April 2005: Currently Facebook only supports 800 college campuses. President Bush was 4 months into his second term. Pope John Paul II had just been put to rest. Airbus's new Jumbo A380 takes it's very first flight. Carrie Underwood was just about to become a household name by winning American Idol. Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani had just hit the airwaves. Sahara and Fever Pitch had just been released into theatres. And The Office had just started it's first season.

It was also the last time I had a normal weekend.

Wow!

And just so we are clear. By normal weekend I mean: working Friday, taking both Saturday and Sunday off, and returning to work on Monday, with out leaving the city (Atlanta).

The last time I did that I was a senior in College. It was April 23/24, 2005 - and I can't for the life of me remember what I did. Probably because I didn't think it was anything special: it was the weekend.

Allen was up in Green Bay to watch a Packers game, so we took Sunday off. And although I was initially tempted to go up to Chicago, and then almost took a last minute trip to Orlando, I eventually decided to do nothing but stick around Atlanta for the first time since moving here over 4 years ago.

Now obviously I have taken vacation in that time period. And there have been a handful (say around 20) of other non-vacation, 2-day weekends - most of which were spent on quick trips outside of Atlanta. But none of those were a "normal" weekends as defined above.

I do have to admit this past weekend was a bit weird. Watched football all day long on my couch, only to get off the couch and go watch football on my Aunt and Uncle's couch. Watched 7-hours worth of Dexter after Blockbuster finally had Season 3 on DVD in stock. Went to a movie with some friends (Couple's Retreat: not as good as I thought it was going to be, but it did feature breathtaking views of the hotel I have wanted to stay at for years, and it did feature Kristen Bell...so...worth it.).

All and all a pretty normal weekend, only thus making it a completley abnormal weekend.

Here's to not having another 39,336 hours until the next one

P.S. For all of you who are sick of reading about my weekends. I promise, I am releasing a more serious blog later in the week. Thank you for your patience over the past 2 months due to the hectic schedule changes.