Celebrating the 40th

We broke out of our routine. Actually it was a short routine because until Kathy retired, she was always at the state vocational conference on June 7th. Anyway we happened to go to Arby's a couple of years in a row and our kids picked up on it and started giving us a bad time-so we kept going back to Arby's.
This year, however, we started with a matinee movie, Angels and Demons. I had read the book a year or two earlier and this is a case of the book being better than the movie. I give it a 3.5/5. There were some kids sitting a couple rows in front of us. They kept pulling out their cell phones, checking for calls, messages, or texting. About 3/4 of the way through I told them to put their cell phones away-didn't see them again. It was the rebirth of my authoritative teaching voice (it was kinda wimpy compared to when I was in my prime). I going to add "checking cell phones" to my list of pet peeves.
Then we forsook Arby's and went to the restaurant at the new Hilton Garden Inn. The surroundings are nice but the room was cold and they didn't have their complete menu available (never go out for a nice dinner on Sunday nights). The service was slow. I give it a 2.5/5.
We concluded by having dessert at Dairy Queen. I give it a 5/5. A person just can't go wrong at DQ.
We missed two calls while we were out. Marita, Kathy's sister and maid of honor at our wedding, called as did Keri, the first-born child. We did talk to Keri later.
Looking forward to the 50th.
Talk about behind times, I just discovered that "texting" is not in the spellchecker.