I hope my readers had a good weekend. Friday evening
Travalon and I were going to get together with the Rosary Ladies, but it didn’t
work out, so we went to David’s Jamaican for their delicious buffet. We thought
about hearing a band later, but we were tired and just went home.
Saturday was Travalon’s birthday, so he got to decide how
the day went. First thing in the morning I gave him a present, a little stuffed
dog that he named Clyde. Clyde is not any obvious breed; his coloring implies
beagle, but his ears are more like some sort of terrier. Then we met Rich for
coffee. Travalon had wanted to go to Milwaukee for the day, but the weather was
iffy, so we stayed in town and went to Bohemian
Rhapsody, the movie about the band Queen. It was really good! Then we went
to Rich’s house for some spumoni cake. We went to Monroe Street for their
reopening festival (since they have been under construction for many months),
but alas, the trolley had only run until 2:00, while we were at the movie. We
went to Infusion chocolate shop and Travalon got his free truffle, plus we each got
several more truffles and some drinking chocolate. I asked Travalon where he wanted to go to dinner, and he said Natt Spil for their amazing pizza and cocktails, so that's what we did. We planned to check out the
Nau-Ti-Gal party and then go to see a funk band at the Knuckle Down Saloon, but
the party was so much fun that we stayed there, singing along with the guy
singing and playing guitar. Then we went home and watched the movie MASH, which is much weirder than the TV
show.
Yesterday was a far more disappointing day. We weren’t even
hungry for brunch after church, so we just went home and eventually had some
lunch while watching the start of the terrible Packers game. How could they lose to one of
the worst teams in the league?? I met Rich and Kathbert at the annual
University Christmas concert while Travalon went to the Union to watch the rest
of the game, but somehow Kathbert and I didn’t find the concert as wonderful as
usual this year, so it was no consolation for the game. Then we all went back
to Rich’s house and blatted for a bit. Meanwhile, the Packers fired their
coach, which I think is a good move. He may have had a winning record over the
years and even helped the team win a Super Bowl, but lately he has been keeping
a stranglehold on the team, doing his own play calling – which would be fine if
his plays worked, but they don’t. People have been saying that the game has
passed him by. I am not sure what is going on with the Packers, but getting rid
of the entire coaching staff might be a good idea. Zooks the special teams
coach allows way too much sloppiness, stupid mistakes and lots of penalties. I
am not quite sure about the defensive coordinator yet, but we got him from the
Browns, and they won two games while he was there. This year they have the same
record as the Packers: 4-7-1.
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