Precious Time

Late Friday night (Gee, has it been a week already?), I picked up my dear friend Julie from the Norfolk airport. I flew her over here to visit for the weekend while we still have a chance. Saturday, I was able to show her all over my ship after cooking her a breakfast at home. We ate some delicious Thai food on Hampton Blvd just afterwords, then picked up some salmon and things from the commissary... for the full Norfolk experience. Back at home we watched some Foyle's War, relaxed, played some music on the horn, and then went out for dessert before dinner: pie and coffee at a cafe in Newport News. While we were at it, we shot some archery at my favorite range (not far from the cafe). It was Julie's first time shooting, and she did decently. As this is my third time shooting this month, I did much better than the last time. We ate our leftovers at home as we watched some of my disc from Netflix, the French detective Maigret.

Sunday morning we slept in again and went out for crabmeat omelets at my favorite place on Shore Drive. Did laundry at the oceanfront... walked on the beach... then we took off to go shoot my pistol, but we had a bit of a time finding things that were open. The range on base was permanently closed, so we decided to go to the art museum first, but that was randomly closed too... they need money. Then I remembered there was an exhibit of some of the museums paintings at a location near the mall, but that ended up being closed too. Sorry for the inconvenience, indeed! So we crossed the mall and went to the MacArthur museum instead. That was open, and even fun! Took a detour in the mall to look at the toy store, then took off for a gun range in Virginia Beach. We were able to do that even though they were a little full. And then we made it to church a little late, but enjoyed it very much. Had salmon for dinner back home (which was very yummy! had it with veggies (asparagus, sprouts, and yellow squash - sliced and baked with cheese on top). We watched The Women, as Julie had never seen it before and I had it on my mind. Much fun indeed.

Jw