So I’m trying the whole NaBloPoMo exercise… Day 2 of the month.

Today, Bubbey turned 39. He’s been feeling a little down lately, grappling like I often do with how fast time has passed. I’m starting to feel a bit like a broken record, but seriously, it wasn’t that a long ago when we still felt like we had our “whole lives ahead of us.” Now, I feel stressed a lot, like there is a race against time. I only have so many more years left as a mobile and relatively healthy individual, free from arthritis, blindness, disability, senility, whatever. Yeah, every day we’re still trying to figure out this puzzle of how to “make it all count.” WTF.

My parents called today. Their elliptical FINALLY delivered, and the team assembled everything in an hour. Of course, now the thing is going to just sit there while my parents are on travel… oh well, glad it’s done and ready for use when they return. Winter back East sure has been brutal. School closures and shit. Crazy. Hope their flight tomorrow is trouble-free.

Bubbey worked from home today. I left the office a little earlier than usual to you know, pick up a card and get home in time so we could do something low-key and celebratory. We hit up a nice Italian restaurant right across the street from the theaters. Had an old man waiter, but boy did he hustle!! I was impressed with his attention to detail. After the meal, we arrived at the vacant theater about an hour before movie time. We thought about going home and coming out again, but we knew better, so how better to kill time than to play games at the arcade inside. OMG, every game takes like 4 tokens ($1) min to play. When did THESE prices happen? We did pinball and then a driving game, where I had no idea who was what. In real life, I’m an awesome driver (ha!), but shit, I was crashing left and right in this damn scenario. The whole fucking thing only lasted like a minute. Rip off. Ah well, I was then quickly distracted by DDR. Goddamn, I really suck. But heck, my 4 tokens bought me a damn good time. I had a blast stomping on those arrows, looking like a frickin’ fool. Goddamn rhythm. I hate you, but fuck, you’re not gonna stop me from having fun! 

When movie time finally rolled around, we watched the Will Smith film, Focus. Cool in that there were some bits about sleight of hand kind of stuff (for thievery), but the plot and acting were pretty bad. Bubbey is 0 for 2 now on movie selections. We saw Inherent Vice several weeks ago, and shit, I wanted to walk out so badly. Ah well, I did enjoy being one of 5 people in the movie theater tonight. And for once, I actually saw several trailers that seem promising. Fuck man. Nicholas Sparks is at it again, and this time the master storyteller is pulling out all the stops with a love story that involves a cowboy AND bullriding. Yup, no shame. Gotta see it. I mean, to be honest, as much as I love the Notebook, it’s not like I fall for EVERY single Sparks book or movie out there. He’s definitely had some duds in my book. That said, I have a good feeling about this one. It follows the same basic pattern as the Notebook with that little extra something, something. Haha. 

Well, right now, birthday boy sure is snoring up a goddamn storm. Who can concentrate enough to blog? Time to call it quits. More tomorrow, maybe.