Super Weekend

Adam had the whole weekend off which is rare. Also rare was the fact that we didn’t get on each other’s nerves and have a fight of any kind. That’s what usually happens when we’re around each other for extended periods of time. Apparently we kept ourselves occupied enough that we didn’t get bored enough to pick on each other. Who knows. In any case, it was nice. We were both kind of tired on Friday night. He had woken me up at 3am that morning to tell me that Pigster was getting worse. This reduced me to tears and neither of us slept much after that. I felt like absolute cow poo all day long and just wanted to go home and hide in bed. We went out to dinner to Gulliver’s – a restaurant right down the street that he’s been wanting to go to. It wasn’t too busy when we got there. They have good food, huge portions, and a nice “fishy” atmosphere. I think I drank too much on an empty stomach and all I wanted to do when we got home was go to bed. Adam assembled the Bowflex that he bought while I hung out in bed.

On Saturday we did some shopping in the late morning/early afternoon and then went to church and dinner with his parents. We went to the church in Greenville rather than Appleton (it’s closer, I guess.) It was very different from the other church. The priest is a young man with a lot of energy. As I commented to Adam, the whole congregation seemed to be young. Lots of kids and babies. There was a baptism at the mass so I got to see how that went. During communion they had these chimes that they rang. That was different and Adam had no explanation for them. The mass was a lot more like the Lutheran services I went to for a few years. Hymns were sung and all that good stuff. It was another interesting experience which inspired a lot of conversation on the way to the casino later that night. Before that though we went out to Cinder’s with his parents for dinner. I think this was the first time we went out with them. Usually we’re at their house for some holiday or they come to our house. It was interesting. After that we drove up to the casino to lose some money. I had gotten a $10 gaming certificate for my birthday so that really is what inspired the trip. As luck would have it, it was snowing and the weather kind of sucked. In addition to that there was an accident about halfway to Green Bay and they had closed off the highway and were re-routing everyone down to the frontage road. Turns out some older lady had been trying to cross the highway to get some help because her car had broken down and someone hit her (and killed her.) It took a bit longer to get up to GB, but that’s ok. We proceeded to lose our money quickly enough that we got back home plenty early.

Sunday we slept in until about 9. I went and got the paper while Adam did… I don’t know what he was doing. Anyway, we went grocery shopping in the early afternoon and then settled in to watch the Super Bowl. I was mainly there for the commercials. I read a book during the actual game. I wasn’t sure who to root for anyway. I generally try to go with the underdog, but in this case the Fox Valley wasn’t too keen on the Seahawks winning because some people see Holmgren as a traitor. It turned out to be a moot point anyway. For a minute there it looked as though they might have had a chance, but that changed very quickly. The commercials weren’t really the greatest either. There were a few cute ones. The magic fridge (Bud Light, toward the beginning) was probably my favorite. To see it go here. The FedEx caveman and Ameriquest heart paddle ones were good too. I guess it was an ok football came with a couple questionable calls. Meh. Pittsburgh should be happy.