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We went to Mohegan Sun to see Richard Jeni perform, which was a really good show. We've seen him on TV a few times and liked him, and since he was going to be nearby we decided to go.
We went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for dinner beforehand. Neither of us had gone before, but it was supposed to be really good steak, and as long as we were having an occasion, we decided to go. The fact that I have a $50 gift card didn't hurt, it paid for almost half the meal! It was certainly very good steak, and the service was great as well. We'll probably go back again, when we're feeling up for sometthing relatively fancy. If you're just trying to get steak, Outback is almost as good. The portions are smaller, but it costs about 1/3 as much, so it is hard to complain.
On the way back from the concert, at about 2am, we ran out of gas, so we were stuck on the side of the road. We almost made it! It was about 3 minutes from the house, and we had just driven past a gas station that was still open, but thought we'd make it home ok and be able to get gas in the morning. I guess not. The gas light turns on for a reason I guess. :) S's parents had a full portable can of gas that they brought and we were back home not too much later, with no harm done, so that was fine. We were sitting there maybe 5 minutes when a police car pulled up to see if we were ok. It's nice to know they're out and around at night, rather than hanging out at the station. I don't think Dunkin' Donuts is open all night here, so they have to do something.
Overall it was a good night. Good food, a show, and quality time watching people at the casino. It's amazing how many people go through there, and how much money. We watched someone drop at least $300 at roulette just while we were watching. Weirdos. Although we're thinking about saving up for a big night of throwing money away at some point too. We might actually spend more than $10!
Today's my birthday. We're going out for dinner, but otherwise don't have any plans. Sabrina is working until 4:30, and we'll probably go to Outback for dinner when she gets home. Too bad we're still on the atkin's diet, we can't get a big appetizer and dessert, but that's ok, the food is good.
In other news, I may have a long-term job through Kelly Services. They called today and had a position at Allstate that could last a year or more. It seems like it'll be fairly easy, it's at one of their warehouse fascilities apparently, going through boxes of files and finding out what is being kept and what isn't, and entering the current stuff into the computer. I'll find out in the morning more details about it, assuming that I do get the job. It's fairly likely I will, but you never know with Kelly, sometimes things change day to day.
The only other news is that I finally got a CT driver's license. The picture came out really good for a change. It didn't take long either, which is always a nice surprise from the DMV. My old one was still from WI, and expired on my birthday, so I had to get a new one. It's good for 7 years, so hopefully I won't have to do it again any time soon.
We're back from our trip to Maine, and have been for a little while now. We had a good time. We didn't leave CT until almost 2pm, so we got a pretty late start. We stopped a couple times, but not for long. I don't remember when we got there, but it was pretty late. When we got there, we went to the hotel and checked in. We were staying at the Country Inn at the Mall. We've stayed there before, and always like it. They have a good free continental breakfast, but with our diet we couldn't take advantage of it this time. You can get a 10% discount for asking for the Internet Discount, so that's nice too.
After we checked in we went to see my father. We had chicken and salad and at around talking after. It wasn't a very long visit since we got there so late, but it was nice. We only got to see him the one night because he was going to see my sister the next night.
The next day we went to the Bangor State Fair. We didn't do any rides, and didn't get to eat the fun food, so it wasn't as exciting as it sometimes is, but that's ok. We saw the exhibits and walked around. We did eat some sausage and peppers, which were good. And I won a stuffed dog playing one of the games, so that was a bonus. I didn't think I'd win at all, so it was a surprise to me. I thought Sabrina was ahead of me, but apparently not.
We also went to the City Forest which was right next to the hotel. It's a new set of nature trails that go around a bog out by the Bangor Mall. It was really nice. They have a new boardwalk that hadn't even had its grand opening yet when we went. We've got a bunch of pictures from it (mostly of the signs along the way). I got a sunburn on my neck because it was very sunny, but otherwise it was really nice.
We went to Eastport too, to see my mother. We were there much longer, but didn't really do a whole lot except sit around and enjoy the scenery. It was nice to go though, and we got to see my mother's new house. She has a view of the ocean again, from several parts of the house. The downstairs of the house is really open, it's basically just 2 huge rooms, so that's nice too. It was cool to go see the eagles nearby too. There are 3 mated pairs that live about half an hour away, right off a major road. It's strange to see them in their nests on giant poles right off the road. There's a little viewing platform to watch from with a free telescope, so you can see pretty well. I don't really need to repeat everything that we did there I suppose, you can read about it on Sabrina's blog.
The trip back was pretty quick. We ended up staying at the hotel in Bangor the night before we left. I was planning to just come back to CT from Eastport, but it's a really long drive, and it was supposed to be bad weather. We went to Bangor the night before so that we could get an earlier start the next day. We had also wanted to stop at the newSuper Walmart to get a few things for the trip back. They had some low carb icecream and we wanted to try it. We haven't seen it anywhere else, and it was pretty cheap. We got vanilla and chocolate with almonds, and both were really good. It's really good for the Atkin's diet if you are on it.
So now we're home, and Sabrina's back at work. I turned in my midterm for my class at Strayer before we left, and got 100% on it. So far I have a 100 average for the class. It's pretty easy, so far. We'll see how it goes in the fall when I take 3 classes. I'm a week ahead in the class right now, and have been trying to stay a little ahead. I assume the rest of the class will be much like it has been. There have been a few problems because I'm using a newer version of Access than the class is for, but I've figured out what was different. So far so good.
As you can see, I now have my own domain: http://www.uberbroc.com.
Sabrina has wanted her own domain for a little while now, so she can host her own blog, rather than using blogger, and also wants to be able to sell her crafts at some point, and finally registered brinab.com a couple days ago. I've always thought it would be interesting to have my own too, so I wanted my own as well. It was fairly easy for Sabrina to pick brinab.com, but I had a harder time with mine.
Finally, I settled on UberBroc.com.
Exciting isn't it? The name comes from the fact that I have gone out to eat many times, only to be told that they had no broccoli. So now I've got a place where I'll never run out. Too bad I can't bring it with me everywhere I go.