Friday:
Lunch at Treebeards
Refreshed sourdough starter
Saturday:
Took Flex in for oil change
Picked up a nice dolley at an estate sale
Sourdough
Visited Houston Bay Aikido
Mowed the front yard
Worked on JQuery changes in ASH
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Sunday:
Sourdough
Meatballs and spaghetti sauce
Harvested some lemons and blood oranges
Oscars
Friday:
Lunch at House of Blues
Refreshed sourdough starter
Saturday:
Took truck in for oil change
Sourdough
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Sunday:
Sourdough
Brownies
Peach cobbler
Friday:
Lunch at Moonshiners
Refreshed sourdough starter
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Sourdough
Bill paying
Taxes
bought flowers and delivered them to the library
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Half-Price books
Sunday:
Yard work - dug up another trash tree in the creek
In-laws grilled out steaks
Opponent: Cervaces , 6 p.m.
All 3 games were relatively close. We were up 19-17 in the second, but lost 19-21.
Aikido players:
Tim
Ukemi:
None
The Walk:
None
Releases:
None
Techniques:
Tim and I went through the last 11 of Koryu Dai Yon No Kata.
I was seeing a bunch of Owaza Ju Pon timing pop up in the techniques.
Commentary:
None today
Friday:
Lunch at Bovine & Barley
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
On call for work, put in 6 hours
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Sunday:
Guacamole
Finsh the Coconut Tres Leches cake
Aikido with Tim on the driveway
Cafeteria Lady Rolls
Tacos
Super Bowl
Aikido players:
Phillip and Marvin
Ukemi:
Got in a full set
The Walk:
Once
Releases:
Worked with Marvin and Phillip.
I was watching them work on the first few releases and was making comments and corrections about the 2nd and 4th releases. Phillip and I got into discussing what you can transition into if someone stops you from doing the 4th release. He tends to want to go into the 8th release, I tend to think the 7th will show up as well.
We eventually made it into the 6th release. He was using Marvin as uke and extended Marvin's arm so far laterally that he put strain on the shoulder joint causing Marvin to wince. I made a comment about that and we segued into discussing that release.
Phillip then said he wanted to feel how my 6th release feels. I then attempted to do the 6th release, which he stopped me from doing. I attempted a recovery from that and he stopped me on that as well. At that point I knew he was being dishonest in what he wanted to accomplish with me, so I bowed out, left the mat and went home.
Techniques:
Not today.
Commentary:
I've determined that if someone I'm working with no longer has my trust, if I no longer feel they're going to keep my safety in mind as I help them explore aikido, I'm no longer going to work with them.
More succinctly, if I would not trust them to have my wife's safety in mind when she's on the mat and working with the, I will no longer work with them.
Phillip had slightly injured me, come close to injuring Trey, and come close to injuring Marvin. All within the 10 sessions or less I'd worked with him out in Baytown.
It is not worth my time, money, physical, or mental well-being to feed an energy monster. I'm going to put the effort into working with Trey and Tim at my place until I manage to get a new location going.
Opponent:Notorious D. I. G. , 6 p.m.
We lost the first game, but came back to win the last two.
Last week was Restaurant Week in Galveston and since Kim and I were off for MLK, we, and the in-laws, went to Galveston for lunch. There were 3 restaurants in contention as a destination, I made the choice of Rudy & Paco's.
They opened at 11 a.m., we were there about 11:10 a.m. We were seated quickly and had a chance to peruse the menu. I asked for the Restaurant Week menu and they brought out the only copy they had at the moment.
The restaurant week menu had 2 soup/salad course choices: poblano soup or a house salad. The entree had three choices: salmon, red snapper and a chicken dish, iirc. Three of us chose the Snapper and Kim chose the Salmon. Two options for dessert: Tres Leches cheesecake or banana pudding. I chose the pudding, everyone else chose the cheesecake.
Service through the meal was impeccable. All courses were served simultaneously to all diners. With four people at our table, they had four waiters bring out the course so they would be placed in front of all diners at the same time.
The food was fabulous. My snapper was well-cooked and flavorful with a nice sauce. The salmon, with a mango habanero sauce was great. The habanero lent just a smidgen of heat to the experience.
The cheesecake was well-received. The banana pudding could have stood a couple more slices of banana, but was good nontheless.
The total bill came to $115 with tip (4 meals @ $20 plus drinks).
We've discovered a new favorite restaurant. We will be back.
Friday:
No lunch out
Worked on Armadillocon Art Show stuff
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Met Trey and Tim in Texas City to look at potential properties
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Texas Hold 'Em with K, D, and C
Sunday:
Read some in and Ed Greenwood book
Worked out in the creek removing loose stumps and digging out unwanted trees
Nap
