weekend update

live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

Enough with the blatent rip-offs - I had one of the best weekends I've had in a long while. (Take it however you want) Aside from the poor and slow start (see previous post) it was really great.

Saturday
Woke up and picked up one of my best friends to goto a rehearsal in Frankfort. Little did I know that the day would take off from there. Rehearsal went well and fairly quickly. My friend and I then went to take in a matinee. Y'know, I really think matinee's are a wonderful gift to us. Whoever first thought up the idea of showing a movie in the afternoon at a lower than normal price should be hailed as a king. But, let's get back on track; And speaking of tracks, the movie we went to see was Polar Express. It has already become one of my favorite holiday movies. I can see it becoming a tradition for me around the holidays. After the movie, we did a little bit of Christmas shopping. Now, I don't usually shop in the prime shopping hours, especially on weekends. I generally like to shop a bit more leisurely in the early or late hours of the morning/evening. Traffic was really rediculous in the Hamburg Pavillion shopping center. After shopping we were supposed to meet some friends for dinner at Ted's Montana Grill. Have you ever eaten bison? I'd like to rave about it - but really it doens't taste much different than beef to me. It was really good though. I liked it, but it's more expensive than beef, and for the same taste, I don't feel it's worth it. After dinner we went to our friend's home to play some games and hang out some more (with a brief detour to the liquor store). We ended up playing Catch Phrase with more of a catch than usual... we turned it into a drinking game.

Sunday
Sunday found itself starting out with a stop-off at my friend's house to pick her up to go to church. It was very interesting for me, it's been a while since I have been in town and not been running lights for the services, so I was actually sitting in the congration. My church is running a really awesome series this holiday season which has gotten a LOT of press and response - both good and bad. This year, we're skipping Christmas. Check out the website they've set up. And before you jump up and down, scream and shout, and yell at me things like, "How Dare You?", "Where's your Christmas Spirit?" and "You are a cultist organization that's going to heck!" READ WHAT IT'S ABOUT!

After church I had another rehearsal for "A KY Christmas Carol" being performed at Liberty Hall in Frankfort this weekend. Focus was a little off for many of us, but that's mostly only on account of us not being in the actual space that we'll be performing in.

After that I spent the evening helping my friend put together a wine rack she purchased the day before, we watched "A Muppet Christmas Carol" (one of my new favorite holiday traditions), baked cookies, ordered a pizza for dinner, and then just watched some TV before I left to go home and crash.

It was a very low-stress, VERY fun weekend. And that's how I really feel.