As I stated in the blog I posted yesterday, my Saturday was so eventful I had to talk about it then and save the rest of last week to today.
Monday, I decided to do some more biking. I used that SUV again and this time I went back to the Green Pond Road trailhead of the Van Fleet state trail. I went up and back a little ways; I would have been on there longer but it was sprinking and getting that bike wet probably wasn't the best idea; so wasn't being on a big metal object when it's overcast as who knows about lightning... while I was on it I saw some more wildlife, including some big turtles-I like turtles-some bright red cardinals, and two alligators! Don't worry, the big alligator and the baby one were laying by a pond and not on the trail.
Tuesday, the two ladies and I went to Uno's Pizzeria in Winter Garden as none of us had been there in awhile. At least with me, if I go to an Uno's anytime in the future it won't be that location. Having one dumbshit waiter who not only took his sweet-ass time with me but with all of the people he was waiting on (as I overheard the table right by us) will do it. The fact that their individual-sized pizzas are the same size but now are clearly smaller... that is a turn-off. What really got me fired up was looking at their February calendar they had on our table-which had a bunch of crap on it and was pretty much useless for any relevant information-had two instances of YOUR being used instead of the correct YOU'RE. You should know by now how I feel about that shockingly common mistake; seeing a restaurant do such a thing... FAIL.
Wednesday, things were better as we went to the Texas Roadhouse in Ocoee. It's a place that always has good food, and while the ladies I'm with wouldn't care about it, I've noticed that everytime I've been there, there's always more than one attractive young lass working there, a theory that was still proven true on this night. That service was much better and there was nothing to complain about.
Thursday, the two ladies had a big lunch elsewhere; it was a special occasion that I didn't attend, but as they did not want a big meal, everyone went to the nearby Denny's for dinner. It was pretty good food for the cheap prices. I had all you could eat pancakes but they were pretty big so I did not order any more after I had the original 3 I was initially given. I don't know who could eat more than that in one sitting... unless you're Jared David St. Laurent or David Tuthill, that is!
Late at night I went to Downtown Disney to check out Episode 1 in 3D. I know, I know. Don't worry, I know that the prequels suck. In fact, the Red Letter Media reviews explain why they suck rather well, even if they do it in an off-putting guise with some needless bizarre humor that nonetheless hipster douches get off on. But anyway... as I figured it would be a big crowd at their giant ETX screen to watch the film debut; I was proven right. Many people were wearing either the appropriate t-shirts... or wearing Jedi robes and carrying fake light sabers! No kidding. It was at least a well-behaved audiences and I didn't hear any idiocy. The movie still sucks but a crowd that was into it so much (there were many Darth Maul fans; killing him off was probably a dumb mistake, but Lord knows not the biggest one the prequel made).
Friday, they decided to have a big meal for dinner so we were off to Aji Sushi & Teppan, a Japanese restaurant similar to Kobe (or if you're from the Rockford-area like me, Nippon's) where a chef cooks food on a stainless steel grill right in font of you. That's known as teppanyaki. Those places are always awesome, I say. No one had been to Aji, though, so we were interested in checking it out. It turns out, it was a pretty good time. It was largely the standard sort of thing at teppanyaki restaurants. You know, a jolly cook comes out and does a lot of humor as he cooks your meal, there's a salad and soup first then some rice and vegetables and then your meal is made. It was pretty good food so that was a win. Heck, there were even some little kids around and for the most part they weren't too bad; they weren't loud screamers and they didn't run around like buffoons, so that's always a bonus.
Sunday, it was the last full day that my mom's friend was around. Dinner was spent at a local establishment with several locations around Lake County known as Oakwood Smokehouse & Grill. It's a decent place. While I would have preferred my cheeseburger to have been medium well instead of real well-done like I had asked, otherwise it was an acceptable meal.
I'll be back on February 20th. I do not have much at all planned for the upcoming six days. Heck, I do not have much planned for my birthday week next week. It's hard to believe that is only 8 days away, and that I'll be 31. Holy cow am I old, and yet I still look more like 21 than 31.
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