That quotation has nothing to do with my post. I just like it. Makes me smile. :) (<--see?) Saturday night was a blast - Matt's parents hosted dinner for my parents and me. Chef John was in the kitchen while the rest of us whet our appetite on baked brie and crackers. It was a wonderful meal, celebrating Matt and my engagement as well as Emily's 20th birthday. The food was very yummy. On Sunday, Mom left us to go on her semiannual trip to Round Top. I took advantage of her absense to teach Dad how to play Halo. Even though Dad doesn't play video games with me a lot, it's really neat to have a father who has some skill at video games. A lot of people over the age of 50 just can't get it and would have had poor Master Chief perpetually walking in circles and looking at the sky. Not my dad. Ha! Sunday night I tried out a couple recipes from my page-a-day recipe calendar: beef strips with orange and ginger and ginger-spiced applesauce, served with green beans and white rice. Dad and Matt helped out (Matt learned how to steam green beans to the Hall family desired crispiness) and we sat down to a really good dinner. I was proud. Then Matt and I watched Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
On Monday night Matt and I went over to Claude's house and joined him, Jerry, Ted, Dad, and Robert in watching the 'Boys played the Redskins on his huge widescreen HDTV with surround sound. It was awesome. But we left at halftime so Matt could get to bed to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for work the next day (although it was such a good game he later admitted to watching the rest at home in his PJs). Yesterday it was just Murphy and me at the house because Dad went down to the miniranch for a day. I went to the dentist for a checkup (joy) and played lots of Final Fantasy X-2. I hadn't played in a while (I was in a slump) but I got back into it. Besides, I need to beat it in the next month because Luke is going to borrow my PS2 to play GTA: SA when it comes out in late October. Then last night I watched Scrubs and L&O: SVU at Matt's.
I'm meeting with Dr. Smith, my new boss, at 4 today to fill out my "employment packet" for the vet clinic. Only 4 days until I start my job...it's exciting but a little scary. I still haven't made contact with the HPISD personnel department about substitute teaching, but my application is all ready to go (Jerry notarized my "Oath of Office" on Monday night). Actually, I'll be calling them again as soon as I post this blog entry.
Silk advised, 'Thinking about it isn't going to help, and it's only going to serve to make you nervous.'
'Nervouser,' Garion corrected, 'I'm already nervous.'
'Is there such a word as nervouser?' Silk asked Belgarath curiously.
'There is now,' Belgarath replied 'Garion just invented it,'
'I wish I could invent a word,' Silk said to Garion admiringly, his ferret like eyes gleaming mischieviously.
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