A nice break

Happy Monday! (I’m far from that excited but why add to the moody Monday slump by putting ellipses rather than an exclamation point?)

I’ve realized that weekends where nothing really gets accomplished can be fun. There’s always a lot on the ‘to do’ list but it’s nice to abandon it once in a while to just go with the flow without a set plan.

Friday, Hal found a top 100 hip hop songs list on the internet and he and I had an impromptu dance party which included an attempt at some nifty dance moves as he swung me from side to side, my legs flying over our heads (hard to picture, even harder to describe) while I laughed hysterically.

Saturday, we took a ride on his Harley which was scenic and breezy, and left me with the all-time worst butt ache. It’s always funny for me to see people’s reactions when I’m riding on the back of the bike. I can’t tell if they’re fascinated because I’m small and they think Hal’s got a child with him, or if it’s because I look like a bobble head doll with the helmet on. More accurately, I look like Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis’ character) from the movie Spaceballs. Yes, that ridiculous. Also notable during our trip was the giant bug that hit Hal in the face. It was HUGE!

Saturday night, we had a few of his friends over for a casual BBQ. My favorite part was listening to the guys go back and forth about hair loss, as they debated about receding hair lines, accused each other of going gray or thinning the worst, and ultimately made excuses about recent hair cuts and summer shaves accounting for their follicly-challenged state. It’s refreshing to see men get so uptight and self conscious about their looks. I was highly amused.

Sunday we went to a matinee movie, Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen. Obviously it was Hal’s turn to pick the movie, and all I remember from these 2 ½ hours (which I’ll never get back) is Shia Lebouf looking pensive while giant pieces of scrap metal rolled around in the desert. Clearly a four-star cinematic experience. But later we steamed little neck clams in garlic and stood out in the thunderstorm, so the funday Sunday was made the most of.

It was nice to take a break from the work stuff and the wedding stuff to do purely lazy weekend stuff. I might make a habit of it.