ah, good times for a friday. i 'had' to leave work early in order to make it home so that austin energy (local power company) could come and install a new thermostat that gives me a cheaper rate and that they can control and cycle on and off in order to conserve power during the summer.

and since i got to go home at noon... it means the weekend started much much earlier than usual, which is always nice. i got to start making chili for tomorrow (its supposed to rain and get real cold). so i grilled the meat for it at around 2, which is somewhat surreal - most folks aren't home during the day, and they certainly aren't grilling during the week; but it was quite fun. then i got to go to one of the local stores i frequent in south austin and cash in on some sale items. so new ben sherman cargo pants for $30! nice to have cheap nice things. now i'm just finishing up the chili - it will be named pineapple ice scream chili because i, in a rather diabolical thought, combined the sweetness and tropicalness of pineapple with the spice of the hapenero and scotch bonnet. plus some chocolate and other tricks i threw in. so far its real damn hot but it still has about 30 min to cook and then i'm saving it for a game of poker at a friend's house tomorrow. so i'll update on how everyone receives it.

other than that it appears it will be a cold wet weekend. soccer is canceled tomorrow morning because of the recent and forecasted rain; and other than that, it will most likely be a relaxing time.

oh, and i finally got my christmas present from home yesterday (parental). it kicks ass, even for being a month late. good times.

merry weekending!

jeff