I had a fantastic Labor Day Weekend. I did something fun everyday this weekend.

 

Friday: I did have to work on Friday, and I’m not sure I should count it as part of my weekend. But I did try dinner at a new place, Shot’s On the River which was quite delicious and the portions were huge for the price.

After dinner I watched an episode of Stranger Things with my good friend Ian. I’ve already seen it all the way through, but he was watching it for the first time.

 

Saturday: I went to lunch with Cameron and Ian at the new Chinese buffet Fuji Buffet and Grill. The food was actually pretty good quality for buffet.

After lunch we went to Meijer as we both had a couple of things to pick up independently. Once we were done shopping Cameron had to go to work and Ian went to play D&D with some other friends.

While Cameron was at work and Ian was at D&D I watched a few episodes of Mad Men. I have been re-watching Mad Men from the beginning and have found it quite enjoyable.

Cameron got out of work around 8 and I met him downtown for dinner. We went to Two Beards deli and then headed over to Pyramid Scheme to grab a couple of beers and play some pinball.

After Pyramid Scheme we went back to the apartment and watched an episode of Stranger Things with Ian.

 

Sunday: Tana’s finance Beau and his brother Brock invited Cameron, Ian and I over for a barbeque. We went to Target to grab some snacks and beer to bring to the barbeque.

Beau made burgers with all the toppings. There were S’mores, hammocks, and bocce ball. Brock also made up his own version of Name that Tune which was quite fun, but some of the genres were kind of tricky.

After we got back to Grand Rapids Cameron and I made another Target run. This time to pick up some tonic water for vodka tonics, ice cream, and we decided on Lunchables for a snack.

We watched another episode of Stranger Things and then I went home to bed.

 

Monday: I slept in pretty late, and then did some chores around the house. Once that was done I called up Cameron and Ian to see what they were up to. They weren’t doing anything so I suggested we head out to Grand Haven for the day.

Our first stop was Oddside Ales. We had a beer there and grabbed some food from Mr. Kozaks, we also played Coup.

After our beers we decided to walk the Pier which is where the header photo was taken. It was pretty windy on the pier and the waves were really kicking up.

Once we got back from the Pier we checked out Grand Armory Brewing which was pretty cool. While we drank our beers we played Batman Love Letter which is a pretty stupid game, but I won.

After Grand Armory Brewing we headed over to Pump House for frozen yogurt. I got chocolate covered Oreo yogurt which I added crushed up Oreos, chocolate chips, peanut butter, whipped cream, and a cherry to. It was very tasty.

I drove Cameron and Ian back home and now I’m relaxing while watching more Mad Men. All in all a pretty fantastic long weekend if I do say so myself.

I am making this blog post to keep myself accountable. Starting today I am counting calories via MyFitnessPal, my daily goal is to be at 1,610 calories or slightly less. According to MyFitnessPal this should net me a weight loss of 2lbs per week.

I am doing my best to completely cut out pop and other sugary beverages, I plan on buying some Crystal Light in order to satisfy my beverage fix. But for the most part I would like to focus on drinking more water.

I have been overweight for pretty much my entire life (or at least what I can remember of it), and I am tired of it. I want to look good in my clothes, feel confident in my own body, and not feel embarrassed when other people see me with my shirt off.

I may never have abs, or muscles to speak of, and that’s okay. I simply want to feel, look, and be healthy.

 

• Summer
• Brian’s pool party playlist
• Brian and Jenna’s annual pool party
• Trips to Grand Haven
• Barbecues
• Blasting music and driving with the windows down
• Drinking on patios
• Eating ice cream outside
• Party on a boat

• Clean my house
• Do laundry
• Pack some of my belongings for my move back to GR in just a few short weeks.
• Hack my new Wii
• Play video games

Things I didn’t want to do today:

• Discover a flooded bathroom.
• Discover a flooded basement due to said bathroom flooding.
• Stay up until almost 11pm on a work night waiting for Modernistic to leave.
• Hear bad news from the plumber. My water isn’t getting turned back on until sometime tomorrow.

What did you want to do today that you didn’t accomplish?

Yesterday was a first for me. I went out to breakfast… by myself. I always thought going out to eat by myself would be weird. Going out to eat is always regarded as a social experience with two or more people. But I gotta say going out by myself was kind of fun. I didn’t have to socialize, I didn’t have to hurry, and I got to people watch as much as I wanted.

Next weekend I might even try going to a movie, in a theater, by myself. That should be an interesting experience.

Inspired by my friend Jacqui I’ve decided to try and pick this thing up again. She taught me through her own blog that it doesn’t matter what you write, as long as you write something.

Whether it’s short, sweet, and to the point, or long and drawn out. Just write something. There’s no need to feel bad if you don’t post every day, this isn’t a place to be judged. This is for me, and no one else.

Blog post number two, yay!

Yesterday I helped celebrate my friend Phil’s 26th birthday. It was also a celebration of Phil moving to the Grand Rapids area. Kind of weird that Phil moved to the Grand Rapids area, since I moved away from the Grand Rapids area a few years ago. I’ve been thinking about moving back, I do miss it.

We kicked off the night at HopCat, Rachel and Phil had the loft area reserved. I had two double tall Sailor Jerry’s and Coke. Sailor Jerry because HopCat doesn’t carry Captain Morgan, I think that’s a Barfly ventures thing because Stella’s doesn’t carry Captain Morgan either. I also had a delicious burger with pepper jack cheese on it.

Rachel also brought cake and cupcakes, the cupcakes were chocolate Guinness. I’m not sure what flavor the cake was. The cupcakes were amazing though.

After HopCat we headed across the street to Buffalo Wild Wings, and asked for a table for 20. They told us the wait was a half hour, so we decided to get a drink at the bar. Brian bought my drink at the bar, I definitely owe him one now.

We finally got seated and I ordered another drink plus two shots of goldschlager. One shot for me and another for the birthday boy. I love goldschlager, something about the heat just helps set off everything else you’ve drank. However, Buffalo Wild Wings doesn’t really know how to mix a drink so there wasn’t much to set off. I finished out the night by ordering a long island iced tea, I figure that’s all alcohol they can’t really mess that up.

After finishing up at Buffalo Wild Wings we went back across the street to Grand Rapids Brewing Company. I just ordered water since I had already told my ride to come pick me up. Partly because I was tired and partly because Rachel and Phil were the only ones left out that I knew. I don’t do well partying with people I don’t know. I’m always worried that I’m going to embarrass myself somehow. Even though I’ll probably never see these people again.

After I got home I played around on the Internet and passed out. I woke up this morning around 11am and grabbed some food. I watched a couple episodes of Fringe and then decided it was time to head home.

After getting home I decided it was time to finally clean my apartment. I stopped at Kroger to grab a couple of cleaning supplies. It took me a couple of hours, but I managed to clean every room except for my bedroom. I plan to clean the bedroom tomorrow, but that might not happen.

After cleaning, I realized I was starving. I didn’t really know what to eat so I just grabbed McDonald’s. The only thing I knew I really wanted was a fountain Coke. I love fountain soda it just tastes so much better than canned or bottled soda.

After finishing dinner I went back to watching Fringe and relaxing. Tomorrow is my first day back to work after having five days off. At this point I kind of don’t want to go back, at least it’s another short week.