Here's what I've done in the past week. Monday the 11th I returned to a familiar place; the last few times I was at a Buffalo Wild Wings (this was at more than one location) I had a bad experience... yet, for Christmas someone got me a giftcard from there and as I hadn't used it yet, I figured it was a good time to use it. Thankfully it was a quiet night there and there were no issues. I had the boneless wings and a cold beverage. The giftcard still has a few bucks left on it so I'll return there eventually. Tuesday, I did not do anything of note. Wednesday, I returned to the Orlando Intentional Airport in order to pick up a parent. On the way there I stopped at a Big Lots-I got a few random items-and then ate at Larry's Giant Subs as I rarely make it out to the southeastern part of Orlando. By the way, thank the heavens for the decision to remove those toll booths right by the exit on 528 to the Airport; it was dangerous if you have a Sunpass as after the toll is paid you had to move way to the right immediately in order to make the exit and it was just a stupid place to pay a toll.
I haven't really said much about it, but as an aside, last month and this month so far... there have been some fine moments but there also have been too many little moments that have tried my patience. It ranges from dealing with the stupidest people in person to traffic being even more horrific than usual. I've mentioned recently of how multiple people passed by me on 2 lane roads when there was a double yellow. On Thursday-which was another dull day aside from going to the local library for the first time in a few months-some lunatic used a turn lane while traffic was stopped at a light in order to get in front of most of the cars! It was another “young punk”. Friday-which I'll get to in a moment-I almost got side-swiped... twice. After the Friday trip to Tampa Bay, I likely won't be back in that area until the late summer and I am OK with the scenario.
Yes, Friday I was in Tampa Bay. Now, I could have done one of a few things this past weekend. For reasons I won't get into I decided to do things on that day and spend Saturday and Sunday at home without doing a single thing. I had the itch to see some live baseball so that's what I did as I saw the Tampa Bay Rays host the Chicago White Sox. I also stopped at some places on the way there and the way back home. I went to the Rocket Fizz in Tampa to see what it was like; it's just like the other two stores in the state and their selection wasn't too different so I likely won't go there again and I'll just stick to the ones in Lakeland and Winter Park. I ate dinner at Quaker Steak & Lube, a place I hadn't gone to in a few years. They make decent food so I was glad to make my return.
At Tropicana Field to see the game, as I expected there were plenty of White Sox fans around. I also expected a high quality pitching matchup and I was correct. Chicago pitcher Chris Sale pitched the entire time and the final score was only 1-0, with that run coming in the final inning. Yet I still found it to be an exciting game. From a random scalper I got a front row ticket... in the outfield. It was nice. What wasn't so nice was the loudmouth Sox fan a few rows behind me... or his equally annoying kid... or the awkwardness of a woman losing her cool and cutting a promo on that fan (his response was to laugh, which did not make her happy, but thankfully her friend calmed her down). Still, despite that, two players running into each other and both getting hurt and the really scary situation where an older woman was hit in the head by a foul ball-the last I heard her condition was “stable”, it was a nice enough Friday. However, I doubt I'll be back at a Rays game-or even in the area of Tampa-until the late summer. The traffic...
Like I said, I did not do anything Saturday and Sunday. So I'll mention two things. By a quirk, the Chicago Bears will play again in Tampa this upcoming season, this time on November the 13th. I will try my hardest to be there; pro football I am still “meh” on at best, but I'd like to see the Bears play in person once in my life. The second thing is that I heard about Radiooooo, a new site with the gimmick that you pick any decade from 1900 to today and the country and from there you can hear music from across the world the past 116 years and it's definitely nerdy... so it is something up my alley and I think it's very cool. Anyhow, I'll be back a week from today. My agenda is clear as of now.
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