Insane Random Ramblings

Right now Comcast is showing the baseball preview. It only lasts for 7 days. They start with opening day. I’ve mentioned before that I’m a Yankees fan so it’s great being able to see their games.

John has decided that he’s going to root for the Indians so we can watch their games too. We don’t see half as many Indians games as Yankees games so we’re going to take full advantage of the preview. You can always see the Yankees because Fox Sports and ESPN just love them and the Indians. We also have a local station that shows the Pirates but I don’t watch them most of the time.

For the next few days, I’ll just relax like I have one of those adjustable beds and enjoy the games. I just wish I had an extra $180 to buy the package for myself so I could watch baseball all summer. It would be cheaper than paying to go to the games once you factor in gas and food. But I’m sure that once summer really gets here, I won’t be in the house much anyway.

We went to the casino in Erie called Presque Isle. We were just driving around and didn’t have anything to do. John was showing me the showing me the short cut that he uses to get to NJ so we were all the way in Clarion County. Then he asked if I wanted to go to the casino and I said sure. So we headed over to Erie since I had never been there.

It sucked big time. The casino was small and very smoky. We both played several machines and had no luck. Every machine just sucked money down, they weren’t paying off at all. I didn’t see anyone really hitting on their machine. Even John (who gambles $20 max) said he wished we had gone to Wheeling instead.

My first trip to Presque Isle was probably my last!

We went food shopping last weekend and spent almost $75 for food for two people. But that food was only for 1 week. Yes 1 week! That’s ridiculous. Between the two of us, we were throwing junk food in the cart like crazy. When I go by myself, I tend to only get what I really need and not a lot of extra stuff. But this time I grabbed all kinds of junk that I know I didn’t really need.

We grabbed chips, cookies, and some kind of oatmeal pies. John was throwing stuff in the cart so fast that he would have thrown a Titleist golf club in there if I wasn’t watching him. We go shopping every week because the freezer is so small. But this weekend I may have to go by myself. I can not afford that much money every week.

We didn’t do anything this weekend. Yesterday we went out to get something to eat. As usual we couldn’t decide where to eat so we just headed to a local mall and got Chinese food. I had Bourbon Chicken with rice and John had some kind of Lemon Chicken with lo mein noodles. My rice was really moist but John’s noodles were dry. I had some extra soy sauce but he just ate it with the chicken.

After we ate we just browsed around the mall some. I went in and out a the shoe store without trying anything on. I didn’t go into the Gap either. We looked at video games and  original movie posters among other things. In the end, we decided not to buy anything and left the mall. I think the fact that it was so crowded really discouraged us from shopping.

Once we left, we drove around for an hour or two just driving and talking. Then we went and picked up some stuff for me to take to work and came home. Today we just sat around and watched tv all day. Like I said, this has been a very lazy weekend.

I’m really not that good at picking presents. I try to do my best but I never think it’s good enough. Even if the person that I buy the gift for loves what I get, I always second guess myself.

I’m just going to come out and ask John what he wants instead of trying to buy him something. I know he loves the games for his PSP or Nintendo DS. But I don’t want to get him a game that he already has. Even worse would be to get him something that he doesn’t want.

I really hate shopping for other people. Oh and Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.

I don’t have any. We’re going to drive to Cleveland for a baseball game or two. We may also try to get down to Florida to visit my family. And New Jersey to visit both of our moms. We might also go to Erie to go to the beach. There’s no real beach around here and Erie is the closest one. That should be a day trip though. We’ll leave Pittsburgh in the morning and get home around midnight.. 

The main reason why we can’t take a real vacation is because I’m trying to get done with school as soon as possible and that’s gonna be expensive. I don’t get tuition reimbursement for these classes and I don’t get financial aid. I have to pay for these classes totally out of pocket. I still don’t know how I’m gonna swing that. Since this is such a large expense, we have to give up vacation this year. Not even Hilton Head rentals for a weekend. That super sucks! But it’s the sacrifice that I have to make in order to move within the next 12-15 months.

I’ve decided that it’s imperative that I move soon, so I have to make some sacrificies. You can best believe I’m going on a killer vacation next year!

We drove all the way to Morgantown WV to go to IHOP. We didn’t know what we wanted to eat and started driving aimlessly. Then John jokingly said that we could go to IHOP. I said ok and away we went. It was a hard drive because it’s very windy outside today. It’s also a mostly uphill drive which sucks. It took us over 2 hours to get there because we got lost.

John told me to call for directions and I kept saying “Oh we’ll run right into it”. Needless to say we didn’t. We finally stopped and asked for directions. The guy directed us straight there. We were way lost too. We were over 5 miles in the wrong direction!

Once we got there, John got an omelette and I got the classic breakfast. I had 2 of each of pancakes, bacon, hash browns, eggs and sausage links. I ate most of it too. John had 3 pancakes and the omelette. He ate all of the pancakes but only half of the omelette. Too bad they didn’t have espresso machines because that would have been the perfect ending to a great meal. Especially since it was so cold outside. The food wasn’t that expensive either, coming in at just over $20. 

I told John that if we go back, it won’t be in the winter. But we’re definitely going back.

I only care about the series vs the Yankees. I don’t care if we go to any other games. I know John will want to go to see the Mets during their series. Especially since one of the nights is a fireworks night. I don’t really understand how people can get excited to see the Pirates. They aren’t very good. They haven’t had a winning season in 15 years so it’s pretty hard to get behind them.

We’re already planning on going to Cleveland for several games. Cleveland’s tickets go on sale March 1st. We’re going to drive up there and get tickets for the a game or two. John said he always got better tickets by buying them at the box office instead of ordering them from the internet.

I love baseball season. That means summer is on the way!

Ha! I am so happy. I hate the Patriots. It’s funny because nobody gave the Giants a chance and they won in the final minutes of the game. It was weird rooting for the Giants. It was like rooting for the lesser of 2 evils, but I just knew I didn’t want the Patriots to have a perfect season.

Eli won the MVP. I know that will be a trivia question down the road. What brothers won the SuperBowl in back to back years and were the game MVP’s. As an added bonus for me, John won his football pool. Awesomeness! It’s been a great day!

I can’t wait for baseball to start! Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in 13 days! John and I are planning on going to several games. The March 1st date is the day Cleveland Indians tickets go on sale. We want to go to the Yankees game which is in April. That sucks because I really don’t want to be outside in April but it the Yankees!

We’re planning on driving to Cleveland to pick up the tickets in person. John found that if you pick up the tickets, you get better seats than if you order them off of the internet. And I want to be as close to A-Rod as possible. Hehehe. That’s the only series we really want to see that’s being played in Cleveland. We might hit a game in Toronto too because we both want to see them at home. That will have to be a weekend thing though because it’s a far drive.

I’m so excited for spring/summer to arrive!