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This weekend exhausted me. I almost fell asleep at Sweetwater on Friday night and for some reason we stayed out until 3:30 on Saturday night (damn you, Rock Band)… and still came home and watched a couple episodes of Weeds, season two. I’m still sleepy (although, despite the sleepiness, Weeds is highly recommended). I've been put on a project at work to revise our SOPs (standard operating procedures - yuck) and it does not help that I'm about to pass out.

Bad news for me: Steve’s out of town for work all week! The dogs and I are so lonely without him. We haven’t spent a day apart since I was in Florence for the summer of 2004… but at least we can talk on the phone. My Italian cell phone bill was outrageous – sorry, mom and dad! Snail mail took forever and even when I could make it to an internet café, Steve was often in class or asleep. Boo. On the plus side, I don’t have to hear the whir of the Xbox for the next five days – even if I wanted to. Yes, Steve took it with him. On a business trip. He is too much – love love love him.

Good news for me: Yesterday was the first successful game for the Blaze! We’re now 1-3 which looks considerably better than having a zero in the wins column. The girls were amazing and listened to the directions they were given – they were on fire. In fact, we managed to stifle the other team for two entire scoreless quarters. Congrats, Blaze! We took them for celebratory Dairy Queen... I swear it wasn't a bribe.

I also got the chance to catch up with Mr. Ryan Lee over the weekend. We have a serious California trip to plan. We’re shooting for April and, in a matter of one week, we’ll be able to see Ryan, Brie, Jong-Rak, Kayt, Miah and Leah (in various cities in and around Los Angeles). Some of my favorite people, ever. Although Steve and I are currently stuck in the northern Virginia hole, we can live vicariously through all of our adventurous friends. If only someone would move to Japan... or Australia…


Honorable mention: Boy, did Dallas suck it up last night!