It was another busy weekend, but I feel like we managed to cram a lot in there. Here's the rundown...

I worked until noon on Friday, and then Stef and I hit the road for her house. That afternoon we ran out to the mall for a bit to buy a birthday present for Stefy's friend Sayee, whose birthday party was that night. Afterwards we came back to the house to relax for a little while, and eventually went to the Outback for dinner with Stef's folks. It was nice getting to see them, and our dinner was really good, per usual.

The weather turned a little nasty while we were at the restaurant, but it managed to clear up a bit by the time we made it back home to change for the party. Sayee's birthday soiree was at the Blue Martini in Birmingham, which is basically this grownup cocktail lounge (as the name suggests). We made it to the club by about 9:30, so it was still a little dead when we first got there.

Sayee had invited about six or eight of us, and we had this nice little booth in the back corner. We sat and chatted for while, since we were all kind of waiting for this salsa lesson that they were doing on the main dance floor to be over. I don't know why, but for some silly reason I think we all thought the regular dance music would kick in once this salsa lesson was over, but that wasn't the case. It was basically an all-salsa evening at the Blue Martini, and none of us were too wild about it. Still, there were a handful of songs that we could get out there and dance halfway respectably to, so it was still a really fun time. I managed to hang in there until about 12:30 or so, but I think just about everyone in our little group started hitting the wall at about the same time. Stef and I made it back to her place by 1, and I pretty much went straight to bed. It was a really fun night though, and I'm really grateful to Sayee for including me.

Stef and I both slept in pretty late on Saturday morning, and didn't get up until about 10:30 or so. We lounged around for a couple hours before finally getting our act together and hitting the road for Lansing. It was a little after 2 by the time I made it back to my apartment, and since Stef was going to the MSU/Notre Dame football game that night and I was scheduled to babysit my little sisters, we split off for the rest of the day.

Dad and Sherry had tickets to see Eric Clapton at the Palace, and since they wanted to have a nice dinner before the concert they took off by about 3:30 or so. I had a fun time with the girls in the afternoon. We watched Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Evens on DVD, played hide-and-go-seek, and just goofed around most of the time I was there.

The phone rang between 5 and 6 and it was my dad on the other end. Apparently the Clapton concert was cancelled because Eric had a sore throat (or something) and couldn't sing. So, my poor dad and Sherry drove all that way for nothing. They decided to stay near the Palace and still go out for dinner since they were already there though, so it really didn't change anything for me and the girls. We just finished out movie and watched some Sponge Bob before I put them to bed at 8.

The timing was perfect, because I was able to catch the MSU/Notre Dame game on TV. Of course, only about the first 3/4 of the game were fun to watch, since MSU collapsed in the 4th quarter and blew a 17 point lead. Sigh. Oh, the life of a Spartan. Anyway, dad and Sherry made it home and watched the end of the game with me, and I made it back to my place by midnight.

Sunday was pretty lazy, but I think I earned it. Stef and I watched some TV in the late morning before taking off to see The Illusionist in the afternoon. After that we just kind of let the rest of the day evaporate, but it was nice not having to worry about going anywhere or do anything productive.

So yeah, that was it for the weekend. I hope everyone had a good one.