Muppets in Dublin

 

It's funny how we were watching "Muppets Most Wanted" again tonight - which is a fantastic movie, by the way - when right towards the end the characters all head to Dublin, Ireland.  Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!  The audience had leprechaun muppets in it, which you can see above.  Mom and I think this is the best Muppet movie of them all, hitting all the right notes with the music, the cameos, the one-liners and zany fun.  It also gives each Muppet a moment in the spotlight, including Rowlf, who is my favorite, easily.  

ANYWAY, we had taekwondo for an extended time tonight, and there was leadership class in there too.  Madison was sparring with an old friend for the first time since she got her black belt, and in the leadership class, they were working with their bo staffs, which again is Madison's favorite weapon.  

She had an online day today, although we had an interruption in that with a visit to the chiropractor, and another visit with Sir Henry the dog.  The chiropractic adjustment hurt pretty bad, given the bruising all over my back.  Earlier, I was at another doctor for a check on the blood pressure, and the news is good there.  The news is interesting with the lungs, as I'll be back on an inhaler for a time.  I took a test this morning that had me breathing through this thing that looked like a hookah.  I did about four minutes of that, and the following breathing test showed my lung capacity improved by 10%.  So we'll put whatever was in that nebulizer into an inhaler, and that should help me out.  

So, I went from Flowery Branch back to home and then to Cumming, and then later to Oakwood for taekwondo.  After that chiropractic appointment, we ate at Cracker Barrel.  First, the chicken pot pie there is pretty good.  Also, their "fruit stand tea" is great too.  We had a nice time there, with Nana getting some kid-sized portions, and that working out for us, as she doesn't eat as much lately.

Madison's online day at school was iffy, and we'll leave it at that.  It was an okay day today, and we closed it up with prayer, and reading from that Star Wars book, reading a wonderful chapter about torture and eyeballs.  This is the sort of thing that makes you want to not go down to visit Galaxy's Edge, a basic fear of getting kicked around by Stormtroopers who are mad because two of their companions were murdered last night, so they beat you, and then drag you to their superior, who tortures you with sharp objects on your eyeballs.  This was several pages of the book "Black Spires," a book that brings Disney's Galaxy Edge into the Star Wars canon.  You read it and read about the places within the book, and it all comes together when you visit the parks.  And thus far, it's been okay.  I'm not entirely sure if the eyeball chapter is attached to any attraction there though.  Maybe there's a First Order torture chamber there, just past the restrooms.  Kids and their families can experience super realistic torture devices on their eyeballs, or get repeatedly punched in the face until they lose consciousness - just like Vi Maradi!  Don't worry, the abuse won't break any bones or cause any external bleeding.  Just the internal kind where you cough up blood!

Anyway, it was a full day today.  At least it was for me.  We'll try again tomorrow...