Weekend Recap

What a weekend!

I actually got to have Friday and Saturday off this week . . . which probably won't be happening again until I go back to Iowa and who knows when that will be.  Friday I went shopping for some new clothes for my new job.  I didn't buy any clothes but managed to come home with a few things we need for the kitchen as I left nearly everything I had in college with my parents since I only brought down here what could fit in my car and Matt didn't have much.  While I was trying to go to a beauty supply store I managed to get lost in an area of the city that I am unfamiliar with and appeared to be somewhat dangerous.  So, I just went home instead of trying to find the store!

When Princess got home, we decided to eat at Cactus Flower for the first time.  One of his friends told him that it was way better than Vallarta's because CF is "California Style Mexican".  We ordered their wine margaritas and I had enchiladas verde con camarones while Matt had the other "classic" enchiladas with chicken.  Honestly, I didn't really care for the food -- especially for the price which was a bit expensive for Mexican food.  $15 for enchiladas?! I'll take my $7 enchiladas from Vallarta's any time! At least the wine margaritas were AWESOME!  Then, while we were trying to figure out what to do with our Friday night we went to one of the local "dive" bars that we had heard good things about.  It didn't really seem like much of a dive bar to me -- in fact I really liked it, but I prefer places like that.  Especially when its an older crowd and blaring insanely loud music.  I like to be able to sit down and have a conversation with whoever I'm with without having to scream so the other person(s) can hear me.  Eventually we went over to a friend's place and just kinda hung out for a couple hours. 

Saturday morning we started looking for a new place that would be closer to where I work since it will probably take me over an hour to get to work from where we currently live.  The first few places were ok but nothing really stood out to me.  Then we got to the last place.  We both LOVED it!  Its a condo on the water and absolutely gorgeous with a great view.  However, its only slightly closer to my new job since its right by the front gate rather than the back gate -- but it will still save me 15-20 minutes driving time.  The parking is also poor -- and Princess has a nice car that he loves more than most things in life so that is also a concern.  We are looking at another condo tomorrow night.  I never saw the ad online but Matt says they are really nice as well, and in a more desirable location for me -- also with a spa across the street!

We spent the rest of the afternoon changing the tires on Matt's car -- well...he changed them.  I watched and looked up recipes on my phone.  I found a pretty tasty spinach artichoke dip that I made for dinner that night along with some zucchini and rib-eyes we picked up at a butcher shoppe we had never tried.  Our meal was DELICIOUS!  Growing up in Iowa, my family had steaks frequently since it was so accessible.  But there really is a different in beef that has been corn-fed and beef that was grass-fed, and with those cows that were allowed to freely graze in a pasture the meat is much better!  Sooooo much better actually that I only want that from now on!  After dinner I baked some brownies and we also had wine n cheese later in the night for a snack.  Matt and I also decided to try to relive our college years by playing beer pong.  I actually used wine which definitely was NOT a good idea since I had to work Sunday morning!

Work was work as usual.  I forgot what I was like to work a Sunday lunch in the south though.  While most restaurants get a church crowd, its seems to be even more so down here since religion seems to be a bigger part of people's lives here.  My tables were asking me to pray with them!  That had never happened to me before, but it actually made me feel a lot better since I was kind of having a bad day (not because of the hangover).  It also reminded me that I need to do more praying and try to find a church down here which I set out in my day zero plan.  After work I came home and just relaxed for the evening.  Matt had to do some stuff for work so I got some alone time and was in bed at like 8:30.  That was def a good thing since I had to get up today at 5:30 and am NOT a morning person.  It was worth it though -- I think I am really going to enjoy my new job!