day 5 of i miss my car: tina tuesday

I've been out every day, even without my dear Saturn escorting me.

Friday, Tony and Laura gave me a ride up to the Smiths & Kamerons Friday Fiesta.

They had actually just driven up at that Jalapenos when I called...

but they came back for me anyway.

That's love.

i thank You, God.

I even got to ride around with them after dinner, just cruising around town.

We even went by Desposito's, now that it's open again.

I told them about taking Ronnie there for his birthday one year.

That may have been for his 40th birthday, but I don't recall.

The nice part was catching the sunset at the end of the drive tonight.

I hadn't realized the days were already about an hour shorter.

 

I've already talked about the weekend, as well as last night.

But how am I spending my days?

Partly I've been researching car insurance with emergency road service plans.

That isn't exactly fun.

That's why yesterday afternoon was an exercise in getting out of my head.

What better way than connecting with family!

Specifically, I sent love in the mail to my movie-going greats.

Now, that was certainly fun, and was a good distraction for a couple of hours!

I had all kinds of stickers, so I made sure each family group got different batches.

The occasion I was celebrating with them is the First Day of Autumn.

Why not?

Even though the weather is cooling, we still have colorful leaves to look forward to soon.

Meanwhile, they'll have plenty of colorful stickers, enough to share with friends.

They'll like that.

I even got them ready in time for the mailman!

(smile!)

This morning I finished off the last of the meat from Texas Roadhouse.

That grilled pork chop was a great addition to this hearty brunch! 

That gave me plenty of energy for the task at hand.

Today, I've been going through my filing cabinet again.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm keeping all that paper.

I think it's left over from my days in the Navy.

Having a paper trail of proof was a way to stay out of trouble, so I made sure to have that.

Here's the difference: I'm weeding out old papers more often.

That's a good thing!

 

Then mi amiga, Barbara, was here about 6 PM!

We went to the NCG cinema, just as we had last Tuesday.

(smile!)

That time, we had "Bottoms", a film about two high school lesbians trying to make contact with the pretty cheerleaders they had a crush on.

Very funny!

This time, it was a rootin' tootin', six-gun shootin' western from Michael Jai White and his Jaigantic production company. 

Very funny, in the same vein as "Blazing Saddles", MJW's "Outlaw Johnny Black" is loaded with stereotypes and magic moments.

And, get this: he even has Barry Bostwick as the land baron bad guy!

"Oh, Brad!"

"Oh, Janet!"

Oh, hahahaha!

I do hope this cinema on Skidaway will keep having these unusual movies!

(smile!)

But I did have one moment that almost made me cry.

We were there pretty early for the movie, so I walked next door to Firestone.

The store manager told me they were still waiting for some of the parts to come in.

That meant that Thursday was off the table for me to get my car back.

I assured him that I understood, that I would be patient.

Then, as I walked back through the parking lot, I placed my hand on my Saturn, to reassure my car that help was coming...

and very nearly burst into tears.

Sigh.

At least I got myself under control before I reached the cinema.

I miss my car.