Loverboy had it right...

"Everybody's working for the weekend... everybody wants a little romance
Everybody's goin' off the deep end... everybody needs a second chance"
~Loverboy : Terrible 80s band

Ahh, the weekend... while it is still a couple of days away, I still find myself looking forward to this weekend with unmitigated joy... I have a fairly busy weekend planned, and I cant wait for it to arrive...

you see, Friday is my EDO, which equals Earned Day Off... my workplace gives us every other Friday off as our EDOs, and let me tell you, it is a very welcome day off. Do I earn it? Well, for the most part yes...

So I will be off on Friday, free to do whatever I like... which will be getting up early with my daughter, playing with her all morning until she goes for a nap, then maybe reading a book or watching some tv...

bottom line? relaxing... chillaxing even...

By the way, what the f*uck is with the word chillax? I realize that it is firmly entrenched in the popular 20something vernacular, and it is supposed to be a cool way of saying chill and relax all at once... but seriously, that is the stupidest effing word in the league... chillax... gimme a friggin break...

anyway, I digress...

Friday will be a day of rest, possibly some errand-running, maybe even some online poker or xbox if I can... for the most part though, I will be doing my best to make it easy for my wife, as she has graciously allowed me to partake in all activities this weekend...

what a woman...

Friday night is the big workplace hockey game 1.0, and from 9-10pm I will be doing my best to not look like a complete idiot on ice... fat chance... that will probably be followed by a beer or two... which always helps to ease a bruised talibone... and ego...

Saturday is another big day, as it will be just Dad and Paige. My wife Lisa will be accompanying (how in the eff do you spell that word?) both of her brother's girlfriends and some other ladies on a day long wedding dress shopping extravaganza... apparently this is fun for women...

So while Mom is away with the girls doing girl stuff, Dad and Paige will be hangin out... and that is always a blast...

Paige is then set for a visit/sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's place on Saturday night, as Dad is going to embarass himself at poker and Mom is going out with the girls to a bar to do girl stuff...

Poker... yes poker... the game that has rattled my confidence of late... (see this post for proof) Poker night is looming and the trashtalk is flying around like crazy. Gary Payton was even like "damn, thats a lotta smack". I have no retorts, no comebacks, no defense against such slander... I can only try to bring it on Saturday night...

Wish me friggin luck...

Regardless of how the poker games go, I will still have a good time... I always do... Beers+Cards+Eats always = good times... this is a mathematical constant...

Sunday will roll around and I have a basketball game to play at 10:30... so hopefully the effects of the beers the night before wont be too strong, as this is a big game for my team, and I need to be in good form to help us win... maybe I should break out some new kicks for the game, that always seems to help...

After my hoops game its home I go where the NFL Conference Championships await. Now, I dont really care for any of the teams playing, but I am very interested in the Denver / Pittsburgh game, as that should be a classic. Outdoors, in Denver, two cold weather teams, Jake Plummer's beard... should be awesome...

So all in all it should be a great weekend... if everything goes as planned I should be able to report in on Monday or Tuesday with happy news...

if not, well, you'll have to suffer through another negative, poor me, I hate poker, jeezus I suck type of post...

...but you've seen those before...


Until Next Time...