Sports Weekend

It turns out I was right, June has been a great month, well so far anyways. I have done a pretty good job with my pacts. This past work week, I was off work by 6:30 4 out of 5 days. The thing that sucks is the 1 day that I didn’t leave by 6:30; I didn’t end up leaving until 10:45pm. I know that sounds insane, and it is, but there is an explanation. The 10th of every month is our billing close/end of the month (even though it’s not really the end of the month) which means that all of our expenses have to be reconciled by midnight. I started working on this reconciliation on Monday, but was pulled away due to other projects that required my immediate attention. So come Thursday, it was crunch time and I had to stay late to get our expenses allocated to the correct costcenters and to the right accounts. The good news is I made the deadline and we did pretty good budget wise this month. As far as my other pact goes, I didn’t do so well, but I have a good excuse. You see, I worked out only 2 days this week instead of 4, but it was because it was rainy all this week. I would have toughed it out and walked or jogged in the rain, but this was no light sprinkle, this was heavy rain that was impossible to work out in. I am hoping this next week goes a little bit better, but I’m not too sure how that will go considering it’s supposed to storm pretty much all week long. We shall see how Mother Nature complies.

My weekend was fabulous; in fact, it was one of the best I’ve had in a while. Friday day was the Mexico v. South Africa World Cup game and although I wasn’t able to watch it at work, I did follow it online. It ended up in a tie, which is better than a loss so I can’t complain. Friday evening I got off work at 5:30 to head to Yankees Stadium in the Bronx. I was super excited about this because I have always wanted to go to a Yankees game and the time had finally come. It was only about a 30 minute train ride from our apartment to the stadium which isn’t bad at all. It was the first time I had ever been to the Bronx so I was pretty excited to take the train that far Uptown. Now I can officially say that I have been to ALL 5 boroughs in New York City (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx)…I’m turning into a New Yorker! :) Have I ever mentioned how much I love how convenient things are in the city? Public transportation is absolutely amazing. The train literally took us right to the stadium. It was awesome. For you Kansans, just imagine walking out your front door, getting on the train, and arriving at the Royals/Chiefs stadium 30 minutes later. It’s especially nice when you’ve been drinking because your DD is the train conductor! My Tio and I met up with 3 friends at the stadium and the 5 of us ending up having a great time. The new stadium itself was pretty awesome. It was really cool to see this huge stadium smack dab in the middle of a city. The Yankees beat the Houston Astros 4 to 3 in a pretty exciting/close game. Although I will always be a Royals fan because they are my home team, I did get Yankee fever and bought a new NY hat that I love. It is one of those teams that you just can’t help but want to be a part of. It’s kind of like people that go to Lawrence, Kansas can’t help but want to be a Jayhawk! Overall, it was an awesome Friday night of beer, hotdogs, and fun!

Statue of Yankees Liberty

Sporting my new NY hat

Enjoying the game

#2 Derek Jeter up to bat

Yankee Stadium interior

Yankee Stadium exterior

Saturday was another sports day with the US playing England in its first round World Cup game. My Tio and I met up with 2 friends at a pub in Chelsea that had a buy 1 drink, get the 2nd one free special so I am sure you can imagine the fun we had. It was cool to see tons of people cheer the US on and although it ended in a tie, people celebrated like it was a win. I am excited to see how Mexico and the US do in their upcoming games. It’s pretty awesome to have 2 teams to cheer for. Like I have always said, being Mexican-American is the best of both worlds!

Sundays are always my lazy days and this one is no different, especially because it is rainy and gloomy outside. I watched some of the Germany v. Australia game and spent some time online apartment hunting. Yes, you read correctly, I am apartment hunting. I am crossing my fingers that my BFF Val finds a job and moves to the city come August/September so we can become roomies. With high hopes, I have spent a decent amount of time searching for apartments and will continue to look throughout the summer. The rest of my Sunday evening will consist of laundry and writing thank you notes. I still haven’t sent thank yous and my graduation party was last month, terrible, I know.

Overall, it was a great sports weekend in the city!
Until next time.