January 27 – “Opulent”

Watch out for this guy, folks.  He just orchestrated not one, but two – count ‘em – two dates, two days in a row.  It was hard to top the musical theater of Friday night, but we engaged in a lighter, more aerobic trek on Saturday. 

Well, the “more aerobic” part started after we enjoyed lunch at none other than Shrimp and Stuff.  I had the popcorn shrimp dinner.  Chris stuck with popcorn shrimp a la carte.  Can’t beat that. 

Then we headed downtown for the inaugural Galveston Museum Day.  The Galveston museums were offering free or two-for-one admissions.  And I will say up front that we did locate and appropriate the services of a very cute little stuffed dolphin named – what else – Darryl to be our tour guide.  We have never toured the Moody Mansion in particular, so that’s where we began our little day trip.  That place is … opulent (Always wanted to use that word in a sentence).  Unbelievably lush furnishings and even had material on some the walls instead of paint.   

Next we stopped by Rosenberg Library.  Now we have been there a time or two before, but they had a little scavenger hunt going on, so we wanted to join in on the fun.  You had to walk all around the library and find the answers to some questions in the little handout they gave you.  Fun stuff, except for the one trick question about when the library opened.  I figured it out before we turned in our entry, though.  Oh, and because we completed the entire trek, we won a pen with Rosenberg Library stamped on the side. 

Our last stop was the famed Bishop’s Palace. Yes, we have been there before, but not since we were in college and Chris had to do a report on architecture for her sophomore CORE class.  That was one or two years ago.  The only thing either of us remembered was that it has a fireplace in every room.  Still does.  It really is a beautiful place to see, especially when the price is … free.  Chris found a thimble there for her collection.  We also got a free t-shirt and a coloring book because we had seen at least three of the museums.  How many people can say they garnered such valuable souvenirs on a date?  And to top it off, by the time we finished we had walked up and down four flights of stairs and walked a mile and a half.  That’s a pretty productive, aerobic date day. 

Psalms 136:7-9 says, “Who made the great lights — His love endures forever.  The sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.  The moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.”

Father, thank you for opportunities to do fun stuff with Chris.  Amen.