to Trader Joe's, oh yeah!  Carrie needed to do some shopping and I wanted a few things for my lunches so I tagged along.  We enjoyed a nice lunch as well!  There was leftover batter from earlier in the morning (Oh, by the way, Bill makes this awesome pancake dough and I had pancakes for breakfast and lunch on Saturday).  Carrie really enjoyed them, and I enjoyed them...again.

After she left, I took advantage of the time to digest by playing more guitar despite the pain in my fingers, and watching Prince of Persia while reading a bit more and finished off the book!  It's part of a Trilogy, so now I must read the rest of the books!  Ha ha!  After relaxing and doing things around the house I decided to take a drive down to San Jose and return the book.  It was relaxing and felt good to have the wind in my hair!  A great end to the day if you ask me.

Sunday is a day for church and it was nice as always!  A day of rest from the world. =)

ej