Home and Then Sing 2

So I didn't really make any plans today but we spent a 2nd night at the hotel anyway.  Johnnie thought the sleep arrangements were very cozy and I really did think he had a great couple of night's sleep. I know I did even though I was so tired from yesterday, I would have dropped to snooze no matter where I was. I just figured we would do our usual Saturday just hanging out. Except that we're also in the middle of our trip back home. So we took our time getting showered and ready and packed up and we still went to McDonald's to get breakfast, though this time using the kiosk made it much MUCH faster to get our food. I wanted to stop at the outlets too but it wouldn't open until 10 AM. No matter, plenty of other outlets to go to on the way back. As it were we stopped at the one in Orange. They had a Columbia store there, and a Carter's, and a Gap Kids too so you see where my head was at. Nothing for me obviously but I did manage to get some rain gear for Johnnie for $30. Not that it even looks like it's going to rain any time soon. It was another warm day out today in fact. By the time we got going again it was nearly 11 AM. And by the time we were in the vicinity of home, by LAX it was nearly noon already. And so we made a pit stop at Panda Express Marina del Rey and brought lunch to the apartment. And so we were home by lunchtime enjoying Johnnie's teriyaki chicken and my fried rice and chicken breast. It was a nice, quick jaunt to San Diego I felt, but it also felt good to be home again.  And you know Johnnie, the second he made it through my door it's on with the Wild Kratts Creature Adventures, especially since he discovered the earliest episodes from the 90s. I mean they were showing really old computers with those big keyboards and big box monitors still. But I will admit to feeling a bit of nostalgia myself even seeing the old gear. And so this turned into just a regular Saturday... until Lisa called around 2 PM checking in on where we were at. I'm sure she misses Johnnie even though we were only gone for a couple of days. Today Johnnie had it in his mind he wanted to watch a pre-screening of the movie Sing 2 which isn't supposed to open until Christmas. Except for a one-time showing tonight. Or course he has to ask for mom's permission for that one since I am due to hand him off later on.Lisa proceeds to let me know that Michael Villanueva was coming for dinner. I compromised by asking her to invite him to come along to see the movie. And maybe we could even all get dinner afterwards.  This we got an agreement on for all concerned. And so I sprung for the tickets and Johnnie was all happy that he gets to see the movie early! One thing about this kid, I told him we could see the movie but only if his mom agrees and he already had it in his mind from early this morning that we were going to see the movie anyway.  So Johnnie and I finally went over to Lisa's around 4 PM and Michael was already there.  And so we all had an in-theater movie experience together. I'm sure this was Lisa's first in a while. Heck I'm sure it was her first actual movie in a while too LOL LOL. Johnnie and I of course had seen Shang Chi at the movie theaters already. As far as the movie went it was actually very good. It did not disappoint Johnnie to be sure. Having U2's Bono play one of the characters was a treat.  It would have been nice to grab a dinner out after the movie. But this time it was Johnnie that started acting up about wanting to go home and have his chicken noodle soup. And this time Lisa had to talk to him about behaving. I wouldn't have discussed anything. We would have eaten something there. We compromised by eating Baja Fresh, which I hadn't done in a while either and I had myself a shrimp burrito and we all had dinner at Lisa's house. A modified movie-and-dinner night as it was. Still it was something different and by 8:30 I was starting to fade. Hey, it had been a long LONG weekend already. And I wanted to actually rest up for golf Sunday tomorrow. So drop off all done with a little activity on the side, I went home and watched UCLA crush Cal to finish 8-4 for the regular season. Were they disappointing this year? Sometimes. But I would take 8-4 for ANY year for UCLA football let's not kid ourselves. They had a good year with a bowl game coming up.