Not all of my spring break shenanigans involved sitting on a couch. Sometimes I sat in other places. For instance, on Wednesday of last week, I spent some time sitting at Bagelheads and enjoying a delicious bagel sandwich. On Thursday, Melanie and I took Peter and Creegan to Eddie’s school to eat lunch with him. The school encourages family to meet kids for lunch, on any and as many days as you want. It’s pretty cool. Eddie knew we were coming, but he was excited to see us. We were able to take him to sit at an outside picnic table, away from the hectic and loud cafeteria. It was quite nice.
On Friday, we picked up Eddie from school and went out for ice cream. A few hours later, we went to the grand opening of a large park located downtown. There wasn’t much in the way of a playground, but the kids had a ton of fun. There was a splash park, where the kids got absolutely soaked. They then spent some time rolling down a large grassy hill, along with several other kids. We finally moved over to the amphitheater, where we watched part of a magic show that had our kids laughing and (at times) quite baffled. For example, the magician had the audience stare at a large, rotating swirly circle for a minute or so. He then told you to look at his head. His head appeared to balloon (or shrink, depending on which way he had rotated the circle). Eddie was slightly disturbed by that one.
Saturday night was date night for Melanie and me. We went to a Cuban restaurant that Melanie had been to once before. I ordered what was basically a country fried steak sandwich. It was absolutely massive. It tasted good, but half of it was more than enough. I realized when I was almost done with the first half that it wouldn’t be so bad if you cut the excess meat off and at only what was contained in the actual bread. But by then I was already quite full. I took much of it home, and let some of it be tossed. Here are some pics:
After dinner, Melanie and I went to see the new Veronica Mars movie. We were fans of the TV show, which (like Dexter) we also didn’t start watching until after the show had officially gone off the air. The movie was entertaining, although if you aren’t familiar with the show, I wouldn’t recommend it. As an actual movie (plot wise, etc.) it’s somewhat middle of the road. Still, I very much enjoyed going to a movie with Melanie, and the revisiting of familiar characters was not without its charms.
This week, I am back in school, but it is now Eddie’s spring break. Peter’s spring break is scheduled for next week, but virtual school affords some flexibility, so Peter’s been on spring break this week, too. That means my own fun has continued (in moderation). On Monday night, after my family picked me up from school, we stopped for dinner at Pitaria. It was a bit stressful due to Creegan’s antics, and they didn’t hold the onions on my gyro like they were supposed to. Still, it ended up going okay. On Tuesday night, we got Frozen from Redbox and watched it for the first time while eating a take-and-bake pizza from Costco. I’ve had to be working otherwise, but Melanie’s taken the boys to the park, to visit friends, and to do some other fun activities. I’m glad they’re getting some recreation. And yes, I’m still taking a midday break to watch Dexter whenever possible.
And that’s that. Nothing else fun is on the agenda for this week. If something nifty happens, I’ll let you know. Bye.
Jeff has watched an episode and maybe a half of Dexter. He's not sure what he thinks of it. I was in the room at one point and had to leave. So, I'm surprised it's one you recommend. Perhaps we'll have to give it another shot.
ReplyDeleteI really want to see Frozen. And, I wish we were going out to lunch :)