Sunday Turkey Supper

Today was one of my most enjoyable Sundays. For lunch I went out with three people from the Sunday sitting group to 8 China Buffet. I was not really craving Chinese food but we had agreed two weeks ago to go out to lunch today so we did.

We were at the restaurant three hours! Minda dropped off her eight-year-old son, Ken, at Chucky Cheese before joining us at the buffet. She is quite a gal, animated, open, and obviously sincere. Very nice company. Frank spoke up a little with Audrey not in our company. She had bowed out of this morning's sitting after not being able to sleep last night.

Back at home, I worked on learning more techniques on Photoshop. It has a less effective tool for straightening photos than Aperture. The Photoshop routine is serviceable but disappointing. I went to the gym and then walked around the lake four miles before dropping in at Borders to get a Blu-Ray copy of the BBC production, Wild China.I'm looking forward to watching it after being wowed by the BBC series, Planet Earth. The cinematography on that series is simply stunning!

I was not going to have a thoughtless supper after such a great day. I cut up green onions, a stalk of celery and the breast remains of a turkey roast from last Thanksgiving. I heated olive oil in a stick-free skillet, quickly fried the veggies then added the turkey that I cooked until the edges were golden crisp and the skillet gave off a surprisingly bewitching aroma. I added dollops of my home-made basil-tomato sauce and removed the skillet from the stove. I toasted half a foot of Marsh baguette, laid red-leaf lettuce on the open halves and piled up the re-cooked turkey. Two slices of bright red, ripe tomato were a perfect garnish for a feast, and with such miniscule effort! On the TV was the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Going out with the two Filipino women was what I think made the day so enjoyable. It's not something I normally would do but I am learning how to spend my days now that I am into the eighth month of my sabbatical. No clinic work tomorrow, and only the movie on China to look forward to as an apt ending for a great weekend.