Long Weekend Friday

Friday the kids went out to play outside, and I stayed in, cleaning house, getting laundry together, and doing the huge pile of dishes from the day before. Then we HAD to get them some clothes. I went to Goodwill and found several shirts for Lexie, and two pair of pants. For Logan I found one pair of pants. They hate every second of clothes shopping and it was miserable for me knowing they would be going with their mom soon and I would not see them for the rest of the
night, plus all of Saturday, and most all of Sunday. I was very bummed that we were not having fun, and I was already missing them.

We went to the mall at St. Matthews and J.C. Penny's. I found (on sale) a pair of pants for Logan and two shirts. Shellie meets us there, and I try to find a pair of pants for Lexie quickly, but
everything she tries on is either too big or too small. I give up, they are miserable anyway, and they leave while I go to pay. I saw them outside leaving as I was coming out--I almost cried. I felt so d@mn bad on the way home that I stopped at two pet stores. I got each of them a little critter keeper. I'm going to get them gerbils for Christmas. I found out it has to be mice or gerbils. Guinea pigs are too big, and hamsters are solitary and will bully and fight if put
together. I've known people who had ferrets, and I don't want my apartment to smell like that--so it's definitely gerbils.

Theresia was spending the day with Rachael, so I just moped around the apartment. I eventually watched a movie. It must have sucked because I don't remember what I watched. Friday night, Theresia came over and we went out for supper. She is so sweet--she didn't expect me to pay (sometimes I do and sometimes she does). We both have Christmas
coming up so we went dutch. We went to Bullfrog Garden in Spanish Cove shopping center. I walked in (the second time I've been in the building) and was kind of put off. The place is a bar people. Just a bar. It's not a restaurant. The booths and tables are an afterthought and you expect the food will be grill-bar-deep-fried appetizers and burgers/sandwiches. I went once before and turned around because I really wanted a restaurant. Well we were tired and
so I sat. The waitress--also the bartender--came and brought our menus which were one two-sided laminated sheet. Well, this didn't seem like it was going to be good at all, but I was resigned to find something despite the ashtray on every table, and the loud talking/sports on TV, the halter-top waitress her special greeting of "Whaddaya wanna drink?" I was just about ready to bolt. We had brought our books, and I just told myself it's not about the food or
the service but just relaxing and reading a few pages and enjoying the company of my girlfriend.

I examined the menu and it really didn't look too bad. The steaks were too expensive for a bar, but everything else looked a little pricey but ok. I got something cheap--a hot brown, and also onion rings to share with Theresia. It came with a side of soup. Theresia got smothered chicken and a side salad. Well the food got there, and--WOW! The soup was chicken pot pie soup and it was killer! Likewise, T's salad--which was a hell of a salad (it had a lot of optional veggies, not just tomatoes: banana peppers, carrots, green onion, green pepper, mushrooms) and it was fresher than entrée salads I've seen at EXPENSIVE restaurants! Next was the hot brown and onion rings. The onion rings were greasy--to be expected, and crunchy. They were good onion rings. The hot brown was ok, but the only problem I had was the gravy was so thick it was more like mashed potatoes in consistency. But the flavor was very good. Theresia's smothered chicken was nothing to sneeze at. We both realized that after eating turkey and then leftovers, we'd both gotten poultry AGAIN--AND I EVEN GOT TURKEY!!! We were not disappointed though. It was very good and we'll be back.

We went back home, watched some TV, then went to bed.