It has been a lazy weekend so far, and I assume it will continue to be one.
I went to the Atlanta Seafood Company on Friday night. Great food and an excellent atsmosphere, which was enhanced by a superb keyboard and bass combo. Had planned on getting a short bite to eat and then maybe going to a movie, but ended up staying there for about three hours.
Made tentative plans to go bowling on Saturday, but when I got home I found one of those “Savvy Shopper” magazines in my mailbox; flipping through it, I noticed an ad for “Classic Movies Under the Stars” at a coffee shop in Historic Norcross (I guess that’s the proper capitalization of the area).
Being the romantic guy that I am, I immediately made plans to take a girlfriend there as a surprise. Also being the klutz that I am, I almost immediately told her about the surprise. She came over to the house, I grilled a couple of burgers, and we headed to Norcross for the show. Got a bottle of wine and drank it on a lovely back patio while watching The Postman Always Rings Twice. Great movie. Great wine. Great company. Great night. After that, we went to an old haunt and played darts and video bowling for a few more hours, and I ended up getting home at around 3 this morning.
Got up at around 10:30 and made plans to go to church and then do some roller blading in Alpharetta. I’d planned to hit the 12:30 service, but forgot that traffic generally gets really bad by that late, so as I got closer to the church, I realized that I was going to be very late. I just went skating instead. Managed to go about 6 miles. Face-planted twice (once while practicing my “T-Stop” and once while trying to walk (instead of skate) down a long hill). Didn’t do any major damage to myself, but I did manage to mildly sprain my wrist and probably should have died of heat stroke. I didn’t realize how dehydrated I’d gotten until I got some Gatorade on the way home and nearly vomitted when it hit my stomach.
Note to self: bring water along the next time you go skating.
After I got home, I listened to an archived sermon from the online version of the church, so I don’t feel too overly guilty about missing the live service.
The plan for tonight is to have dinner at a friend’s and then maybe take a walk and/or swim some laps after it cools down. I’d considered doing some work in the lawn this afternoon, but sitting on my couch is much cooler…and much less work. And, since I managed to vacuum and shampoo the carpets yesterday, I figure I can put the lawn stuff off until tomorrow.
My cats both endorse my position.