Patriotism, Shrimp and Grits

Yummy!  Look what Mom made for me!  I had some shrimp and grits for breakfast, a real treat with a little bit of garlic in there.  Definitely had to brush the teeth again after that.  Speaking of teeth, that place where my back tooth used to be is getting a little better.  In fact, the whole jaw seems to be healing up a good bit, which is good news.  The infection in there was really troubling the last few months, or maybe even years.  It was time for me and that tooth to separate.  My only regret is that I didn't keep the tooth to put under my pillow. 

Ah, the mystical power cube!  We've found it!  Or... it could be just a random piece of furniture at the church.  Yeah, that's more likely.  That's where we were today for a bit, making lots of slides for Summer Xtreme's volunteer and parenting meetings, and doing the soundtrack to this upcoming movie that will premiere at Summer Xtreme.  And here was the rain:

Okay, it's out of focus.  This is Jot-em-Down in front of the school.  Anyway, the remnants of tropical storm Archie made their way up from the coast, dumping a lot of water on us and bringing dark swirling clouds and high winds.  The terrible weather cancelled the Braves game, so we were watching "Across the Spider-Verse" once more, concluding the Spider-thon that we started some time ago.  Now we're ready for the theatrical release of the next Spidey movie in July.  It'll be here soon!  

I got some more walking in, finishing up "The Third Man on the Mountain," and I'm fairly close to getting to the top of Mt. Everest - virtually, of course.  I've been watching nothing but mountain climbing movies, mostly stuff from Everest, and was struggling to pick one for the big finish - and that's when I remembered "Abominable."  Yep, I'm doing that one next as I wrap up this virtual walk.  Gonna get another medal too, an actual one.  

Moving on, we're reading from "Unseen Academicals" at night now, all in honor of the World Cup that's currently going on.  Team USA has been doing good and there's a great deal of patriotism from unexpected locations, and that's great to see.  The semiquincentennial is here, and there are a lot of products out there that have red, white and blue decorations on the packaging.  I'm a sucker for that - the Pringles cans for example have the Statue of Liberty on one flavor or Mt. Rushmore on another.  A lot of cereal boxes have different patriotic decorations, and I just picked up six glass bottles of Coca-Cola, the semiquincentennial decor on them.

I used to collect these glass bottles of Coke all the time.  I still have the Braves World Series bottles from 95, and one from '21.  I've got seven of the Atlanta Olympics bottles, and a Cal Ripken one too.  

Anyway, it's been great to see all the patriotism here and there.  We live in a great country, eh?  As for the book, we're just getting started of course.  But it's fun to be back with the staff of the Unseen University, and with some soccer, or at least the game "foot-the-ball."  

We said our prayers after this, and then it was time for some sleep.  The Plush Entourage got tucked in, and then we got some sleep as the rain poured down outside.