Carley and I went out and had a very nice meal in a good restaurant. We lingered over the good food, chatted about inconsequential matters and enjoyed each others' company.
We walked through a mall and did a little shopping. I bought a pair of swimming trunks more suited to a teenager. Mine had grown too small. They must have shrank in the wash. Ha, ha.
While strolling the mall, we dropped into a gamer's shop. It was huge. They were not a chain store but independently owned. They had comics, games and game-centric artifacts such as things needed to play role playing games. They had a huge room in back where folks could hang out and play games, chat, snack and socialize. I chatted with the owner a while and enjoyed the time. It is obvious that IOS gaming is a bit more on the lighter side of gaming from the clientale of this store. I don't mean this in any way to be negative. I just see that the term 'casual gamer' more readily applies to folks like myself and Carley. I do feel a comradeship with other gamers, though, because this passion for a fantasy world is shared, just in a slightly lesser degree.
We cruised on a piece of a major interstate late in the day. It was amazing how many vehicles were broke down. There was an average of a disabled vehicle every 3 miles. The heat has been oppressive for several days, with temperatures around 104 degrees. I suspect that the heat was the major factor in the breakdowns.
When we got back home, we took a nap. Man, it was good. I slept like a baby. It had been a tough week at work for me and I had worked overtime, with a modest amount of sleep.
Later in the evening, we watched a truly bad movie on satellite. I won't mention the title or stars, lest I offend anyone. Carley went back to sleep on the couch. She has been preparing for a big shin-dig we are planning for Sunday. She was really tired.
After I endured the bad movie, I started to play my new game, Dead Trigger. I enjoyed it but it is far from easy. On one mission I was supposed to keep zombies from breaching some barricades. I killed every zombie I saw and for some reason I failed. I guess the instructions, or my elderly understanding, resulted in a communications gap. Whatever. One cool thing was a sign I saw in the subway I was fighting in. There were billboards on the walls, like in a real subway. Guess what? They were billboards for Shadowgun, the other big game by this developer. Very cool.
I played about 15 or 20 songs on the keyboard this evening and enjoyed them. I sang along, also. Even when I messed up a note or a cord I didn't care. Every thing today was like that. I just enjoyed everything. It was the kind of day when I should have went to Vegas. I mean, I felt like I couldn't lose.
I played a bunch of songs out of a Beatles book, then played Neil Diamond stuff. It was a nice, relaxing evening. Carley sang along, while she was playing Scrabble on her I-Pad. A multi-tasker, no doubt.
Around midnight, I walked out on the porch and sat on the porch swing. I drank a 7 and 7 while I watched the clouds drift across the sky. It was relaxing.
I think the heat is making even the animals a little crazy. Today I saw 2 crows get in a battle royal. They were in a dirt patch and made clouds of dust rise with their flapping and fighting. They were probably fighting over a female or some corn. It seems odd, though. There was probably an abundance of either within a short distance, as the crow flies. Yuk, yuk.
From the green, and red hot, retreat, this is CE Wills.
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