The preceding week had some rather different moments for me. Monday wasn't too out of
the ordinary; I ended up at a Target but nothing noteworthy happened.
Tuesday was different; I went on a little bit of a roadtrip to an
open air mall I hadn't been to before. That place was fine and I went
in a few different stores. I had a frou-frou smoothie from some
random place and it wasn't the cheapest thing I could have purchased
at the mall but at least it tasted good. Dinner was at a Moe's; years
ago I once saw fervent debate among some people (who are
insignificant but that's another story) concerning quick-order
American-Mexican places between Chipotle, Qdoba and Moe's. I have had
Moe's twice in my life and sorry to say, I am not a fan of the chain
and give me Chipotle or Qdoba instead. That said, I am glad I went
there; on the way there I passed by an Ollie's Bargain Outlet. That
is a southern chain I had actually never been in before, so I gave it
a shot. A bunch of random items that are about to expire soon or is
otherwise discounted is cool with me, so I should have gone to one
much sooner. Random food & drink were purchased, including
Halloween candy, as why the heck not?
Wednesday I did nothing
and Thursday I was gonna go to a restaurant with someone but that
someone was under the weather, so the trip to Red Lobster had to wait
until a rainy Friday. Thus, Thursday's dinner was Wendy's, as I
hadn't been there in awhile. The quality of the food I got there (or
lack thereof) means that it'll be a long time before I get food from
any Wendy's, even if it was that particular location only that
prepared lousy food on this occasion as there had never been a
problem before. Friday's Red Lobster meal was for sure better. Of
course, the service could have been better and I'd have preferred it
if the menu at the restaurant and the one on their website had been
identical, but... at least the food itself was tasty. I had
wood-grilled shrimp, french fries and a baked potato... and the
restaurant's famous cheddar biscuits.
Saturday I did go on
another journey. This time it was to the Daytona Beach area. For the
past few years a lower division of college football (the NAIA, to be
exact) has held their championship game in the city. I went to it
back in 2015, where the Marian (Indiana) Knights defeated the
Southern Oregon Raiders 31-14. As this is the last year the NAIA
championship football game will be in Daytona Beach (starting new
year it will be in Louisiana) I figured I should attend. This time it
was the Morningside Mustangs of Iowa against the Benedictine Ravens
of Kansas. I had no dog in this fight but I ended up sitting on the
side of the stands that had the Benedictine fans, whom outnumbered
the Morningside fans. I was amused that for a Catholic school, plenty
of Ravens fans were quite obviously intoxicated... not just from the
beer that was sold in the stadium but from what had to be many hours
of tailgating beforehand. In addition, the security and cops
seemingly did not care if booze was brought into the stadium as I saw
hard liquor bottles out in the open! I did not partake in any of that
as I had a long drive home and considering that part of the journey
was in foggy weather...
As for the game itself,
Morningside probably had the better team but late in the 4th
it was tied at 28; a pretty exciting game it was. Unfortunately for
the Ravens, they screwed up a punt pretty badly so that one mistake
allowed for the Mustangs to easily score and that final score was
Morningside 35, Benedictine 28... I did feel bad for the Ravens that
this was how they lost. I was happy that I did not sit by any of the
intoxicated people so I did not have to move elsewhere during the
game, and even with the fog and the expected poor drivers on the way
there and back, it was a nice day indeed. Sunday I did not go
anywhere; I slept in and relaxed even though the Bears were playing
against their hated rivals the Green Bay Packers. Chicago won the
game and for the first time in years will be both going to the
playoffs and are the division champions.
I actually won't be
returning next Monday, and it's not because that day is Christmas
Eve. Rather, that is because it is time for the now-customary trip
around Christmas to see one of my sisters in Kansas. Henceforth, I
will return on New Year's Eve and talk about two weeks worth of
activities.
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