Monday was Bible study, going back to finish the uncompleted study of Church Fellowship. We did a review and made little forward progress but in my opinion, the review was important. Our non-member attendee was absent so it's good we didn't make too much progress in order for her to keep up. We likely have a couple more week's worth of study, but are off next Monday due to a pastor's conference.
Since there was no school due to MLK Day, Judy had her grands with her. Instead of the more expensive steakhouse, Michael and she took them to DQ while the rest of us went to Longhorn. I am guessing we had leftovers for dinner that night but don't hold me to it! Justin spent a couple of hours 'working' for the upstairs neighbor, Dick, on his Internet/TV problems. In his happy place!!
Tuesday, after he was done working and cleaned up, Justin and I went to Men's Warehouse. It was the deadline day for getting himself measured for a tuxedo for his friend, Michael's, wedding, which is in June. I know, it seems like that is a long way off but I guess the details must be attended to. While we were there, Jesse came in to be measured. Ron and he were added to the list of groomsmen recently. I understand there are 11 bridesmaids...oh my!
Justin asked me to go with him for the measuring and said he'd treat me to dinner at the Panda Express. It was just delicious, with me having the spicy orange chicken with white rice. Justin had something else but I shared some of my chicken with him. I would recommend this restaurant very highly and look forward to having it again.
Wednesday was a meeting at The Club, my first time as an official member of this political group. It was there that the sad announcement was made about Orien. Other than the sad news it was a great gathering of ladies. I had the privilege of meeting and being photographed with a candidate for office for the 5th District, on a national level. I don't know how come I got picked to pose with this lady but I did, for several different pictures. That night was Sad Hour, already mentioned in a previous posting.
The candidate is standing next to me, and on the far end is a lady who is running for a local office, school board member.
Thursday was Bible study at Victory with Justin able to join us again. Pastor always asks him to read, likes his 'young voice' and fortunately for Justin, it was a shorter chapter in Isaiah. Short, but packed with good stuff. We had two new 'students', visitors here from MA for three months, staying with their son in JAX. Originally from MN, the good doctor and his wife, extremely nice folks, were a welcome addition to the class.
A large group of us went to their local Longhorn for lunch. The service we had there was extremely slow, and in fact, one lady had to leave without being able to eat more than her soup. Over an hour for mainly soup/salad orders was just a bit long. It really puts a pall over the group when this happens, since we felt so badly that Marilyn couldn't eat her meal. Rita and she were sharing a coupon so Rita asked the waitress to take Marilyn's meal off the ticket. I shall assume that happened. Too bad, not good customer service at all.
That night Justin and I joined Judy J. for dinner at Koko's. She'd been wanting to go since I got back from WI and it finally worked out for us to go. We had excellent service and their full attention, as always. When we left, we said, "See you tomorrow!" as we were coming back Friday night again with other friends!
Before we went into the restaurant to find Judy, Julia spotted us and motioned for us to come in at Hang Ups. She gave out hugs and said she'd been thinking about us last week, knowing it was 'the week'. It made me wish I'd gone to the shop to see the ladies, but it was probably for the best, as they were getting ready for a show which opens on Sunday. I will see the ladies and others on Sunday then and make up for lost time. So glad Judy enjoyed her dinner as did we!
