Madea, Mexican, and Mad Kicks

The weekend is off to a great start. It was a very long day, but every minute of it was fun. To give you guys an idea of the happenings, here is a google map detailing the day's shenanigans:

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So here is brief synopsis of each of the points:

A) That's the start of the magical journey. Home :)
B) Picked up my girlfriend and her mom.
C) Went to the Rave Motion Pictures at Lee Branch to watch Madea Goes to Jail.

This was a great movie by the way. I haven't seen all the Tyler Perry movies, but I definitely liked this one the best so far. Stephanie agreed with me that this one was her favorite, and she has seen them all. I liked the laundry list of cameo's appearing in this flick. Needless to say, I'll be seeing it again tomorrow.

D) Went to Panera Bread by the movie theater.

I had my usual, the half soup and sandwich consisting of the Frontega Chicken Panini and a French onion soup in a sourdough bread bowl. It's so choice. We also briefly looked in an art gallery in the same shopping square, and then went to get me some new tennis shoes from Academy. The new kicks are a pair of amazing New Balance sport tennis shoes. They advertised it as having 88 points of contour or something? They look good. They're built solid. I like. Thank you Stephanie's mom!

E) I wanted to take a scenic route home, and show Steph's mom my dream house in Birmingham, so we took to the back roads. Since Shook Hill was close to the house I like, we swung by the neighborhood to see how old money in Birmingham spends their cheddar.

F) Arrived at my dream house just a mile out from the Crestline Village. I use to pass this house every day when I worked at the UPS Store, packaging shoe boxes of candy for soccer moms and shipping them to their kids at Summer camp.

G) Finally arrived back at Steph's house to drop off her mom. We didn't take the straight shot back, we exited Mountain Brook by Brookwood Mall so we could look at a few more nice houses along the park there.

H) As soon as I changed into my new shoes, Stephanie and I were off again, this time driving to my grandmother's domicile.

I) From there, we were on our way to dinner when my Aunt Ginger called. We invited her,to eat with us. She accepted, and since we were almost there, we stopped by Bed, Bath, and Beyond to give her a chance to catch up.

J) Arrived for dinner at Iguana Grill.

This was a new restaurant for Steph and I, and it was awesome! The lighting and overall mood is quite different from your run-of-the-mill Mexican place. I saw a fellow alumni from highschool, and Steph saw a current classmate from college. Then we ate a great meal with my grandmother, Aunt Ginger, and Amy Thomas. It was long, and full of blissful conversations varying from Church of the Highlands, to living situations, to President Obama.

K) Went back to my grandmothers, turned on the fire, made some wassail, and watched a couple episodes of Arrested Development.

L) Dropped Stephanie off at her home, and then went back to mine. We didn't take any scenic routes this time. Can you imagine why???...lol.


Like I said, the day was eventful. After the 3.5 hours of driving time, and 108 miles driven, I'm only reminded of how blessed I am to have such wonderful, generous, loving relationships in my life. Praise the Lort, Hallelujur!