To catch up and mention what else has happened in July, let me mention one event I should have brought up last time: the night that I was in Kissimmee at Joe's Crab Shack w/ that peculiar bartender, this was after I spent some time at the Mecum Auto Auctions event on the East side of town. It wasn't their big January event w/ several thousand vehicles but they've started doing a smaller July event that still has at least 1,000 vehicles so it it worth visiting. No vehicles that are worth seven figures but there still were some nice ones.
There's only a few new events to mention. Before that, I'll mention that July 25th was a melancholy day; it doesn't seem like that it's been 3 years since Mom passed away on that date, but it's true. I dealt w/ that the best I could. As for me mentioning a UFO... for a few hours last Sunday I technically saw an object in the sky whose origins were unknown to me. It was a light flying slowly, then suddenly a big plume of smoke came out of the craft. It wasn't until a few hours later and I searched Google correctly that I knew what that object was: one of Elon Musk's rockets! I had no clue one of those would be launched Sunday night soon after the sun set; no comment on Musk himself, although Twitter changing its name to X makes me wonder if my theory of Musk buying Twitter to ruin it is a theory that has merit...
Anyhow, two days before that I was in Orlando; I visited a few places then ended up at a new restaurant: The Mongolorian. It was a place that had a long-delayed opening; so long that it was obvious the name came from when The Mandalorian was more popular than it was now. Yes, they serve Asian food; it's not like BD's Mongolian Grill, a place in Lakeland I've visited before. Instead, you order at a touchscreen and wait a bit before it's served to you. The dish I had was fine; none of the dishes were named after anything related to Star Wars. That's a wise idea, as Disney is still rather litigious.
Speaking of Disney, a few days ago I was at the Animal Kingdom. Besides not having been there in awhile, the chief purpose of the visit was to get a MagicBand+ to replace the old regular MagicBand I've had for a few years. The only reason for the upgrade is that what I had was literally starting to fall apart. That one featured Darth Vader; this time there was a far larger selection and it wasn't an easy choice. Ultimately, what I purchased was a gray + which celebrated 100 years of Disney. It featured Mickey & Minnie Mouse in suits... along with Chip & Dale, randomly. It also features an Art Deco design, which is pretty neat to me. + bands are ones you have to charge up as it has increased functionality, although most of it won't be of much use to me, to be frank. Maybe in the future there will be more—but who knows, with all the turmoil Disney in general has dealt w/ in recent years.
I may be back as soon as in about a week; if nothing else, a few movies would be discussed.
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