Chill, Only two, Bad behavior, Abandoned, Greenland

Cold weather was again around for a good portion of my extended weekend with morning temps in the low 40s and some days where the high was in the low 60s. Yes I know, most of the country would love to have those type of numbers in January but for us locals it feels legit cold. Partly because of the cold I only played pickleball one time over the three days and in that session only played two games because I had a breakfast with a friend to get to. My schedule was free yesterday morning but when I saw a temperature that started with a 4 when I woke up I quickly wrote pickleball off for the day. The fact that my right leg is still not feeling great made the decision even easier.

Elsa has been driving me nuts with her compulsion to eat non-food objects when left alone. When she was young she was destructive like this but the behavior settled down. In the the last year or two she has resumed, eating toilet paper, paper towels from the trash, cardboard, rope from a beach bag and whatever else she can get her mouth on. It’s very frustrating. It’s to the point that if she is going to be left alone I will have to close off all of the bedrooms so she is only left with a sterilized space to be in. Maybe it’s her way of letting us know she doesn’t want to be left alone but it has to stop. Eating random things like that could lead to GI problems or even a blockage.

I mentioned my surprise when my old house went back up on the market back in September/October time frame. The people that bought the house made it seem like it was going to be their long term residence but obviously something changed. At first based on what I heard I thought maybe the couple that bought it got divorced because for a period of time just the wife was there according to my old neighbors. However I now think perhaps the husband got transferred elsewhere for his job because now nobody is in the house, it’s just sitting there unoccupied.

It’s now been on the market for over 4 months. They dropped the price once back in November 25K but there has been no activity. It makes me a bit sad to imagine the house that I saw built from the ground up which was my home for two decades plus sitting there empty. So many memories were created along with the monetary and sweat equity invested into that place it just feels weird to imagine it sitting there dormant. Of course somebody must be doing some sort of upkeep to keep it sell-able. I haven’t driven by there in a while, I should go take a look.

I bet you thought from the title that I was going to talk about the insane obsession Trump has with Greenland and how he is willing to torch our NATO alliances to get what he wants, like a spoiled man-child. Nope I am talking about the movie named Greenland, actually the sequel Greenland 2 that I saw Saturday night. Greenland refers to the bunker that exists there for doomsday scenarios. In the movie that scenario is fragments of a comet that bombard Earth extinguishing the majority of the population. For whatever reason I enjoy movies that depict the end of days. In the sequel which takes place 5 years in the future of the comet strike the Earth is still a mess but Gerard Butlers family is forced to try to survive in it. I found the movie entertaining but certainly far from great. I would give it a solid B.

We saw the movie at the Cinebistro, the most upscale movie watching experience in Naples. It opened a few years ago. I think the place is struggling. The theater seats were looking a bit worn, almost every headrest had cracking fake leather. The temperature regulation was awful. Despite wearing jeans and a long shirt I felt like I was sitting in a meat locker. The food is good but terribly over-priced. I paid over $80 for what was essentially two appetizers, a soft drink and one alcoholic beverage. When we walked in there was absolutely no people sitting at the big fancy bar in the lobby and our theater had maybe 10 people in it. I would not be surprised if the place goes out of business. I think the thought was people would be willing to overpay for a movie experience if it was high end/good enough. The Cinebistro just isn’t worth it, IMO.