The Weekend

I finally bought flowers today (Sunday I mean, it's 3:00 in the morning here). Every year I wait until I know it won't get cold again and not only that, but I am going to a hand doctor on Wednesday and if I need surgery I want to get it as soon as possible, so I figured I better get all my flowers planted right away. We also bought some nice mesh patio chairs to replace our old tired and hail-damaged green resin chairs. And it was official "coming out day" for my poor old legs as I wore shorts out in public for the first time this year. When I first started aging, I once went a whole summer without wearing shorts. I figured the public shouldn't have to be subjected to the creepy veins and whatnot. And this is Texas, which gets very hot. I must have been insane. I remember the next year thinking, "What the hell was I thinking?" It's not like I am tying people up and making them look at my leg veins. Or maybe I just had leg "vains." When I was younger my legs were one of my best assets. Ah, those were the days. Anyway, I'll take some pictures tomorrow (today, actually) after I get my flowers potted.

Saturday was My Sweetie's birthday and we were originally going to go to Dave & Busters, but around mid-afternoon, he decided he'd rather stay home and watch the Final Four. (That's the last four teams playing in the college basketball championship, for those of you who do not know what that is.) That was fine with me, because, A) It was his birthday and he can do whatever he wants and B) Those two games were very important for me if I am going to win the money and C) Christopher Walken was hosting "Saturday Night Live." I had all the "fixin's" to make beef fajita quesadillas, so we also had a great meal. And both of my picks WON!

Not only did I have Kansas to win that game, I have them to win the whole tournament. And because I am a Duke fan, Carolina is our ARCH RIVAL, so that game was particularly sweet. We danced and marched around and whooped and high-fived for about 15 minutes after the game was over. I hope I don't jinx myself here, but if Kansas wins tonight, I win around $400. On a $10 buy-in. The worst case scenario is I come in 3rd and win $20. And SIXTY people are on my brackets. Woot woot! On the downside of Saturday night was "Saturday Night." Christopher Walken has always been one of our favorite SNL hosts and he was terrible. In every skit he stood there shamelessly reading the cue cards and never even glanced at the other actors in the scene. Yeah, he's 65, but if he didn't want to bother to learn his lines or has lost the ability to glance at a cue card and say his lines, he should not have hosted. I was glad My Sweetie fell asleep on the couch and didn't see that.

(My Other Sweetie)