Before I forget, I should remind everyone that we turned our clocks back an hour so that means Malaysia is a good fourteen hours ahead and I think Australia would be seventeen. That’s more of an FYI for all of you.
So, on Thursday, the young adults group went out for dinner at Skips Restaurant which is an amazing local, mom and pop restaurant that’s been around for ages. The menu is not overwhelming and everything they do there is wonderful. I was amazed by the number of people from the group who have never been there before. Everyone in the group thoroughly enjoyed their meal. I also let them know that Ann and I are dating and they all commented that we make such a cute couple. Not sure what I should make of that comment! I’m guessing it’s a good thing. Those who have known us for some time said that it does not come as a surprise.
I really did not do a whole lot on Friday especially because Anna was out of town. She was an accompanist for some students who were involved in a competition at a college two hours north of DM. I did get my laundry done which was good.
On Saturday, John and I had breakfast. It’s been some time since I’ve seen John so that was good to catch up with him. We had breakfast at the Gateway Market West which opened not too long ago. I’ve been to the original Gateway Market, but not the one out west. It’s pretty much the same stuff and they continue to have amazing breakfasts. When we were done, we walked around Costco and I got myself some contact lens solutions and Lactaid for my lactose intolerance. Anna came back at around 11:30AM and she had lunch before I accompanied her shopping for some 70s clothing. That night, her band had a gig at a bar and since they play a lot of 70s music, they were to dress up since it was Halloween. We ended up at this funky shop in Valley Junction and all their clothes were 70s clothing. It’s kind of like a thrift shop. Anna ended up renting the clothing and she definitely looked pretty funny in her outfit. I motored over to Ann’s place to help with some yard work. The weather was immaculate so it made working outside so much easier. After dinner we just sat and chatted and it was wonderful as always. This was the first time Ann and I met up after Anna and I started dating so needless to say, she had a lot of questions for me. I had to leave at 10:30PM because I told Anna I would see her band play later that night. A couple of friends were already at the bar and I sat with them. They kept harassing me that it was cool to be dating someone who belonged in a band, and a rather popular local band. I got a kick out of a couple of news people who were in attendance they were definitely roadies with the band! Anna plays the trombone and keyboard and I had a great time listening to them. They were done by 1AM and she was pooped.
On Sunday I did not work at the facility which gave me a whole afternoon and evening off. Anna’s sister, Gretchen whom I know from my Drake years was coming into DM so we met up with her for lunch. Gretchen is such a cool cat. She was in town to attend a training since she would be volunteering as a lawyer at the voting sites for tomorrow’s election. After lunch, Anna and I watched the movie, “Fireproof” and it had gotten rave reviews from those who saw it. I was excited to see it. Now, the movie itself was good, BUT I could have done without the whole push towards Jesus Christ being the only salvation etc. I had no idea that the movie had a very significant Christian theme to it. Oh well. By no means was it a bad movie, I just wished they had toned down the reference to Christianity a little. The connection to Christianity could be why a lot of people related to it. Trust me, there were quite a lot of sniffling going on during the movie.
I called it a night extremely early and that surprised Anna tremendously. I guess it had to do with the fact that the night before I had trouble sleeping and probably had at the most four hours of sleep. That’s not a good thing.
That’s the news from me. This Saturday, St. Kate’s is having its annual fundraiser/auction to send the students to El Salvador. Anna and I will be going since we had a lot of fun last year. I need to be there because I had donated a Malaysian dinner and some people would like to bid, but would also like to know what type of meal they would be getting.
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