Life of a Beta Male: Weekend Edition

With apologies to Mr. Ellis and NPR, I present to you....my weekend.

Friday:
I am the only person on my team working today. So I'll probably clock in a normal eight hours instead of the 10 I've been pulling down all of July.

After work, I'm going to the West Valley with Rachael and we're going to dinner with Jen and Casey (the aforementioned newlyweds of the Vegas story). Don't know where we're going yet.

Casey will leave us all after dinner cause Jen, Rachael and I will be hanging out until the Harry Potter release party starts. Yes, I know. A full-grown man excited about a kids book. I'm not saying it's literature. It's not. But it's fun to read. About the same level as my Star Wars books. Either way, I'm excited. I re-read Half Blood Prince to remind myself of important details prior to the new book.

At some point, sleep will occur. Probably in the West Valley instead of at my place. Because....
Saturday:
Rachael and I have a lunch scheduled with a high school friend of hers I have never met. Somewhere in the West Valley, but I don't know if they've decided on a place. I'm hoping for some good embarrassing stories from her youth. That would be great.
Later on Saturday, we're taking out Brad and Amanda to dinner. I think I'd still like to go to the Carlsbad Tavern in the East Valley. Good place, cool atmosphere, good food. Then we'll likely head back to their house and once again drool in envy over Brad's sweet ass Apple set-up. The dude works as a Genius at Apple and well.... his entertainment set up is kick ass. He doesn't get cable. He just downloads all the shows he wants to watch via torrent and keeps them on some massive Apple Mind-Hive or something.
More sleep, more likely at my house this time and.....

Sunday:
Rachael will run off to work. Poor girl having to work Sundays all the time. While she's gone, I'll either A) Finish Harry Potter if I haven't already. B) Play videogames. I'm stuck at this one boss in FFXII and I think I just need to level up/get back to a teleport stone so I can get better equipment. C) Go swimming to beat the oppressive desert heat.
Rachael gets of work and then we head out to the West Valley again to have Game Night. My hot girlfriend will proceed to cook dinner for me and her friends and serve as waitress for the evening. (she enjoys this... how great is that??!!) We will all play board games like Puerto Rico (for sure), maybe Fact or Crap, or any other games they have. I keep wanting to buy and bring Settlers of Catan since the guys at Penny Arcade speak so highly of it. Anyway it will be a great time. I'll either crash there or head home for sleep and the start of another work week.