Very unexpected...

Saturday was a really nice day here in Seattle: Beautiful sunshine, starting to warm up a little. And in as much as it would been a perfect day for training, it was even more so for spending it with Theresa and Donovan. I can't really remember the last time I took a day completely off from training.

We woke up late-ish, Theresa made us some awesome hot cakes (!!) and then we all went to the Museum of Flight, where we've had a familiy membership now for a few years (Donovan loves it). It is a very cool place we visit way often, with some really fantastic airplanes, including a Blackbird and a Concorde, among many others. Afterwards, we needed lunch and decided to try out a place called Randy's, just one block south of the Museum. We knew nothing about it, but we were hungry enough to check it out. We are so glad we did.

Photo by Daniel Spils

The place has the decor of an era gone by, and is full of flying aricraft memorabilia. Our waitress called us "Hon" and "Dear", and tickled Donovan. The food is diner-style down-to-earth, and was really tasty and very affordable. We'll most definitely be going back there.

Donovan and I went to pay Lucia Roadenizer, the very nice lady who greeted & sat us. He handed her the 'ticket', and as I paid, she said to hold on, she had something for him. I thought, oh, a little sticker or a stamp. Out she comes with a model airplane in a box, for us to put together. Completely blew me away. This day in age, who is THAT nice? Donovan was SOOOOO excited, he was jumping up and down. We got home, all of us sat down in the sun-drenched living room and put the little plane together. Donovan wants to bring it the next time we go back.

It was just one of those REALLY feel-good days.