5-8-09 Friday (If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Get Out Of The RV)

Sometime next week, Jim and I plan to see the new Star Trek movie at an IMAX theater.  The large screen this type of theater offers, seems ideal for seeing Sci-Fi movies.  Have any of you been to one and if so what are your thoughts?  We’re trying to coordinate seeing the movie with Levi and Tony. I love Sci-Fi, and I think Jim just kinda likes it.  I think he’s a chick flick lovin’ sorority gal at heart.

As I sit here, eating my banana and apple for breakfast, I’m baking 4 large chicken breasts for use in salads.  Having the meat for salad will hopefully prevent me from having weak Whataburger moments as I did yesterday. 

A funny moment yesterday.  I was corresponding via email with CB.  CB mentions that he’s off on vacation next week for 2.5 weeks.  I reported that information to Jim.  Jim says….. get this…. wait for it - “Must be nice.”  I guess an 8 month vacation for Jim is less than a 2.5 week vacation for CB & Ryan.  It’s all about the new math.

I’m not sure what we’re doing today.  I think nothing, to be honest.  We have next week here as well, and another pool party tomorrow.  Yes, another pool party but this time instead of being at Gregg’s house, it’s at his friend’s house, Roger & Joe’s.  From what I understand it’s some major annual event and there will be gobs of people there.  Good thing it will be people and not elephants?  Why do we speak useless information?  Oh, ummm anyway, I’m sure Jim and I will make a lot of new friends/acquaintances, and pass out lots of “calling cards”.  Maybe we’ll end up moving to the Phoenix area and have all these friends before we even get here.  That would be awesome.   I’m not quite sure why it came to mind, but I was thinking it would be funny to show up with those kids floatie arm thingys.  Yeah, I’m crazy like that.  Or maybe just plain crazy. 

My 4 chicken breasts baked up rather well.  I should have waited until tonight because using an oven in an RV with an outside temperature of 102 might just be borderline dumb.  Actually it wasn’t that bad.  I’m a little neurotic and have 4 clock/thermometer things around the RV.  The clock/temp things were freebies from Suzuki.  Anyway, the one on the dinette shows 84 degrees INSIDE.  All over the RV it’s in the high eighties but it doesn’t feel like that at all.  It’s been that way for a few weeks.  The other one which is near the sink reads 88.  Now, usually nothing above 72 will do for me but it must be the dryness.  Jim feels the same way.  Very strange.  Back to the chicken.  Jim diced one up, prepared the salads and we ate lunch.  It was yummy.  I certainly don’t mind eating salad but why the hell do I feel hungry a couple of hours later?  I realize that veggies probably digest quicker, hence why I like chicken in my salad. 

You’ve heard about the 3 bears leaving to allow their porridge to cool, right?  Well, we left the RV to allow it to cool.  We didn’t really have much to do except to pickup my cholesterol meds.  It was so hot, we decided we’d shop and keep busy until dinner time.  We went to a Petsmart to see if we could get the cat’s Revolution refilled.  They didn’t carry it.  We found a vet who filled the prescription.  We went to Trader Joe’s for Jim’s peanut butter.  Walmart for my meds.  Finally, to the .99 only store.  Oddly, we only purchased 2 things.

By the way, I found out the name of that flower I really liked.  When Jim, Tim and I were walking around downtown Scottsdale, I spotted it and asked Tim.  He correctly (as per Wikipedia) indentified it as Lantana.  As usual, click on the link to see the Wikipedia entry.  There are several species of Lantana. 

In other news, Jim is still watching Youtube clips of Designing Women.  Sigh.