Since we got to bed by about 10:30, we were up by 8:30. I made mushroom, onion, and cheese scrambled eggs, which we had with some toast and coffee. It was pretty yummy if I may say so myself.
I worked on my Tour de Friends web page, converting my Training Journal from Word to HTML.
At around noon or 12:30, we headed out to Sam’s with a two-fold mission. One, to see what food samples were available, and two, for me to get a bunch of non-food items like paper towels, toilet paper, toothpaste, soap, etc. The food samples were lame, so we had to eat lunch somewhere afterwards. 🙂
We stopped by the Bruegger’s on Avent Ferry on the way home. Robert had a bagel with cream cheese and lox, and I had a chicken, bacon, and swiss cheese sandwich on a bagel. We ran into one of the guys Robert works with there, and took the “E” sectionwhich contained the crossword puzzle, of one of the newspapers laying around there. No sense letting it go to waste.
Once home, Robert was a dear and dragged the bed up to the computer screen, and we watched The Man on the Train. This movie was in French with English subtitles, and moved way too slowly for the both of us. We struggled to stay awake at parts, and it was really only “gripping” (if at all) near the end. It was also one of those movies in which you’re not sure about what really happened.
Movie Synopsis: Milan (Hallyday), an enigmatic, aging gangster whose next job is to hit the bank in a small, provincial French town, arrives by train, and goes in search of aspirin to ease a migraine. There, he meets Manesquier (Rochefort), an elegant, retired schoolteacher of French poetry who is as chatty and friendly as Milan is taciturn and reserved. The older man offers his new acquaintance a room in his large mansion, and the two cautiously get to know one another.
Even though they appear on the surface to be complete opposites, Milan and Manesquier find that they have many things in common. Their guarded relationship slowly turns into one of mutual respect. Both men are approaching their twilight years. Manesquier fantasizes about robbing a bank, while Milan looks around at the comforts of his host’s house and wonders what it would be like to enjoy a life of ease. As the two men talk about their lives, admiring and envying each other’s lifestyle, a subtle osmosis occurs.
Robert took a nap after the movie, and I finished up the conversion of my training journal. We had a couple of cocktails, and some nachos before heading out to Alltel Pavilion for the Tim McGraw concert.