Randomness

Let’s see if I can cover the highlights of the past two weeks when I was missing from the blogsphere. Also, let’s do it in bullet points to keep me from rambling too much.

• Mr. A had a really good 17th birthday. He had a lot of fun and I felt old. His birthday cake illustrates just how busy he’s been with his Naval Academy application and homework.
  
  
  
  
  
• G-Man sprayed his hair green for spirit day at school. I can’t decide if he looks like a Munchkin or an Oompa-Loompa with that do.
  
  
  
  
  
• Friday night we watched the new Karate Kid. I was disappointed. Jackie Chan is extremely talented and quite a funny actor but his character of Mr. Han just couldn’t compare to Mr. Miyagi. But the thing that really bothered me about the movie is that the age of the characters didn’t seem appropriate with the subject matter. The main character is only 12 years old and at that age the school bullying seems viscous. Plus the level of karate performed at the tournament was extreme. No mother of a 12-year-old would let her child do that. OK, I’ll get off the soap box.
  
  
• I slept for 13 hours on Friday night. I was genuinely surprised when I woke up Saturday and the clock read 12:11 pm. I must have really needed the sleep.
  
  
• When I bought dog food at Target on Saturday, instead of getting the usual register coupon for kitty litter I got a $4 off coupon for Christmas lights. Christmas lights in October? Seriously?
  
  
• I’ve had two Lady Gaga songs alternating in my head for the past week.
  
  
• The weather has cooled off a little bit and this weekend was the first time we turned off the air conditioning and opened the windows in a long, long time.
  
  
• Saturday my Sweetie and I had date night. We dined al fresco at a new Italian restaurant on Main Street. It was a little pricey but the food was very good. While relaxing and enjoying the breeze I realized that not many people have this kind of view when they eat dinner.
  
  
  

• After dinner we saw the movie Red with Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren. The movie was funny and very enjoyable. But before the lights went down my Sweetie and I both noticed that the majority of the audience was in the 50+ age range. We felt slightly out of place. Kinda like going to a screening of Twilight but in reverse. We assumed that the maturity of the actors accounted for the maturity of the audience.
  
  
• My brother could be Bruce Willis’ double. Right down to the laugh.
  
  
• On the way home Saturday night we stopped for gas and then ran the car through the car wash at the gas station. Ever go through a car wash at night? Well, there’s a fine line between spooky and romantic.
  
  
• Today I finished (except hemming) the cursed skirt I started a month ago. I want to start a new quilt and just wanted to get the darn skirt out of the way. I’ll reiterate that the instructions are AWFUL! But I’m very pleased to say that the skirt looks great. Unfortunately, it’s a tad too small in the waist. Frack.