2 posts tagged “softball”

It's crazy times right now. Lots happening. After the surprise birthday party last week, we were somehow more manic this week.

On Thursday, Jess and I got out of work early, went to see WALL-E and had dinner together. Afterwards, we met co-workers at a bar as it was the day of Laura's birthday. They had been there since they got out of work, so we were by far the most sober people there. Until Lindsay's Doug showed up. Poor guy. We ducked out of there early.

I... can't actually remember what we did during the day on Friday. I do know we got lunch and did a bunch of shopping at Target, but other than that, I think we bummed around. At 7pm, we met up with Laura with a mini-picnic then went to the harbour. Lindsay and Doug met us there and we all sat on the waterfront to have our picnic. Eric and Mitchell showed up shortly after, just in time to watch all the fireworks going off along the lake.

We dumped shit off at home, then went to a nearby bar for a couple of drinks.

On Saturday, we had a ton of errands to run. We paid our economic stimulus cheque into our bank account, went through the pre-approval process at AT&T (ahead of the iPhone 3G release on Friday!), then Jess went to the dentist while I took a faulty item back to Target. We were going to go to a barbeque, but after having a long nap, we just went to our favourite Mexican place and chilled out.

Today, we went for lunch and did more shopping. We needed more sporty clothing as we've been asked to fill in on my office softball team. Yes, me, playing sport. I know, right? Anyway, we got all of that stuff, got it home then got ready for our first softball practice. There were only a handful of people there, but we got a good go of it. Neither of us was as bad as we expected - I connected with the ball a lot, and wasn't a total washout at catching. Bowling (sorry, pitching), however, was another matter.

This week is going to continue the activity. We're taking tomorrow off as we have a lot of chores to do. We have Wolf Parade on... Tuesday? I can't remember. I need to listen to their new CD more. Hopefully this means we get to see The Josie after what seems like forever. Thursday is the Big Kahuna - my green card interview. After aeons, it's finally a reality. Jess is currently wading through a file of paperwork the size of Alaska so we're ready. Then Friday is possibly iPhone day, if they have enough in stock.

Busy busy busy.

On an unrelated note, one of my favourite albums of last year - Heresy & The Hotel Choir by Maritime - came with a bonus 7" featuring two songs. One of those songs was called 'Boy From School', and was pretty awesome...

It turns out, it was a cover of a Hot Chip song...

Which was also covered by Portastatic...

Oh white rabbit.

I've not updated properly in a few days. To be honest, I've been lazy. There's a lot going on this month so it's been nice to just do nothing at all.

I suppose you want the good news first. Well, on the immigration front, we have our interview appointment. While it's not good news that we even need an interview, and I am concerned about one of the items I have to take to it, it does mean I am closer to getting my green card.

I also have a biometrics appointment for my renewal EAD in between, so I should get that not long before my green card, rendering it almost completely useless.

Oh well.

The weather in Chicago is being a little schizophrenic right now, but the general warmth has allowed us to do more than just sit in front of the TV. We were out and about over the weekend, and tonight we went to watch my co-workers play their first softball game in a local league. That's right, I didn't play. I wanted to gauge the general skill level before making a tit of myself.

As well as softball season, crazy season has started. Over the next few weeks, we...

- See Death Cab For Cutie with Rogue Wave
- See REM with The National and Modest Mouse
- Go to Butterfest, a festival in Jess' hometown, with the in-laws
- Get to spend time with my parents, who are over for a week
- See Dethklok with some real metal bands

And now it's time for bed, if I can prise Jess off of Dr Mario: Online Rx, a Nintendo Wii sequel to the classic puzzle game. It's awesome.