Sunday morning I slept in, and then got up and did some work. That is
the main reason I went to all the trouble to get the net access – I
have a few things I need to finish up this week and wasn’t able to get
done before the vacation. Things went well with that though. By
about 1pm I was ready to head out. I had hoped that Risa would have
spent the morning looking up things and deciding what to do, but when
I asked her what she wanted to do, she didn’t know. She was pretty
mad at me.

At any rate, we headed out for lunch. Risa was being difficult, so
(because of that?) we ended up at McDonal’s where I got to try a Big
N’ Tasty, a burger that I always liked. Interestingly, they came with
pineapple slices also. Neat. I thought we could get pineapple
instead of french fries, but not so: you get both! It would probably
be a lot healthier if they just let you do the swap right up. It
feels kind of stupid to pay extra to have them not give you the fries
though.

After lunch Risa was feeling a bit better. We bought some cheap
flip-flops at ABC and walked down around on the beach. After a bunch
of walking we went back to the hotel, and took a break. I ended up
dumping sand all over the place. I should have checked out my
rolled-up pants before laying down for a nap.

For dinner I had noticed a Chili’s not too far from our hotel, and
Risa wanted some Americana flavor, so we headed that way. A bowl of
chili and their “make your own dinner” was enough to stuff the both of
us. We wanted to check out a “local bar” so I spied a sports bar down
a side street. I was interested in catching the end of the
Lakers-Rockets series, so we tried that place. It was a small little
place, but the people were having a lot of fun. According to the
owner (I assume) that day was the place’s 15th Anniversary party, and
for that reason the beers were only $3 each. Very cheap! But also
because of that the crowd, which had been there drinking since about
5pm, was totally nuts. Seemed like a nice group though. I chatted
with a guy, Ike, for a bit. He apparently does something with
Harley’s. I’ve got his card around here somewhere…

We made it home by about 11pm or so, and to bed by about midnight. By
now I had almost completely recovered from my cold, so I finally got a
bit of a break there. Earlier in the afternoon I had looked into
options, and not wanting a repeat performance of the morning’s
inexplicable animosity shot at me, I made an appointment to go
horseback riding up on the north shore. That means we needed to hit
the road at about 7am, and get up at around 6am. But, I made plans so
hopefully that means a less hostile day.