Well, that was a “work weekend” so I ain’t got much to go on.  I could go all the way back to last Wednesday when we went out to dinner with the Martins to celebrate Donette’s birthday.  We met them at O’Dowd’s and hung out there for a bit, then ate dinner at Kona Grill.  Uhhhh… and that was it.

Friday we stayed in and watched movies.  The featured selection of the evening was the critically acclaimed docu-drama “Nacho Libre.”   I thought it was pretty good, in a “could this possibly be any dumber, why am I watching this” kind of way.  It got a few chuckles and at least one outright guffaw.  I found it a rather quotable flick if nothing else.
Saturday was a wash… I stayed home and rested up all day for the pending all-nighter at work.  Played with the dogs, surfed the ‘Net, and that’s about it.  Man those Saturday nighters at work a young man’s game, I have to rest up for them.

Sunday morning I got up semi-rested at 9:00 or so.  In my old age I find I can’t really sleep in, no matter what time I get home.  I was feeling a little jet-lagged, but I downed a pot of coffee and headed over to work on some guy’s PC for a while.  It seems his trusty Windows 98 computer was making constant calls to Madagascar.  Nice.  Hopefully that little problem got fixed.  After that I went back home and tried to nap for a bit, then I went on a shop-a-thon with Donette.  Woo-hoo.  For dinner, the Martins and Todd came over and Donette made stacked enchiladas.  Good stuff.  That kind of wrapped up a boring weekend for the kid.  I tried to watch the football game but couldn’t keep my poor lil’ eyes open.  Got some parties next weekend, maybe that will make for some update material.

Well it was another shoddy weekend at the Kenagy household, in the entertainment department anyway.  Work is very overrated, but I suppose so is not working.  Can’t win.  Anyway… We started off good Friday night, for what that’s worth.  I met a few friends down at the Brooksider for a little happy-hour action on the deck.  Nice, sunny day.  After an hour or so in the sun, I headed inside to join “The Regulars” in the dark, smoky confines of their usual table.  Gotta protect my fair complexion, you know.  After enjoying their usual barrage of jovial banter and bad jokes, I met up with Doni and we headed down to the Plaza for a game of Euchre at Ed and Kim’s apartment.  They bought a house and will be moving soon, so we have to enjoy their convenient location while it lasts.  They will be migrating at least a mile or so, clear to the other side of the Plaza; Might not get to see them much anymore with a drive like that.

Saturday, for the most part, was spent working in the yard.  I bought a new weedeater to replace the one I fixed, so I had to catch up on edging and trimming and all that good stuff.  Gave all the bushes their Spring clipping too, and cleaned up the flower beds a bit.  After wasting the entire afternoon in this manner, we grilled some chicken for dinner and then just kind of sat on the back porch and enjoyed the weather.  I had to go into work later in the evening, so I had to stay rested up.

Sunday started off relatively decent with a good lunch down at Jalapenos in Brookside.  On a whim, I decided to branch out from my usual Sunday tamale plate, and instead ordered the rellenos.  Now, truth be told, I am not even a really big fan of Jalapenos in the first place.  I think perhaps they’re a little traditional for me; I lean more towards the Tex-Mex side of the house.  However, they do meet the criteria of “cheap and convenient” so it’s not too hard to drag me down there.  All this leads me to usually order the tamales.  My reasoning is, since I don’t particularly care for tamales, it doesn’t really bother me that the ones they serve aren’t that good.  However, if I was to order the rellenos, which I really like, it would be truly heart-wrenching if they weren’t any good.  Twisted logic, perhaps, but that’s the way it works.  At any rate, it was a successful experiment, as they were actually quite tasty.  Anaheim chiles, which I like, (not poblanos,) and lightly battered instead of the inch-thick coating you get at some places.  It is possible that it has been so long since I’ve had them, they just tasted good at the time.  But hey, whatever it takes.  After lunch my phone rang from work, and the rest of the day was spent in the abysmal horror of conference calls and cipherin’ on my laptop.  I even missed the Soprano’s party last night.  Bummer.