On Sunday we ended up going sledding before it started melting in the sun. But it didn’t melt enough and refroze as super-ice.

So the week started with two snow days. Callum enjoyed it, but Julie and I had to work like any other normal day. So it ws like a normal workday with additional climbing up the walls.

We had the yearly worry that the furnace was going out, but we just had to disconnect the temperature probe and clean it with steel wool. Always a fun time.

On Wednesday Callum and I went to see John Woo’s “Hard Boiled” in the theater. I don’t think I properly setup the movie before we went in and he thought it was all a bit too much. Which - fair. That’s basically what “Hard Boiled” is - too much. Dang that baby’s cute, tho. I’m still going to try to get him to see “Better Tomorrow” and “The Killer” when they come out.

On Friday we went to see a Middle School murder-mystery bingo fundraiser. We quit at intermission, because we couldn’t hear anything and didn’t have a kid in the show. We ended up at Kirbey Lane and had a great time.

On Saturday Stella came home for lunch and we went out to Modern Market and then the Central Library. I like to park right next to 5th street and walk over to the Central Library along the Shoal Creek paths. But that might have been a bit much on my newley walkable de-bunioned foot. Stella and I got drinks at the Cafe Creme in the library and we got books to plan our Mexico City vacation. We also bought plane tickets!

Stella took the car to go dancing, so Julie and I took Callum to see Les Miserable at Bowie and then on to a date. We started first with a reservation at Sputnik. They had live music and the general vibe was - loud and not a date so we bailed. We ended up at Osterhouse which was surpringly good. Then we went over to the HEB to get some candy, and then over to 400 Rabbits for drinks while waiting to pickup Callum. There’s not a huge amount to do in that part of town, but it was a pleasant night out.

On Sunday we got groceries and just go caught up on stuff. Julie went out with friends for dinner so Stella, Callum, and I had a chickpea laden pasta dinner, then took Stella back to UT. I spent a lot of the day working on adding live-chat conversations to Fun Old Times.