First Bite: Armando’s

The week that was - Tuesday: stopped on the way home at Goodwill to drop off donations. Almost bought a pair of adidas high-tops in Grizzlies colors. I didn't need them. Already have three other pairs of high-tops that don't get enough wear.

Ceil cooked lasagna. Very good. Also salad. Watched a little Olympics but mainly Gilmore Girls. Anna broke up with her boyfriend. Great guy, hard worker, super spiritual. Sometime things just don't work out.

Wednesday: our SS class meets for prayer one Wednesday night per month. I left work at 5:30 and actually arrived early. We had eight guys, the same number as last month, but only four repeaters. Brian, Joe, Buddy, Randall, Jamie, Abram, and two Davids. One guy was sick and missed. A good time of sharing and praying. Abram is a young seminary student who prayed part of his prayer in his native language (Aramaic?). Very beautiful.

The nine women went long (no surprise). Stopped by Chickfila on the way home. Watched Gilmore Girls.

Thursday: retirement lunch at Armando's Caribe, a Latin/Cuban/Mexican restaurant in Duluth. I had the grilled chicken salad. Good food. Rode with Key-bo, who ordered seafood and rice. Also Dennis (Cuban sandwich), Debby (also got a Cuban), Teresa (burrito), Joy (below left), Frances (Cuban), Sam (burrito), Jan (below right), and guest of honor Sandra (below middle).

We had a couple of fires blaze up late yesterday so I worked until almost 6:30. Ceil had just finished painting so I didn't have to hurry. Stopped by a store and again resisted temptation to buy more shoes. Then traffic was slower than usual crossing Roswell Road at the river. Was almost 7:30 when I got home.

Matthew and his friend Jude were cooking pizza. M made his so hot that he could barely stand it. Later they went to a magic shop, then came back and played the piano. We all dug into the month two box of Godiva chocolates that had arrived. C and I only watched one episode of Gilmore Girls: Lane's wedding.

Got up this morning and walked for the third time this week. Made it two miles (my goal). Noticed the car odometer mile is shorter than a mile on my Apple Watch. But the car only logs tenths of miles, while my watch logs hundredths.   

Not much on tap for this weekend.

CPA on the Braves: I think there is one thing people are missing in the debate about if Ronald Acuna should be kept in the minors for a few weeks to gain one more year of team control.  People are assuming that Anthopolis would make the rational decision that a full year of Acuna in 2024 is worth more than a few weeks of Acuna in 2018.  However I don't think Anthopolis is automatically assuming he will be here in 2024 to reap the reward of having the extra year of control.

ME: at the Light funeral while leading singing Mr. Condra would change the tempo, like stretching out the ending to "Because He Lives." Did you ever sing in a choir behind Billy Graham? A few years ago Chad Eaton visited with Graham. I saw Graham twice, as a kid at the crusade in old Atlanta Stadium, then more recently at the Georgia Dome.

That gauntlet tourney is aptly named. Imagine that in real life. The team that wins and advances is always less rested than the team they're playing. Would be an interesting golf format. In basketball normally the lowest ranked teams have the toughest schedule. In gauntlet would it need to be the opposite? The top ranked team would play their hardest game first, then the games would get easier – but the players would grown more weary as the games continue. Kinda like on the playground: the winners get to keep playing.

Received my nephew's wedding invitation in the mail. So many details to plan and pull off a wedding. Thousands of details and decisions. Some decisions impact so many other decisions to follow. Gotta be careful not to paint yourself into a corner. If you want one thing to be a certain way, it may result in a sacrifice in another area.