Where did the weekend go?

I can't believe it is already Sunday! And how crazy is it that it is November!? Only 50 more shopping days until Christmas! It will be here in no time!

Here are a few highlights of the past few days:

• Of course, the first good thing that comes to mind is the win by the Virginia Cavalier football team yesterday vs. Wake Forest. It was another close game (17-16) but a good win against a good team. I know personally that the coaches and players (and us admin folks too!) all worked hard this week preparing for the game. We definitely needed this win if we want to stay in the race for the ACC Championship. Two more games to go. Hang on to your hats, its going to be an exciting ride!

• At the end of the game yesterday, I had to escort two of our visiting football prospects down to the locker room via the stadium elevator because they were both on crutches (all of the prospects get to go into the locker room after the game but these guys couldn't go down the stadium steps to get there like everyone else). So, we took the elevator down to the locker room/team tunnel level and ended up in the lobby outside the locker room. We get off the elevator and who is standing right in front on me.....NFL Hall-of-Famer & Fox Sports Analyst Howie Long (his son, Chris, is a player on our team)! I was a bit shocked to see him but I was in "work-mode" and was so busy trying to figure out how to get these guys in the locker room (since I am not allowed in there for obvious reasons) that I didn't really get a chance to say anything to him. He did walk over to the two recruits and the fathers and say hello and shook their hands. I thought that was nice of him. Afterwards, I was thinking, "Oh my gosh - I just saw HOWIE LONG!!!! Why didn't I introduce myself??" Oh well, I'm hoping that there will be another meeting like that at a time when I can actually speak to him so I can say I really met him.

• Keith left on Thursday morning to go to a conference and then to PA to visit his mom for the weekend. Although I am not happy about him being away, I was able to take the opportunity to spend Friday evening with my sister Katie and my nephew Pierce. Katie's husband was hanging out with some friends so she and I ate Chinese take-out and gabbed a lot! She gave Pierce a bath and I was able to read him bedtime stories! He is so cute (as I have stated many times before) and he is so attentive when someone is reading to him. He does get distracted at times, but for the most part he sat there and listened and even helped turn the pages. He is turning into such a big boy!

• On Thursday night I went to the house of one of my co-workers to watch the Virginia Tech vs Georgia Tech football game. Since Virginia and Virginia Tech are rivals, to us, the game wasn't very exciting (VT won 27-3) but I had a good time hanging out with Roxann, her husband Justin and some of her friends. One of the hardest things about moving from Richmond was that Keith and I left so many friends behind. It is nice that I have been able to form a friendship with Roxann - she is a real blessing in my life.

• Today was a lazy kind of day for the most part. The highlight of the day was that the Buffalo Bills won their game against the Cincinnati Bengals. I was really excited to be able to actually watch the game. Being a Bills fan in the Virginia means that you can very rarely see them play on TV unless you have a special sports package with your cable subscription or you go to a sports bar to watch it. To my surprise, today's game was actually on local TV and they won!

• I also watched two old episodes of Grey's Anatomy & last week's episode of Private Practice on ABC.com today. I LOVE that you can watch the entire episode of a show that you missed. We don't have DVR and I often forget to set the VCR to record a show so if I miss something, I can go on the computer and watch it. It's one of those things that makes me often ask "What did we do before computers?"

Well, tomorrow is the start of another work week. Even though I love my job, I also love weekends when I can sleep in and catch up on things that I haven't had time to do during the week. I know the upcoming week will fly by and before I know it, it will be Friday again. Happy almost-Monday to you all!