The glories of a four day weekend! Off both Thursday and Friday, it was the last super size weekend for awhile. Labor Day weekend may run four days, but even that's iffy with my Fridays being in jeopardy with the advent of a major audit looming, one our firm does each summer. So although I am sad that this weekend is now over, I do cherish that I got to have it.
Alison and I spent Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning around Jacksonville. They have a new shopping area that is called St. John's Town Center. It had a lot of upscale stores, particularly clothing stores, that we did not go into. It does have The Cheesecake Factory, which we indulged in. The decor looked nothing like it does on The Big Bang Theory, being much fancier. The cheesecake was awesome, and Alison had a chopped salad which I tried and enjoyed.
The chopped salad was further explored at this great little place we found called Tossgreen, pictured above. There you can build your own salad, combining the things you like the most, with or without meat, The meats they did have included organic free range chicken. They then chop up the ingredients and put in a huge bowl. It was great fun and tasted amazing.
We saw the movie Fruitvale Station. It is a very intense movie that brings you up close to the last day on earth to a man who was killed at a subway station in Oakland, California. You learn that the young man that is killed by the police at the station, is neither saint nor hoodlum, but a caring young man who had been struggling earnestly to do right by those he loved. Given the recent tragedy of the Zimmerman case, trial and verdict, it was a very poignant and important movie to see.
On Saturday we picked up BenJerMan from camp, where he had spent the week at Honey Creek, a camp for Episcopalian youth. He had a great time, making new friends and having memorable experiences. He didn't realize he had shampoo with him, and went the whole week without washing his hair, so he had kind of a matted, wild man look.
We later at Applebee's, saw The Wolverine and grocery shopped. The Wolverine was based in part on a mini-series that involved my favorite Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat). To my great disappointment, her part had been written out of the screenplay. The whole movie was a good but not first tier contribution to the Marvel canon of movies. But Benjamin really did like all the ninjas.
Later that night, we had family game night, where we played a new game called Munchkin. It's a card game meant to be an easier way to play role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. Benjamin had a great time, but Alison and I were kind of lost. But it was nice to have the boy back and watch him have a great time.
The blog as a whole continues to depress me, and I did little with it over the weekend. I did start to use a site called Wattpad, and I hope y'all will be able to find some of my stories there. It may take a week or two, but I do hope to have History of the Trap posted there, in a way that makes all the chapters easily accessible.
Until next time,
T. M. Strait
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