Weekend Update

I know, once again, its been a while since I updated. This time its because I've been busy, yay! Unfortunately, there is nothing new to report (at least nothing good) with the girls, so I will leave that for now. I AM learning a lot, and once I get a chance to process through some of it, I will update you! In the meantime, I had a really fun weekend (despite the Eagles loss) so that's what I'm going to share.

Friday didn't start great. My roommate's car was broken into the night before, so she spent the morning calling repair places, her insurance company as well as doing her job. Thankfully, her boss let her leave work early, and she found a repair shop that would take her car that day, so we dropped it off and then decided to have a really fun weekend!

We started at the Wachovia center. :) Several of our teens won a basketball tournament in November, hosted by Word of Life. Because they won, they (along with several other teams) were invited to compete in a tournament that was held at the Wachovia Center, ON the Sixers court!! Spectators were allowed to buy tickets to the tournament, and that ticket was also good for the Sixers game that night. That was an offer we couldn't refuse!

The tournament was fun to watch, and I got to walk on the court where the Sixers play! I sat where Allen Iverson sits! It was so exciting (cause I'm a dork!). Unfortunately, our teens didn't win, but they received an automatic bye into next year's tournament, so maybe they'll do better with a year to practice. :)

The teens' tournament was over around 5 and the game didn't start until 7:00, so Ashley, Cupcake and I (along with our friends Dom and Jared) decided to go to Chick Fil A for some dinner, and then walk across the parking lot to Ikea and get a $1 ice cream cone (cause even when its 10 degrees outside, you can't turn down ice cream for a dollar!).



We got back to the Wachovia Center right as the game was starting and had a BLAST watching it! It ended up being a really exciting game! Unfortunately, we lost, but only by 2 points and it came down to literally the last second. Plus, it was really awesome to see AI (Allen Iverson) back in Philly!! (Although my favorite player is Thaddeus Young...mainly cause I like the name Thaddeus, haha).

After the game we went home to rest up for our really awesome Saturday. :)

Saturday was possibly one of the best days I've had in a long time, and mostly because we didn't do much. We started the day with a matinee movie (a chick flick, hehe) and then went to Ikea for lunch (yummy and cheap!). After Ikea we headed to Center City to find a coffee shop and just chill...which we did for several hours. Our original coffee shop destination didn't work out (too crowded) so we ended up at Starbucks. Ashley is studying to take the Social Worker Licensing Exam at the end of the month, and I had a lot of things to work out with the Lord (...understatement...) so we found a table, got our drinks, put our headphones in and didn't talk much for the next few hours. (We're both introverts, which works out nicely sometimes). She was able to get a lot of studying finished (although it was a bit challenging since most of her notes were stolen from her car), and I had an awesome time with the Lord (again, more to come on that).

When our drinks were cold and our eyes were tired, we decided it was time to head home. On our way we picked up some chinese food from our favorite place. When we got home, we immediately got into our pajamas, cuddled under blankets on our respective couches and planned to enjoy the rest of the evening watching football. Sadly, the Eagles were not playing well and after half-time, we couldn't watch anymore, so we just relaxed and watched TV for a while before heading to sleep.

Sunday was even more boring than Saturday, but I loved every second of it. I went to Sunday School and church and then came home to pick Ashley up and head to Target (Gizmo was out of litter, poor guy). I spent the rest of the day planning my schedule and meals for the week (and doing my grocery shopping on line!), and getting a ton of other organizing things done for the week as well as cleaning the house. It felt so nice to actually feel prepared for the week!

And to top off a wonderful weekend, I was able to go back to my spinning class this morning! I haven't been in almost 4 months because I didn't have a car, and it was SO GREAT to be back! It will take a little while to get used to getting up at 5:15 a.m., but its so worth it. YAY!!