bear with me on several different subjects

Bill and I went on a date Saturday night. I had been complaining to a friend about how little time he and I get to spend alone together, and she gently suggested that we could go out and ask Kate to babysit. I'm sure she was thinking "you dummy- you have a teenager who lives in your home! Take advantage of that and ask her to babysit." That's not always as easy as it sounds, because Kate is often busy on weekend nights. But she didn't have plans last Saturday, and we had a movie gift card to spend...

We went to see Casino Royale, the new James Bond movie, and we loved it! I can't be sure if the movie was really that good, or it was just so exciting to be out in the world on a Saturday night that everything had a glow around it! The two beers I drank that night (one before the show and one after) tasted extra good too!

I haven't always been a James Bond fan- that has been cultivated over the years that I've known Bill. But on the rare occasion that we go out to a movie, superhero-type films are the only ones that appeal to me. Due to my highly emotional state, I never want to run the risk of seeing a show that will make me cry or be in any way traumatized. So it's James Bond or Spiderman. No chick flicks for me.
In case you're wondering, we both approve of the "new" James Bond- Daniel Craig. Bill thinks he's the best since Sean Connery. Bill also thinks I might like him a little TOO much. So I guess I won't download that Casino Royale screensaver :-)
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Henry's class is going on one of their monthly "community trips" today. (I'm not sure why they're called community trips vs. field trips?) Today they are going bowling and to a pizza place for lunch. Henry has been excited about it, but when he woke up this morning he said he didn't "feel like going bowling."
This happens most times that he is looking forward to doing something. When the time comes, he says he doesn't want to do it after all. I think he must feel too excited/anxious. I asked him if that was the case, and he said "I feel kind of anxious." Who knows if I am putting the right words in his mouth?
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I work for a large university which competed in the BCS championship game Monday night (college football, for any who aren't big sports fans). The whole town has been in a frenzy about it for 6 weeks. My husband has been listening to the marching band music in the car on his iPod and has Henry hooked on it. It's pretty cute to hear Henry singing along enthusiastically in his off-beat, off-key way.
When he woke up on Monday morning, Henry asked if we were going to THE GAME. "Oh no," I replied, "the game is really far away- in Phoenix Arizona. The girls in my office who are in the band are at the game, and my friend R (the director of my office). But we aren't going to the game. We can just watch it on TV."
Well, his note from his teacher that day said that he had a really rough day- kept talking about not going to the game! Poor Henry. Why did he think we would be attending the game?! We had gone to a women's basketball game the week before, so maybe that confused him.
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My frugality paid off for once: Kate's iPod screen has been damaged for months. The suggestion was made that we get her a new iPod for Christmas. But me, being cheap, thought I'd look into getting it repaired first.

I took it to the Apple store, and they told me to hurry up and send it in for repair, because we were days away from the end of our warranty. I requested a repair online, they sent me a box, and I sent the iPod off. I was sure they would call and grill me about what happened to it. Or, they would repair it and bill me $400. But you'll never believe what happened:

I sent the machine in last Thursday- they would have received it on Friday. On Monday there was a note on the office door that I had missed a delivery on Saturday and it would be attempted again that day. It was a replacement iPod!!!! I love Apple!