My folks came and visited this weekend. It was nice, I always enjoy my Mom being a good sport and wanting to go out to our usual jaunts and check it out. My Dad, on the other hand, I can't figure out whether old age has a hold on him and he is losing the battle, he is not yet 70, but he wants to act 80 at times. Or he is maybe not a fan of me and my boys, and when we go out to eat he usually prefers to stay home alone. I would want to believe him, but then we get back and he os looking for any leftover container and proceeds to eat whatever is brought home. The old Butthole could just join us and get fresh food of his choosing, but no, he seems happier here at the house watching old football games on TV. Not that I like disrespecting the man, but back home he seems to have no problem running around the little illegal casinos until 8:00pm or so, so he can't really say he is scared of the dark.
Saturday was a little better, we were all lazy until around noon, which was about the time I came down. I had my cup of coffee and dessert from the restaurant the night before, Mandola's has the best slices of coconut cake. After a while, we went and ate at Jalapeno's, mostly on Chub's direction because he likes ordering a burrito with steak meat there. We all went to this, except for Boy who was working a little later than normal, but at least we did get my Dad to join us. These are the times when I especially like owning the Excursion, even though it is old, it fits the six of us easy, even up to eight, we could all ride in comfort. After our meal, Dad "needed" to come home, which was just as well, because I like to come and use the bathroom after most every time I eat. By the time I came downstairs, my Mom was taking a nap, so I wasted no time, running over to the guest room where my Dad was napping and I promptly jumped on other edge of the bed, with my shoes on and fell asleep. Wife came in and I could hear her going on like Beeker from the Muppets, meep meeep meep, meep meep meep meep. I just acted asleep and she left after a couple minutes. After a nice nap, we headed to the mall, and it was nice. There was no special agenda, other than Mom needing to install some charms on her James Avery bracelet. We were able to get it going, then we headed to Central Market, my Mom has learned to enjoy the nicer things offered there. We were home close to 9:00pm. but I also didn't want to leave again to go eat.
This is when Wife started suggesting pizza from Papa John's. I am not a big fan of it, but my folks always seem to like it, so I say alright. We kind of just ate, went outside and watched the guy deal with his locked door, and called it a night fairly early.
I surprised even myself as I got up by 9:00am Sunday morning. It was a blustery day, as Winnie the Pooh would say, damn do I hate a windy day. All day long, for no reason, it was gusting pretty strong. Eventually, we all got up, and we went and ate lunch at Longhorn Steakhouse. It is not the best, but it is the closest restaurant that serves steaks and that is what Chubs wanted. I ordered a steak that was low on presentation, but still high in flavor. It was supposed to be an 11oz sirloin, but it was as thin as a cassette tape, which made it look like a waste of steak, but the flavor was still in it. Between the calamari, bread, cheese curds, sausage, and finally salad, baked potato, and steak, it is a wonder how we walk out, but I was hurting. We came home and I was just standing outside listening to Wife again meep meeep meep meep away before she finally got on road about ten minutes after my folks did. I figured I had earned another nap, so I did, but I woke up at 5:15pm, so I could go to the store and buy food stuff for the week. Another busy weekend.
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