Weekend....

Friday Maryanne and I went to Waukesha and dropped by the Carroll campus. I had been wanting to go for a while, to go to the bookstore if nothing else and pick up a t-shirt or some such thing. With Maryanne along I was able to give her a brief tour. We then were left with trying to kill three hours before meeting with Dan and his girlfriend Bobbie Jo. Come to find out we could have met them earlier, if only we could have gotten a hold of them. Oh well. It was a nice visit, though. Thanks again to Maryanne for paying for my selections at the bookstore as my birthday present.

Saturday we went with Amy and Luke to Chicago for Leanne's graduation from seminary. It was a long day, especially since it involved a bit of walking, and Maryanne got some blisters on her feet. It also involved some dining out, so check out the Restaurant Reviews for some new content there.

Sunday was thankfully less eventful. While it was Mother's Day, it was also my birthday. Since we hadn't driven up north, we felt it was fair (or equally unfair) to not do anything with Maryanne's mom, either. Instead we saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Maryanne didn't like it. I found it entertaining, but not up to par with the book(s). It was based on a script developed by Douglas Adams himself. I wonder if it would have turned out better had he still been alive to participate in the project. It did pay homage to its roots, though, showing a picture of Adams as part of the Improbability Drive, and also sporting the old Marvin the Android costume from the BBC production as one of the persons queuing in the Vogon office.

Monday I took a day of vacation, mostly because I could. It was productive; I was able to get the last coat of paint on the shelving unit, work on patching and sanding the shelves themselves, and get a few loads of laundry done. I could have done more if it hadn't rained.