Do I really have to work tomorrow?

What a great weekend- Friday night, Dinner at McGuire's The Irish Pub in Destin... I actually attempted to eat a Shepherd's Pie... is it me, or does that sound like a very strange name for a dish?  One of my buddies, who flies an aircraft called the Warthog, bet me I couldn't do it... I bet him the same... we both got about halfway through, and called it quits.  Mutually agreeing the only gentlemanly way out was a draw... after that, and a few really good 'Belgian Summer' beers, (their equivalent to my all time favorite kind of beer, Hefeweizen), we headed down the road to 'Howl at the Moon'- which is probably one of my favorite kinds of bars... a dueling piano bar... what a riot.  The music was great, the company was great, good times had by all.  Saturday morning- to the beach... worked on the tan, Saturday night- to ANOTHER great restaurant- Mullhollo's Bistro 2-1-5... it's in Fort Walton- on the menu for me... an appetizer of Thai Egg Rolls with that awesome Thai sweet/hot sauce, then, a salad with some greek yogurt type dressing... tzatziki it was called.. an entree' of crushed Macadamia encrusted Red Snapper... with a sort of sweet mustard sauce... wow- followed by an apple dumpling and a cup of coffee... a bottle of pinot grigio was the drink for dinner.  What a great meal.  I love good food.  By the way, the name of that place is inspired by 'Thank You' in Hawaiian... quite fitting for me I thought.  I had no idea until I read it in the menu.

Anyway- Sunday was a chill at the house day- my Uncle and I played a game of Tiger Woods 2006 on the Xbox, followed by some guitar playing... 

And today- Diving the 'eastbay' channel at Destin, FL... lots of current, not much visibility, and about 3 blue crabs hanging out on the current scraped bottom.  (that reminds me I need to log that dive)  Followed by a dinner of my favorite blackened fish sandwich at Juana's... we all decided we needed to replenish after a hard day of diving... followed by more guitar playing tonight here at the house.  I realized that I have forgotten all the songs I used to know, because I haven't played the guitar in so long... I dusted off a few old favorites tonight though:

Eric Clapton:  See You in Heaven and Layla (unplugged version)

Tim McGraw:  It's your Love

The Refreshments: Mekong

heck- even tried some of my old commie friends the Dixie Chicks... 

Anyway- all-in-all, a great weekend.  Do I really have to go back to school tomorrow?  I realized I have a quiz tomorrow.  I'm dashing my hopes for honor grad on the rocks of a helluva good time this weekend.  If my classmates read this they would laaaaaugggghhhhh at that one.

Good night all- hope your labor day lacked labor.

Cheers-

Hal W.