It sure is fun to just do a whole lot of nothing now and then. This was just such a weekend.
Actually, Friday night involved the Halloweekends kick off. Good times there. We got out of town by 5 and landed in the Breakers Friday's by 6. Service was lackluster, but the beer was cold. We got into the park in time to catch the first show at the Red Garter. Coincidentally ran into Tim and the marketing monkeys there. Two more beers. Caught "Tell-Tale Heart" as well, same creepy-good guy doing it this year.
And surprisingly, we got a good bit of riding in too. We got rides on Millennium Force, two on Wildcat, Iron Dragon, Maverick. I just about froze my tits off on Maverick, as it got really cold, really fast. We spent about five hours in the park, and generally took it pretty easy, taking in all that yummy atmosphere. Should have jumped on Raptor too, but we were both dragging ass after working early and such.
Saturday I think we finally rolled out of bed around 11, which is especially weird for Diana given her 6 a.m. or earlier routine for work. That tells you how tired we were the night before. She has probably the worst allergies of anyone I've ever known, and even with prescription meds, she was not well. I was starting to suffer too at her house, and I'm still hoping that's a temporary phenomenon. We pressed on and made a Target run. (We love us some Target.)
Diana got a new VCR-DVD combo, which so far doesn't seem to talk to her satellite receiver, which is not good. I picked up Virtua Tennis 3 for Xbox 360, as well as a second (black) controller. The weekend, I decided, would be about some video gaming. I had the original Virtua Tennis for Sega Dreamcast, and I loved it. Diana loves tennis, so I hoped we could both play.
On the way to my house, we filled up on BWW. Yummy. I know that shit isn't good for me, but it's good to me. I need to learn to eat half of it and save the rest for later though, because I always leave feeling all bloated and gross.
We did finally watch the HD DVD version of Phantom of The Opera. Wow is that a beautiful movie in HD. I'd really like to see the stage show again.
So Virtua Tennis 3 is way fun. The controls are just as easy as they were in the original, though it took some getting used to for Diana in terms of aiming shots, I think in part because she's never played on a system with analog sticks. It has been awhile for her! We rocked some of the Live Arcade games too, and I spent the five bucks on Track & Field. We'll see how long my controllers last!
Sunday was also a lazy day, though we got up around 9 something this time. Made some breakfast, hot tub'd in the morning sun. Diana made some marinara from some of her garden tomatoes, while I played a little RCT2 for old time's sake. Diana started to watch Sweeny Todd from Netflix, and I couldn't take it and fell asleep. :)
I'm tempted to say that it was a non-productive weekend, but I feel really relaxed, recharged and generally at peace with the world. Lots of passive entertainment, no early mornings and excellent companionship. It felt really good.
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