Day 158: A great Friday!

Wow. Today was a really good day. Friday, pay day, I took my daughter and her mom to see Green Lantern (in 3d) and then her mom treated me to dinner at a nice restaurant for Father's Day. The movie was really good. If you like Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds, Sci fi superheroes, or lots of good clean action, you should definitely see this movie. The special effects were really amazing and the panorama shots of the planets and universe were spectacular. Ryan Reynolds really pulled off the Hal Jordan part well. The movie was believable (well, as believable as any superhero movie can be) and the story was really enthralling. They didn't go into a huge amount of background for Hal Jordan and he got to the Ring quickly enough. The bit when he's trying to figure out the oath of the ring was hilarious.

Dinner was very good. We went to Austin's Steakhouse in the Texas Station and Candace and I split a petite Filet Mignon for about 4 ounces apiece. I also ordered a twice-baked potato as a side and had about 2 bites of it. I also had a piece of sourdough bread before dinner with butter on it. All in all it was a good dinner. Her mom and I had a good, adult conversation, including discussing weight loss. She's considering the Lap Band surgery and we had a good talk about it. She also has a great idea for a book, but I'm not saying anything here just to protect her idea. I think it's amazing and would be a best seller. We also discussed an idea we had a long time ago and we might press forward with it. A different book idea we came up with a long time ago.

Tomorrow is going to a busy and fun day. Haircuts in the morning, music lesson before noon, lunch and clothes shopping after that and then tomorrow night is the Rick Springfield concert out in Primm. It's going to be busy, but a lot of fun!

Min Tian Jian!