So far so good for Jeff Putz week. We spontaneously decided to go to Cedar Point yesterday morning, because we haven't been in forever. It's only the third time this year (not counting the Red Cross event), which is really unusual.
The park wasn't super crowded, but given the weather forecast I can't say that I'm surprised either. When the big line of storms rolled through, it pretty much spared just the point. The radar showed this little break. An hour later, the sun was shining. We didn't ride a ton, but in addition to Magnum, we did some more flat rides like Troika and Calypso. We also talked to Timmay and saw the ice show. Diana had never been in the Candle Shoppe, so that was a new experience for her.
Despite the nice couple of hours in the park, we tried to have dinner at Friday's in Breakers and had nightmarish service that resulted in us leaving hungry. First we sat there for ten minutes while various servers ignored us, then we waited ten more minutes to find out they didn't have what I ordered. This kind of put me in a bad mood for the evening, I think because in the prior 48 hours I had enough of people pissing me off or otherwise inconveniencing me. It kind of adds up. We went to Red Lobster on 250 instead, because Diana loves seafood.
The evening was chill, and after some much needed whirlpool therapy, we watched The Incredibles in bed. It was something I picked up recently out of my "movie void" list, movies I like but didn't own. I really like having a TV in the bedroom for that purpose. I haven't used it much, and I fought the urge to have one there for a long time, but it's really nice on a cool breezy night cuddling up in bed.
Today we had two objectives: See Wanted and pick up some crap at Target. Er, crap buffer, i.e., cat litter. The movie was not bad. Angelina is ridiculously hot. She barely said anything in the movie, but that's OK. It was entertaining. The underlying theme is really about doing something about it when your life seems routine and uninteresting. Wow can I identify with that lately.
The random shut downs on my laptop are frustrating. I can't remember ever having an electronic device start to tank after more than two years. At the same time, I wish it would just resolve itself like it did last year. But I'm starting to come to grips with the fact that I just have a machine that's on the outside percentage of being a rare late-life failure and I'll have to suck it up and get a new one.
The truth is, I'm actually shocked I've had it for two years. It used to be that laptops, which tended to be under-powered compared to desktops to begin with, to save on cost and power consumption, wouldn't have a long lifespan because the next OS, Office, video game or multimedia capabilities wouldn't work. This laptop has no such deficiencies after two years. Well, except that it powers down randomly.
Amazon has it with a rebate, no tax, that makes it even cheaper than from Apple with the educational discount. I've decided the 15" model is still more practical, and not worth an extra grand just for a bigger screen. Rebate expires mid-July, so I'll sleep on it.
The next few days will be super interesting. No specific plans yet for my birthday on Wednesday, but I'm sure we'll figure something out.
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