So, lets get right to it! I was so excited to stay home for a weekend and have my family come into town and then get to chill and spend a little time with my friend that is recovering from a stroke on Sunday.
So......Saturday morning I dressed in my Steelers best and met up with my parents for the game. I left my car at a local mall and we drove to Heinz Field in one car so we would not have to pay for parking for two cars.
We always like to get into town early and get lunch at a local restaurant. We decided to eat at Soho (which I love)!!! It was delish!!! They have a special game day menu that includes all the favorites. We had lamb gyros and tuna melts - everyone's food was soooo good and it was the perfect day to eat on their patio. If you live in Pittsburgh you should give Soho a try!!! Here I am with Mom and Dad!!
After we ate, we walked to the stadium and we made Dad pose in the Antonio Brown cutout - cute, right?!??!
I then made Mom get a game day spirit tattoo on her cheek...do you see a theme here (I made.....). Before the game even started they begged me not to "make them" be in any more pictures - HA HA!
Here is a quick shot of warmups before the game started ...
And this is our view from our seats! It is electric in Heinz Stadium on game day! Even for preseason games I never understand how people would rather watch from their homes on TV because I LOVE to be there with the crowd and players!! SOOOO FUN!!!!!! You can see the tip of my new shoes!!! They are Sketcher's I saw in Costco and they are crazy comfortable. LOVE them!!
We met up with this adorable family at half time! This is my brother and his family. They used my friend's tickets and my parents and I used my sister's tickets.
Here is the whole gang when they came to visit us at halftime! It was preseason so a lot of people left at halftime so they joined us in some empty seats in front of us. Aunt Sara was the skill behind this group selfie!!! Great job getting everyone in!
I love this picture of my nephew. He LOVES sports!!! Antonio is his favorite player and I swear he was swinging his terrible towel the entire game!! He tried so hard to get onto that jumbotron but it just did not happen! It is so much to be there with fans that get into it!!! Such fun!
After the game, my brothers family and Mom and Dad were headed back to my parents house for the rest of the weekend. We decided to stop and eat dinner together before they all drove home so my parents took me to get my car at the mall where I left it and we were going to meet my brother at my family's favorite restaurant Eat n Park in Robinson, PA. I got my car and my parents were following me to the restaurant and I blew out a tire!!!! UGH!!! It was crazy and scary but I was able to get off the first exit and my Dad put my donut wheel on my car for me. Thank Goodness they were following me!!! Thank you Dad!!
So my Sunday ended up being spent getting tires for my car at NTB. The tires on the car were the ones that it came with and they were all ready to go (there are 25,000 miles on my car now) so I ended up being safe and replacing them all. I took my friend to breakfast and made an appointment for 1PM to get the tires on. As I was hanging out with him the "selfish him" came back and he was griping about me having to leave and get tires (what?!?! are you kidding me?!??! like I want to go sit and get tires?!??!) and I noticed a cupboard above the refrigerator that was open halfway...it was where he used to hide his weed. When he left the room, I opened it and GUESS WHAT?!?! There was weed and a pipe there!!! I confronted him and he swore up and down that it was from before and it was not his. The reality is he is such a giant liar it is no longer even sad or pathetic. It is scary how easy it is for him to lie to me looking right into my face!! I feel nothing at this point except disgust in the fact that he had two strokes and he is still smoking weed!! What an idiot...and lying about it on top of that! I flipped out and told him that he is going to definitely have another stroke and he just kept lying and saying it was not his...LOL!!
I am going over today after work to go for a walk with him but I am not even sure how long I can continue to be his friend. This weed crap is getting so old at this point and it is a matter of time until he kills himself so I am getting really close to tapping out of his life again. I am going to pray on what to do but at this point; I may not even have the patience for a friendship with him!!! Thanks so much for letting me vent - UGH!
Here are my pretty new tires though - HA HA!
So that sums up my weekend!! HA!! I love my family and I thank God for them everyday! You can bet I will not be slating any more time in my life to stay home and spend time with my friend. Especially when he is not even trying to help himself!
Any advice?!?!? It is always welcome from you guys!! How was your weekend? Ever have a tire blow out? Ever have to deal with an addict?
