My first blog entry

So this is a little weird because I feel like a total rookie, all this blog lingo is throwing me for a loop but I'm sure I'll pick it up. I guess the main reason I started this is because I just don't have time for 10 personal calls a day yet I want to stay in touch. My friends Raven and Mona (his wife) are all hip to this blog stuff and I find myself reading their blogs to get updated on whats going on in their lives. Take this weekend for example, we went out to dinner and I had insight as to what they were up to. We didn't waste time talking about the typical filler stuff, ex: "what have you been up to", "what's new", "how are you", etc.

So given this is my first entry maybe I'll talk about my weekend a little. I totally realized this weekend how stressed I've been. I think I've been in denial lately, but this weekend I was able to truly relax and enjoy it. I guess the turning point came on the boat Saturday morning. I was hung over as heck but I told my neighbor I would go out fishing with him. About noon we started nailing snook and striped bass off the back side of Tiburon. We were having a total "fish off", Bass masters style. We must have landed 15-20 fish. The sun was out, we were listening to the Cal vs. USC football game with music in replacement of commercials. This was the moment I slipped into relax mode. I had a blast.

Later I took a little nap and my Grey cat, the elusive Tosca (or Bosc as we call her) found a place to sleep on my chest as I took a nap.

Later Raven gave me a call about diner. Jodi and I were both pretty wrecked from the night before but we hadn't see Raven and Mona in a while so we rallied. Raven found this awesome place called Cafe Andree in the theatre district. The food and wine was great but the setting made the meal. For two hours I felt lie I was in the study or library of some mansion in the UK. I did some thinking about this experience and felt that this is the new standard for dining.

Sunday we went to church for the first time in the city with my friend Brian from work. He has a 3 month old with his wife so she stayed home with Jack (the baby). The church was awesome, good band, good pastor, good message. It's a non-denomination church and I know we will go back for sure. Afterwards we took a tour of Brains pad, met Jack and Janet, and Jodi got to hold the baby. It was scary and exciting to see Jodi with a baby in hand. She looked like a natural. Later on I went over to see Fernando and his new pad. Jodi and I finished up the night with burritos and 60 Minutes. Are we married or what.