Heckuva weekend.

What a WEEKEND!

Started off with what was probably one of the luckiest Friday the 13th's I've ever experienced. I opened up at work and got through a decent lunch shift only to stick around and have a birthday lunch with my mom, which was great. Happy birthday week again, Mom.

The afternoon rolled around pretty quick and suddenly it was time to rock it out for Amanda's 21st. We went BACK to Sticks and Stones for a great dinner and took our time enjoying the food and the company in a corner table. Her 'rents brought her a cake, which we scarfed down after our pizza, and we headed out to get ready for the party when dinner was over.

After dinner we went on to the Blind Tiger, where the real festivities began. We mainly went to watch the headline band, Holy Ghost Tent Revival (think of an even-more local version of the Avett Brothers), but enjoyed the other acts in the meantime while we sipped on drinks and danced our hearts out.

And speaking of the headline group, let me give all of you a little piece of advice. There's a scene in Ghostbusters where Ray gets shocked by the main ghost at the end of the movie for saying he's not a god. After this goes down, Winston yells at him and says "Ray, the NEXT time someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!". Well, Friday at the bar, I went up to get a drink, and apparently I was rockin' the style the band wears for the most part, and the bartender looked at my money and said "Aren't you in the band?". Of course, being the honest guy that I am, I said no, and he took my money. It didn't hit me that if I'd said I was I could've gotten it for free. Ah well. I'll be quicker when it happens again. So there's my advice, folks. The next time someone asks you if you're in the band, YOU SAY YES!

Anyway, Holy Ghost went on around 12 and had the whole place dancing and clapping and stomping feet. We were all drenched in sweat and loving it by the end of the show.

Afterwards we went back and hung out until about six in the morning, which definitely made the bed seem hella-comfortable.

Saturday came too soon but Friday was worth it, and with it came Valentine's Day. I've given my two cents on this "holiday" before, and I'll say my name for it again: Hershey's and Hallmark Day, but hey, this year I was actually pretty excited for it. I made it low key for the most part, and cooked Amanda's favorite dinner for her: eggplant parmesan. We ate by candlelight and just enjoyed each other's company. I couldn't have asked for anything more on Valentine's Day, and honestly, I couldn't be happier with how it was spent. Here's to you, St. V...

On top of all of this, work went by pretty crazy today. I was kind of left by myself, but I held the place down with a little help from my boss and luckily made mad bank. I closed it all out just now with a nice dinner with my parents at Lucky 32.

I guess the weekend's not officially over, but it's been a whirlwind, and I'm still loving it. I've still got 3.5 hours til Monday, so I'm gonna go enjoy it for now. Peace outside, folks.

Drew.