Movie weekend

I got a good laugh at work today while listening to the radio at work (I pretty much listen to the radio all day, unless I am listening to a podcast on my phone).  The University of Illinois, which is an hour southeast of us, was advertising season tickets for this coming football season.  The first laugh came because they have to advertise that tickets are on sale.  That would never happen back home at UGA, except maybe if the team had a long run of bad seasons.  The bigger laugh (yes, I actually laughed out loud) came when the ad announced that you can get a set of tickets for all 7 home games for $99.  I about fell out of my chair…  $99 season tickets that don’t require a “donation” to the GA Fund is what every Bulldog fan dreams of!    Hell, I’ve paid almost that much for ONE ticket to a single UGA game.  I’m definitely not living in football country anymore!

The CFO and I went out with two other couples for dinner and a movie on Friday night.  At dinner, we told the story of getting pulled over to our friend who got a ticket a few months ago (in a Prius, no less!).  She started laughing when we told her that we got pulled over (she really enjoyed the fact that we got stopped), so I sped the story up and said, “but he let us go with a warning.”  You should have seen her face immediately switch from a happy “ha, ha, I’m not the only one to get a ticket around here” to a stern “what the hell do you mean you didn’t get a ticket?” look.  It was priceless; I wish we had it on video.

After dinner, we went and saw “The Internship” with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.  I wasn’t sure how good it would be, but I actually laughed a lot during it.  After seeing all the images of the google facility during the movie, it was a little depressing to go back to my homely office on Monday morning.  I can’t imagine working in a place with slides, sand volley ball courts, napping pods and free food.  That would be pretty cool.

The rest of the weekend was laid back, with exception to an especially brisk Saturday morning.  we made a run to the farmers market, the grocery store and the gym and were home by 10:30am.  Serious efficiency was displayed. 

The remainder of the day was spent watching a movie, working in the yard, going out for pizza and watching another movie.  Some how, we’ve fallen behind on movies and we ended up making a serious push to catch up over the weekend.   Some of them were a little chick-flicky, but they all had their merits.  We watched:  Silver Linings Playbook (a little dark/twisted, but interesting), Guilt Trip (occasionally funny, but a little predictable), and Safe Haven (the chickiest of the 3).  There are still a few out there that we want to watch, but with company coming the next two weekends, I don't know when that will happen.  Evidently June/July is the busy time for our Bed-n-Breakfast, I just don't understand why people don't want to come visit in the winter time.

Weight watch update:  We hadn’t been to the other gym location in a while, so it has been a couple months since I was last on a scale.  We finally went to that location on Saturday and I can report that I have made more progress, dropping 3 pounds since the end of April.  I’m happy to say that I’m still eating potato chips, candy and cookies, so to still see progress is nice.  It just goes to show that if you burn enough calories, you can almost eat what ever you want.  Personally, I would hate to have to go on a serious diet, especially since leafy greens and my stomach don’t get along.  I also just renewed our gym membership for another 6 months; nothing motivates me more than knowing that I have pre-payed for 6 months of dues!   I’ve paid for it, so I better use it.

Starting weight (Nov 2012):  178 lbs.

Dec 30, 2012:  176.6 lbs.

Jan 19, 2013: 176.6 lbs.

Feb 9, 2013:  173.4 lbs.

Feb 23, 2013 172.4 lbs.

April 13, 2013 170.0 lbs.

April 26, 2013 169.4 lbs.

June 22, 2013 166.4 lbs.

150's here I come!