Friday afternoon, Jesse took me out to lunch and to see Bride Wars. He's well aware that a movie is, in some ways, a "quick trip home," even if I never lived in NYC. For a chick flick, it had some good character development, and wasn't completely predictable. It provided the entertainment I desired, and it was nice to have a surprise date. In the evening, we had the first youth group of the year, which went quite well. Saturday, after a day of tidying up the house and relaxing, we went bowling with the young adults, plus some of their friends. I didn't do too badly; but anyone who's ever seen me bowl knows that I didn't break any records either :)
Sunday night, we headed to Sydney and had a great time hanging out, talking, watching cricket and tennis with our gracious hosts. Monday morning, we had a Super Bowl party with friends of a friend, which was cool - the Aussie commentators were quite interesting, as was watching our poor host (a Cardinals fan) suffer through the game. We had pizza and snacks, but not nearly to the magnitude of Super Bowl parties past. It's hard to eat that much when the game starts just after 10am! After the game, we drove back home, then to a family's house for dinner and a lot of laughter.
It's been nice to spend so many days in the company of other people. On the way to dinner last night, I saw my first wild kangaroos; I'd seen several at the Melbourne Zoo, but never any in the wild. That was an exciting milestone.
This evening, I'm taking a break at home. Jesse's playing soccer, and I'm looking forward to a quiet evening of tv, laundry, and possibly some scrapbooking. I realize that I'm typically home, and you'd think I would jump at the chance to get out of the house. While that may be true, it's in the cool of the evening that I can actually feel motivated to get things done - fun or otherwise - so it's nice to have the option now and then.
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