reverie

Last night I heard 1234 by the Plain White T's. It's a fun song that reminds me of this song from Square One TV. Yes, I'm a nerd; I'm pretty sure we've been over this! ;) That's probably my favorite thing from the whole series. Other fun numbers: 16-11 -- the final score of the Red Sox/Yankees game Saturday. It was INTENSE! But we pulled it out. 4:21 -- the time of both Friday's and Saturday's games against the Yankees 11 -- the number of games the Red Sox have won in a row including a 3-game sweep of the Yankees!!! and now we're tied for 1st place in the AL East! 400+ million -- what the Yankees spent during the off season to acquire some of the hottest free agents. How's that working out for you? I mean, I already knew we had CC Sabathia's number, but we were able to dismantle Burnett after he was gifted a 6-0 lead, and Teixeira's not looking too hot against us right now either. I know things can always turn around, but I must ...

This weekend bring the first Red Sox/Yankees match-up of the season, and I am stoked! The Red Sox are red hot right now and come into this series with a 7 game winning streak. The team has hit a stride. Papi tweaked his mechanics & has started producing. Back-up players are hitting 2 and 3 run homers. Veterans are in the game. A lot of our pitching is golden right now and when it's not, our guys have runs to back them up and a dynamic bullpen. This weekend should be exciting. Speaking of exciting--at the Sunday game of the Red Sox/Angels series a couple weeks ago I saw the benches (and bullpens) clear for the first time in person. Kind of crazy. Here's a shot with all the players on the field. Not really what's supposed to happen, but made for some cool photos. :) The homeplate ump called time late, and as a pitcher once you're in motion (as Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was) you have to continue or you risk career-ending injury. They are taught to just ...

I have had a great 4 day weekend. It was really nice spending the weekend with my sister, brothers, sister-in-law, and youngest nephew. It was also fun seeing the Red Sox for their 3 games against the Angels, even though we lost 2 of 3 games. (boo hoo hoo) Even though every game counts, I do have to remember that this is only the first week of the season and I need to be patient for them to settle into their groove. I always have such a hard time going back to work after time off, even just one day. I always pictured that by this point in my life I'd be a housewife/stay-at-home mom. As it is, I'm considering going back to school and completely changing my career path--a thought that really makes me sad. The idea of four more years of school and who knows how much more debt is nauseating & burdensome. I don't really know what else to do at this point. I started keeping a list of all the things I'd like to do in a given day or week to help determine what caree...

Here's a rundown of all the awesomeness I have planned over the next 2 weeks. I'm STOKED!!! Tonight -- my film program roomie's birthday party Saturday -- girls' night at a champagne & dessert bar to celebrate my current roomie's birthday, should be completely fabulous :) Sunday -- lunch with my dear friend Jodi who is moving away soon, which is happy/sad. then rockin' some Cuban food for cafe, which incidentally works out perfectly as a jazz/latin combo is playing (didn't know that when I planned the menu) Monday -- more celebratin' of the roomie's birthday and also BASEBALL SEASON STARTS!!! next Friday -- not working! the brothers and sister and youngest nephew descend upon Los Angeles. Ravi & I head to Red Sox game 1 of 3 next Saturday -- we all head to Red Sox game 2 of 3 and then probably some Red Robin love and then the sister-in-law arrives next Sunday -- Easter, I'm glad I get to take all my siblings to my church even though t...

1. As a point of further explanation on the potato thing in the earlier post--I read that eating potatoes at any point in the day helps with sleep as they absorb acids in the body that can interfere with the effects of tryptophan (you know the happy sleepy stuff found in turkey & dairy). This does seem to be true given non-fried potato sources, i.e. mashed potatoes or potato soup as opposed to say french fries or chips. Over the past week on days when I've had one or more servings of non-fried potatoes I've slept better to very well. 2. As it turns out pumpkin pie* helps with spiritual unrest. Okaaay it was probably actually the authentic prayers the night before expressing my frustration and the great conversation had over said pie, but hey the pie didn't hurt matters. ;) Thought these scientific/medical/psychological breakthroughs were worth sharing. * likely any type of pie, cake, or cheesecake will result in similar effects :)