shine on

Is there some law of the universe that makes weekend days feel a whole lot shorter than weekdays? It's just not fair. My first full weekend back in Minnesota sure was full of fun and adventure. Here are the highlights:

Friday --> Slept in until 9:30, 4 hours later than usual. Attempted to unpack/clean my room. Quit after it took me 2 hours to get through just about as many boxes. Drove to Maple Grove to retrieve the notebook I left on my desk (joyful). Went to the Verizon store to upgrade my Blackberry to the awesome new iPhone 4s. Became angry when they told me I couldn't preorder a phone from a business account. Threatened to switch to AT&T. Remembered that if I want another year of not having to pay my own phone bill/data plan, I can't actually switch. Walked out of the store angry. Worked out/let off steam for the rest of the afternoon.

Exchanged part of a gift from a patient in Illinois for a new sweater. Wore it out to Amazing Thailand and Chino Latino for apps/drinks with Alina, Kristy, Abby and Mac for Alina's 25th birthday! Played with the little plastic animals Chino puts in their drinks. Visited Alina/Carl's new puppy, Harvey. Called it a night.

Saturday--> Woke up way too early for a Saturday. Met Taylor at her house in Uptown and drove to Northfield to scrimmage with the Ole girls. Remembered how much I love the game of hockey. Also remembered how much I miss the team, St. Olaf, Northfield, playing for Buzz, and college in general. Reminisced as we drove through campus. Hung out with Tack. Watched the Wild almost beat the Canucks. Ordered my new iPhone!!! 

Made a last-minute decision to head up to the NSC to watch the Stars battle for the NASL (North American Soccer League) championship vs. Ft. Lauderdale using the FREE ticket I got thanks to the Twins/Wild/Vikes who bought a bunch for whoever wanted to claim them. Loved seeing Kaitlin, who's living in Fargo for the time being. Met Kaitlin's BF/Stars defender, Kyle's, parents from New Mexico. 

Silently thanked myself for bringing a scarf (my blue and yellow Stars scarf, of course) and mittens because it was so dang chilly. Spilled hot chocolate on my new white mittens, and realized I didn't care because that made me even warmer. Cheered my head off at all three goals we scored. (Technically, we scored 4, but one was against ourselves, so I really only cheered for 3.). Left Blaine awfully excited after a 3-1 victory, and highly anticipating the second game of the 2-game aggregate series next Saturday in Florida. (Aggregate = wins and losses don't matter- all that matters is the total # of goals scored.) Shine on, Stars! Got home, poured myself an Amaretto Sour and watched my new fav show, Up All Night. 

Apparently, this is how Tack spent his Saturday night before I got home.

Sunday --> Forced myself to wake up early to go to Caribou to organize my life. Sipped a hot cinnamon spice tea while I got some paperwork done for school, planned a few treatment sessions for the week, and read up about some of the mysterious syndromes my patients have that I wasn't familiar with. Met Carl and Alina at Como Park for engagement pics photo shoot, round 1. Took 90 shots in 30 minutes before the rain started. Pushed through my ridiculous hip flexor/low back soreness from hockey the day before and ran for a while at the gym. 

Set a goal to spend no more than 40 minutes editing photos. After 2 hours, I realized that wasn't a realistic goal. (See my fav shots here: carl & alina ). Watched Christian Ponder and the Vikes almost beat the undefeated Packers, significantly more impressed than I thought I'd be. Worked on my new fav website: extendr (each line is a link that you can click on!). Packed my lunch for tomorrow, finally admitting that the weekend had to end sooner or later. 

Back. to. reality. 5:45 am spin class tomorrow to start the week off right... which means I'm up way past my bedtime.