For my Dad’s birthday 2 weeks ago, I bought him tickets to the Rays game that was last night. He’s never been to a game and kept saying how he really wanted to go. I never know what to get him for his birthday, so I thought that tickets to a game would be way cooler than a gift card to Applebee’s.

We all headed to St. Pete (Dave, me, my Mom, and my Dad) early yesterday. Dave and I took my parents to Burrito Boarder (the BEST place for burritos around). They liked the food a lot. My Dad kept commenting on how good the salsa was.

We headed to the stadium and got to our seats just in time for the national anthem. The stadium was PACKED and the game was really exciting. We won, and my winning streak still stands! The Rays haven’t lost a game that I’ve gone to. If I was able to go to every game, they’d be in the world series again for sure.

After the concert there was a free Pat Benitar concert. She sang really well. Even though she’s more from my parents time, I really like her music. She put on a good show!

The gift was a definite success. My parents kept commenting on how much fun they were having the whole night. A few years ago, I probably would’ve though hanging out with my parents on a Saturday night was lame, but now that I’m older I realized ow much fun my parents can be. We all had a great time and wouldn’t mind hanging out with them again on a Saturday night.

Tags: family, fun, outings

Today, for the second time in my life, I played tennis. I’ve never been much of an athletic person, so I’m sure this was incredibly comical to Dave and the other people at the tennis courts that were actually good at tennis. I managed, to my surprise, to hit the ball over the net quite a few times, but whenever I tried to backhand the ball I’d either wiff or hit it into the other court. This pissed me off quite a bit, but Dave said for only playing twice I actually did pretty well.

I’d like to try tennis again since I’m sure it’s a great workout. Running on the treadmill can get extremely boring and this is something that Dave and I can do together. Hopefully I’ll get my swing down so I’m not a threat to people playing on other courts.

Tags: fitness, tennis, workouts

This week went by so fast for me. It feels like just yesterday I was making a post about cereal. Days/Weeks/Months seems to go by so fast the older you get.

Last night Dave, Chrissy, Bob and I went downtown to a new wine bar that was recommended by one of Dave’s coworkers. This place was fun because you could out money on a card and stick it into a machine that would give you 1oz. samples of wine. I not a big wine drinker and don’t know much about what goes well with what, so I like a place that gives me options. I dated a guy that was one of the people that would recommend what wines would go well with your meal at a fancy restaurant. It was cool when we would go out to dinner because he always picked good wines to drink, but unfortunately none of that knowledge stuck with me. We spent about an hour sampling different wines from all over the world and reminiscing.

Best line of the night came from Bob: “It smelled like if shit could take a shit.” *heaps of laughter*

After we drank all of the money on our card, we decided to walk down the block to a dive bar called “The Hub”. I like dive bars because they are generally a lot less expensive then fancy places and they aren’t stingy on their alcohol. This place was no exception. Chrissy took 2 sips of her fruity vodka drink and said she didn’t want anymore because it was too strong.

*Side note…just because I know my mom reads this. Chrissy drove us home. Those 2 sips were the only thing she drank all night, so you don’t have to worry about me dying or anyone getting a DUI. Love you.*

We got home and I passed out until 10 this morning. I took Chrissy and Dave to breakfast, then we went to Ikea because Chrissy had never been. She ended up buying a few things and is now as addicted to the store ad Dave and I are.

I dropped Chrissy off at home and then Dave took me to my eye doctor appointment. I haven’t been to an eye doctor in a good 10 years or so and lately I’ve been getting headaches which I think are mostly due to the fact that I stare at a computer screen most of the day. The doctor said I had some trouble focusing, but my vision was pretty good. She told me magnifying reading glasses would work best for me, so I’m going to pick up a cheap pair. I’m so lucky that I take after my father when it comes to my vision. he’s had 20/20 pretty much his whole life. My mother on the other hand has such horrible vision that at one point in her life she was wearing glasses on top of contacts.

Tonight, Dave and I are going to see a live performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show that one of my coworkers is in. I’ve seen the show live once before a few years ago and enjoyed it. It’s only $7, they have a full menu and full liquor bar, and it’s something different. Should be fun times…as long as I take a nap beforehand.

Tags: bars, downtown, family, friends, fun, life, outings, wine