My back is sore.  Perhaps it's from the dancing?  Could be from the workout?  All I know is that my right shoulder blade feels all pinched up.  We're going to watching Smallville shortly.  I really like it.  A lot.  I never watched it before.  My youngest sister LOVES it and Mark does too.  I decided I would watch some and I got hooked.  Hard to believe it's in Season Nine already.

Last week Mark and I joined the gym.  Snap Fitness which is right up the street from where we live.  It's open 24/7 which is great for Mark (he keeps odd sleeping habits) and it's never too busy.  Another perk of being in a relationship:  special discounted couple memberships. HAHAHAHA

My youngest sister Luisa came up for the weekend. We spent Friday night watching movies.  Saturday we went to the gym to work out (I got her a free guest pass) and Saturday evening we went out to Putting Edge which is a glow in the dark indoor golf place.  We were joined by my friend Julie and her friend Melanie. Luisa won of course. Julie, Melanie and I were all 1 point apart. Lu and I went home to "pre-drink" is what they call it these days.  I am such a cheap drunk that 2 drinks was all it took to get me into the partying mood. I had asked Mark if he would drive us there so I didn't have to worry about drinking and driving and he said yes!  He is way too awesome for words sometimes. He even came to pick us up at 2:45 am AND brought us to McDonalds!  I love him.  The bar was great.  We had such a great time.  Lu had won a prize at the min-golf, a sort of weird alien looking illuminated spinny wand.  She used it at the bar like a microphone and it was great to see the people getting right into it!  They would sing to the songs they knew and lip sync to the ones they didn't! Lu made some new friends.  I hadn't had so much fun being out in a long time.  It was great to have my sister around.

Sunday I drove her back home.  We stopped by to pick up my sister Franca so we could have lunch at my parents.  Franca is going through some sad times right now.  Her cat Chester has kidney problems and may be in his final days of life.  She is very upset which is understandable, but she is torn between what to do.  She doesn't want to end his life if he is not in any pain, but how does she really know when it's time?  I have never had to put a pet to sleep.  People often say that when it's time, you will know.  I hope that when that time comes for me, I will have the strength and courage to make the right decision. Sometimes I wonder if it's right to make that choice on behalf of another living being.  What gives us the right to choose when they must die?  Why are we not granted that same choice on our own lives?  So much controversy on the topic of Human Euthanasia, but we practice this same life altering procedure on other lifeforms so casually.  I didn't mean for my blog to take on such a negative tone.

We had lunch with my parents.  I drove Franca to Lianne's house, dropped her off at home, then headed over to watch my other sisters play soccer.  I won't talk too much about that experience save to say that it hurt me to watch. I could feel the stabbing pain, like a dull knife gouging at my forehead. Granted, most of these girls have never played soccer and the team they were playing against was a rec team, but some of the girls don't even know the basic rules of the game.  You can get better with practice, but you can't improve if you don't understand the rules and/or the general principals.  My sisters were both very frustrated as they have played before but it is apparently hard to get this group focused, for lack of a better group.  I want to play with them so badly now, but I can't afford the soccer shoes I would need to play even if I could borrow the equipment from someone. They play every Sunday but this coming Sunday my mother is coming to spend the day so I don't want to shortchange her with a short 1 hour visit before I have to head down to the game. I think I will definitely join their next team.  I told my sisters the other girls would hate me because I would be SO BITCHY! I would make sure they understood the rules of the game and their positions!  My sisters have quite the season cut out for them!  My poor sister Lu is forced to play goalie because they don't have a goalie.  My sister is not a fan of playing goalie, she is much better in the field. 

Smallville is loaded up so I bid you goodnight.

Stay Safe & Have Fun!

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