Mattie Catches Up

Been a long time since I posted, so... here we go.  Thursday I just crashed; it was a long week of work, and by the time I was done with it and everything else I wanted to do... I was pooped.  Friday night was fine; went to Holy Name for fish fry, Stations, gym, and then home.  But, no rest for the weary, as I had to make a seven-layer jello for a family fest Saturday.  I was surprised it turned out well -- I was pressed for time, just hit Marc's, and bought the brand X sour cream they had instead of a better brand for the white layer.  It was not quite the same, and while the family said it was fine... I will not take any chances.

While making jello, I watched the new "Naked Gun" movie, the one starring Liam Neeson.  It was very meh, and I was sorely disappointed, as I would have thought it was easy to remake the film -- some dumb gags, some running jokes... but no.  Alas.  Anyways, I still have a pile of films from the library to watch, but at least I made some progress.

Saturday was OC duty -- last of the month -- and it was sort of slow; not even 100 clients for the day.  Good in that we didn't kill each other, but we had a good amount of produce and bread and we had to hustle to give all of that away.  Indeed, the bread was not all given away and saved.  Oops.  We did get some cleaning and reorganizing done, always good, and pulled clothes from the "dungeon," as we had plenty of people there for items.  Then it was off to the gym and home for a bit before the fest.  I had to pick up (and take home) my aunt, and one of my cousins left a bag that I had to take back (though we ended up chatting for an hour), so it was a long day.  My cousin's son (also my cousin, I guess) had never heard several stories of family lore, so we told him that -- it was funny, because he was fascinated that people entertained each other without phones, three TV channels, etc.  

Yesterday was the usual -- church, gym, home -- and then I caught up on some work.  Joy.  No, I am glad I did, as I am set up to get more stuff done this week, also important.  I crashed after Bar Rescue, which was fine.... I do enjoy the show, but I always wonder how often these places crash and burn after he leaves.  That and how often people who have never owned a bar or a restaurant decide it is a good idea to jump in...hell, don't they watch these shows?

Today was....fine?  Work and then my sister and I had our monthly dinner for February.  It was my turn to pick so I selected Tay-Do in Parma (sort of far for me, actually).  It was quite good -- I just had the egg noodle/seafood noodle fry, but it was fine, and my sister didn't complain too much (good-naturedly) about my choice.  Her turn this month, and I did mention that it is now Cleveland Restaurant Week, even if the options are not quite what we usually do...and probably will not this time, so I will find a place on my own.

In other news, we are at war, sort of/mostly, with Iran.  I have been telling people this is 45 years overdue, and I give POTUS credit for carrying it out, to say nothing of the fact that the man who is accused of being a dictator here is intervening to protect the lives of people over there...  More seriously, as I increasingly say, I hope the man knows what he is doing, as we are good at winning wars but poor at winning peace.